I took some kind of speed reading course in the early 1960s. I don't remember much about it or where or why I took it but at the time I was in college and I found it useful for some things. I didn't usually use the techniques I learned and after leaving college I stopped using them and I don't even remember what they were now.
I normally read about 300 wpm although it seems to vary a lot depending on how tired I am and what I'm reading. I can double that and even a little more without much difficulty but over time I lose track and have to double back, so not much is gained, if anything.
As for reading novels faster to get more read I read for pleasure and I don't want to do anything to give myself a production mindset toward reading. It's for fun. I want to do it at the pace that's most enjoyable.
I also have a very large TBR library and I couldn't finish it in 100 years and it grows faster than I read so it keeps getting bigger. Fine. I can't read everything. Who cares!
I also love ice cream and I just have to find ways to live with the fact that I'll never eat all the world's ice cream. It's difficult to take but I manage to live with it.
Of course the obvious comparison would be to getting through sex as quickly as possible. Are there speed sex courses?
Barry