this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
7 points (100.0% liked)

Books

12321 readers
17 users here now

Book reader community.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
wraptile@lemmy.ml
7
Fiction or nonfiction? Why? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mcpheeandme@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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 I want to learn about them. 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!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] LocalMushroom@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I read purely nonfiction. I like escaping to an interesting place, so obviously fantasy is my go-to. Maybe I should try out some nonfiction though, I've never really given it a shot ๐Ÿค”