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Arrange it so your commute is by public transport. I get through a few books a month without really trying; having a routine where you read a bit every day is how you do large amounts of reading.

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Yeah, I'm lucky enough to commute by transit. I usually get through at least a couple books a month, but I have trouble reading beyond the pace of speech. I'm a total book junkie so it's a constant source of frustration :)

Deliberate practice. Make sure you're not subvocalizing the words as you're reading; you should be just looking at them and understanding them. There are gimmicky approaches to reading faster, but I haven't found them to be helpful.

One approach that I learned was to use your fingers to underline the current line that you're reading, going at a "normal" speed when you're tired and then trying to "drag" your eyesight along when you want to push yourself.

The reason given is that it prevents you from accidentally rereading a line or skipping over one or changing lines midsentence.

This seems like one of those gimmicky approaches, and I remember being sold on this approach rather than being entirely convinced. Have you seen this before?

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