Such is the power of analytical reading. These analytical techniques are powerful, but they address books in a vacuum. The next stage is to become a syntopical reader. Essentially, the reader must have in mind a comprehensive picture of the best thinking about the issues that surround running a business. Unfortunately, there isn't a trick you can use to achieve this high level of reading.
Few authors provide a map of how others have viewed matters.
Fewer still give the reader a complete unbiased review of literature that proceeds theirs. To get the most out of a business book, readers need to have read at least two or three others on the same topic. Even better, they should read the business classics , and form their own map of the issues and what the great business thinkers had to say about them. The best part of being a syntopical reader is developing the ability not only to determine who are the giants upon whose shoulders the author stands, but also to determine whether the author is a Newton or a pygmy. You can only truly comprehend and evaluate a business book after you have read many of them.