Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction?

Veneer · Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:39 pm

I prefer non-fiction to fiction, although I can enjoy a good novel every now and again. I tend to fall in an out of interests and my reading follows the interest. Some of the best non-fiction books I have read are:

Death of a President by William Manchester (reads like fiction and yes it was written in a more innocent age)

The Best and The Brightest by David Halberstam

Bright and Shining Lie Neel Sheenan.

The Fifties. David Halberstam

Freedom From Fear. David Kennedy

The Reformation Diarmaid MacCulloch

GaryG48 · Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:17 am


	Veneer wrote: I prefer non-fiction to fiction, although I can enjoy a good novel every now and again. I tend to fall in an out of interests and my reading follows the interest. Some of the best non-fiction books I have read are: Death of a President by William Manchester (reads like fiction and yes it was written in a more innocent age)

I picked up Death of a President on Veneer's recommendation. He is right twice. It reads like a novel and is from a more innocent age.
I have always been a Manchester fan The Glory and the Dream is my favorite. American Caesar made him rich and famous but the shock value of "Dug-out Doug MacArthur was a mommas-boy tin soldier" is long gone.

lms20 · Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:39 pm

I currently prefer non-fiction, but there was a time years-ago when I preferred fiction. And I suspect my tastes may change again. I tend to get more impatient with fiction if I don't find it engaging. I am apt to quit a fiction book if it is not resonating with me by the first chapter. With non-fiction, I am more patient because I think I am learning something with each new chapter.

I remember the line "Non-fiction is about fact, Fiction is about truth". Which makes sense to me. And a good fiction story can really resonate with truths that I understand or show me a new way of seeing things, but the characters, dialog, and plot have to work harder to hold my attention then they have to do with non-fiction.

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Wine and Books · Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:35 am


	Chris OConnor wrote: Fiction relaxes me more than nonfiction, and I find it a better choice right before bed.

Fascinating. I prefer fiction to non fiction (although not by much). I mostly read non fiction before going to sleep because I have had far too many 1 AM evenings getting lost in a novel.

Garrethobrien92 · Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:58 pm

Well i read both a work of fiction and non- fiction simultaneously, and frankly, value both. it all really comes down to the kind of mood your in.

s.kundan · Wed May 18, 2011 5:48 am

I like both and choose depending on my state of mind. Currently I am reading The LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch and I am finding it interesting.

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