10 TRICKS FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING YOU READ

• Active readers retain more than passive readers.
• Working toward active reading requires developing certain habits.
• These include taking notes on the page and reading aloud.

Plenty of people acknowledge forgetting most of what they read, no matter how much they enjoyed the text.

But just because forgetting is a human phenomenon doesn't mean you should simply accept it. In fact, there are plenty of simple, creative strategies for retaining more of what you read — whether novels, news articles, or scientific textbooks.

To find out what some of those techniques are, we perused a Quora thread titled "How do you remember what you've just read?" and scoured the web for advice from other readers.

Below are 10 of the most practical techniques — bonus points if you can remember all of them tomorrow.

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