My sister reads lots of fiction books. Adventures. Romance. Fantasy.
I myself prefer non-fiction books. If I am going to read. Spending time learning seems a better investment to me. Time is precious after all. And knowledge is power and facilitates earning potential.
I think reading fiction does help to spur the imagination and learn to write better with so many authors expressing themselves with the written language. Presumably most of them are good if not great writers too. So fiction has academic and personal benefits, aside from the fictional story value. But fiction is more entertainment. I prefer watching movies.
I actually get excited reading non fiction books. Science, maths, english, religion, technology, business, society. Anything that adds value to my knowledge. I hate ignorance and knowledge helps to resolve that. I also like the truth. And knowledge helps to reveal that too. Being reasonable and rationale. So many "smart" people I know are not. And hold on to bias. :) lol
Well those are just some of the reasons I like reading non-fiction. Oh and I love reading dictionaries and learning new words.
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I am an avid reader but anything that qualifies as a good read can sit on my desk or lap. I don't really lean on non fictionalised if they ain't biographies and poetic reads occupy half of my love for books!