# Best study help and speed reading books/websites

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**Created:** [March 16, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-study-help-and-speed-reading-books-websites/348570 "2006-03-16T05:03:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-study-help-and-speed-reading-books-websites/348570/1 "2006-03-16T05:03:17Z")

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Tonight I saw a program on the Discovery Channel called Everything You Need to Know. The topic tonight was on the brain and they showed this guy who could memorize stuff in a very short time. That got me thinking that it should be possible for me (or anyone else) to improve memorization.

So I was wondering if anyone here knew of any good books/websites on speed reading, memorization techniques, and improving note taking?

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**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-study-help-and-speed-reading-books-websites/348570/2 "2006-03-17T02:18:35Z")

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_bump_

Anyone have any recommedations?