Reddit reviews The Memory Palace - Learn Anything and Everything (Starting With Shakespeare and Dickens) (Faking Smart Book 1)

Yep. This method has been used apparently for millennia, and is still considered the best way. ("Memory Palace" is a more common name, but it has many less common names.)

See "Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything"

> ...follows Joshua Foer's compelling journey as a participant in the U.S. Memory Championship.

> The techniques he mastered made it easier to remember information, and Foer's story demonstrates that the tricks of the masters are accessible to anyone.

http://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything-ebook/dp/B004H4XI5O/

Or lots of other books...I see "The Memory Palace":

http://www.amazon.com/The-Memory-Palace-Everything-Shakespeare-ebook/dp/B007V3FLTE

Edit: here's the Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci

This book: https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Palace-Anything-Everything-Shakespeare-ebook/dp/B007V3FLTE?keywords=memory+palace&qid=1536188290&sr=8-10&ref=mp_s_a_1_10

It teaches the memory palace technique using the works of Shakespeare in chronological order. I had to stop reading it because I couldn’t forget the works I had already read and I really didn’t want to learn the complete works of Shakespeare in chronological order. It’s been months and I still remember several of them.