[groffee]

If you shut off your internal monologue and read by just looking at the words (instead of vocalizing them in your head) you can dramatically improve your speed and not lose any value.

It's like reading music, you just look at it and understand it. I think slow reading speeds might be a function of how we're taught to read, because when you learn music etc it's entirely different.

[staindk]

This is the one tip that I often see and can actually understand/agree would work.

I've just not been able to do it though. I think I've managed bursts of it when skimming something super quickly - which as OP mentions is not how I enjoy reading.

[vishkk]

I have tried not to subvocalize but haven’t been successful in doing so. I feel that I enjoy internal monologue as it allows me to be more involved with the author.

I also read a lot of poetry, and internal monologue is a thing of beauty when reading that as I change intonation, or read out loud, and all.

Lately, even prose or novels that I read tend to be beautifully written, lyrical, or are more enjoyable with internal monologue.