Use a pointer or your finger to guide your eyes. This can increase reading speed by 25%.

Write documentation as if the next person reading it is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

Take brief notes after each chapter. Summarizing helps cement knowledge.

Create a dedicated reading space with good lighting and minimal distractions.

Use the Feynman Technique: teach what you learn to someone else to identify knowledge gaps.

Rubber Duck Debugging: explain your code line by line to an inanimate object.