In a word: no. For senior thesis, you just need to read the parts of the book that are relevant to your thesis or to the focus of your research. This means a couple of your books you probably will want to read front to back, but for others:
- Get some sticky notes or bookmarks handy
- Carefully read the table of contents
- Pick the parts that are relevant to your thesis, and bookmark them
- Read and take careful MLA notes on the parts that you bookmarked
- Voila!