That's a lot of books and articles to read, I think reading is important but people can read what they want.
I don't think I have read any of the books mentioned in those images so I cannot comment on them. I am also not trying to become a schizo, so if I had read one I could not tell you if that was successful in this or not.

I think reading parts of books might be okay if you are only interested in certain aspects of a book, but in doing so you miss the bigger picture of the book as a whole. This is my big issue with that thing they advertise on Youtube that tells you audio snipets from a book or something like that.