Reading my first novel in French — what helped me stop quitting after 10 pages

I'm a native French speaker (so reverse situation from most of you here) but I've been learning English the same way many of you learn French: by trying to read novels in the target language. Every time I picked up an English book I'd quit after 10-15 pages because looking up every other word killed the flow.

A few things that finally worked for me, in case it helps anyone here doing the French version of this:

1. Pick a book you've already read in your native language. Sounds obvious but it's huge. You're not reading for plot, you're reading for language. I re-read Harry Potter in English first.
2. Don't look up every unknown word. Only look up words that block comprehension of the whole sentence. Skip the rest. You'll see them again.
3. Read on a device where lookups are 1 tap. Switching to Google Translate every 30 seconds destroys your reading rhythm. Kindle's built-in dictionary is decent. For grammar (not just words) it's harder.

Honestly the grammar one bugged me enough that I ended up building a small tool that does in-context grammar + cultural explanations on PDFs. Full disclosure that I made it — happy to give free credits to anyone here who wants to try it on a French novel and tell me what's missing. Not posting the link in the body, I'll drop it in a comment if a mod is okay with it or if anyone asks.

But honestly the 3 tips above matter way more than any tool. What's everyone reading right now?