heavy reading

• denseClosely packed together
• scholarlyMarked by serious learning
• academicRelating to education or theory
• tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
• textbookAcademic subject manual

philosophy · thesis · dry · demanding · intellectual · ponderous · literary · complex · weighty · cerebral · challenging · footnotes · jargon · laborious · erudite · treatise · dissertation · slog

• readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
• Reading Termspage turner, cover to cover, read aloud, speed reading, bookworm