So many people want to read and accumulate knowledge as much as possible. But they face many difficulties and reasons for the same, like a hectic or tight schedule, picking the wrong book, and then seeing the book as a responsibility to complete it. So here are some tips or tricks to build reading habits. These tricks aid me. I am sure they will also work out for you.

  1. Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

Before hand-pick any book, think about it for a few minutes. Ask yourself a few questions. Questions like What type of book is it? What is your area of interest? Etc. If you have any doubts go after a review of the book. Select the book, which one you like. Many times people pick up a book. Which they don’t like & then they just give up on reading.

  1.  Try multiple books

Uncertainly you are confused or don’t know how to find your area of interest. Try to read multiple books. When you get bored or don’t want to read the book further, just put it down and pick up a different genre book. This trick helps you to find your area of interest in reading. Also, you can complete multiple books slowly and steadily over time.

  1. Baby Steps

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Start taking baby steps while building reading habits. You don’t have to force yourself. Baby step means setting small goals. Just promise yourself that in a day, you will read five pages. Neither more nor less. Select a book with fewer numbers of pages because when you complete a book, happiness & motivation will give you the strength to pick up the next book.

  1. It's about Habit, not responsibility.

Sometimes we pick up the inexact book for reading & we get stuck. We see books as a responsibility and try to complete the book as early as possible. But we have to understand that a book is not a responsibility. Reading is like peaceful therapy, where you gain knowledge and develop your personality.

  1.  Stay away from distractions.

Start reading books in your comfort zone. Put your mobile on silent mode, switch off the TV, stay away, or switch off those things which will disturb you. It will help you to focus on your reading.

  1.  Carry a book with you.

Wherever you travel, carry a book with you. Whenever you get free time, just start reading. No need to convey a heavy book of 400-500 pages. Carry a book that has a maximum of 200 pages. If it is flimsy, it will be easy to carry. You can read books when you travel from Home to the office or School/college. Now we have an e-book option also. You can also exercise that.

  1.  Replace Other Habits with Reading

Nowadays, we have so many platforms related to books. If you don’t like to read, start listening to it. Then you can begin listing audiobooks. The main reason behind reading is to gain knowledge. If you have the habit of listening to songs or watching movies, replace it with audiobooks.

  1.  Find Reading Mate

Always share your book-reading experience with your mate who also wants to read or has a passion for reading. These will help you to remember the content of the book. You can easily suggest the book anytime.


These blogs will help you to build a reading process. Do you have any suggestions for this blog? Please put them in a comment. It will help others.