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Fiction or nonfiction? Why? (self.books)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mcpheeandme to c/[email protected]

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I appreciate fiction, but I almost always read nonfiction. It's probably because I typically choose the books on topics I'm interested in and want to learn about. But I also love the way a great nonfiction writer can weave a narrative so strong that it's just as much literature as it is journalism.

Some of my favorite examples of nonfiction that do this well: Soul Full of Coal Dust, Toms River, Desert Solitaire (Abbey can be problematic, though, so be warned), The Pine Barrens, This Land, and on and on.

I guess I'm kinda stuck in the environment/nature section these days!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a bit of both but definitely lean more towards fiction. I love a random world where anything can happen and I don't always know the resolution.

I do love reading some historical fiction though, such as Conn Igguldens books as an example. Books about Rome or Ghengis Khan that 'make up' the gaps in history but keep to the roots somewhat.