To read well requires thinking well. Many of today's students need to develop their critical-thinking skills to do well academically, and this means improving their ability to read a text critically. "Thinking Beyond the Content: Critical Reading for Academic Success" is a theme-based text with an academic focus designed not only to challenge its readers to read closely for understanding, but also to go beyond the literal content of a text and to engage in critical thinking and investigation.Each unit contains three related or topically linked readings, pre-reading questions or activities designed to activate prior knowledge, at least one academic reading/critical-thinking strategy, and strategy application tasks. Suggestions for discussion and for follow-up tasks and research projects are included. It offers critical-thinking skills for today's students.