The hardest part is knowing which 100 books to reread.
I'd like to think there's a period in your youth when you devour everything - even, god forbid, modern books on management. From here you move on to the classics - Dickens, Twain, Tolstoy, Fitzgerald. If a book bores you, drop it. After enough years, inevitably, you reach a point where you're ready for real literature - Dostoevsky, Proust, Molière, Kant - the greats.
Some books can't be summarized (poetry and real literature), some can be compressed to about ten pages and the majority to 0 pages.
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The hardest part is knowing which 100 books to reread.
I'd like to think there's a period in your youth when you devour everything - even, god forbid, modern books on management. From here you move on to the classics - Dickens, Twain, Tolstoy, Fitzgerald. If a book bores you, drop it. After enough years, inevitably, you reach a point where you're ready for real literature - Dostoevsky, Proust, Molière, Kant - the greats.
Some books can't be summarized (poetry and real literature), some can be compressed to about ten pages and the majority to 0 pages.
Totally agree, feel like it comes down to an exploration vs exploitation optimization.
Don't have an answer unfortunately, still looking for one myself!
I do agree with the method you describe: taking the recommendations of others, and then later navigating toward what you feel is best for yourself
"The hardest part is knowing which 100 books to reread."
Not if you're like me - my total number read is only about that many in my adult life (other than textbooks and reference books).