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Non-Fiction

tammywammy

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7. I think you just need to find a topic that interests you

Reply to BlueIris (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2011, 10:55 PM

Dec 2011

I read a lot of non-fiction, but they're all books about things I find interesting. I watch a show about King Henry VIII, well I feel like I want to know more, then I search for a good book about him.

I watched the movie "Into Thin Air" so I ended up picking up the book too. I've also recently read Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers".

I use Amazon to search for books (even if I don't buy from there) and I find that they always suggest good books for me. Non-fiction doesn't have to be boring. I picked up the book "Sin in the Second City" which was about a famous brothel in Chicago.

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I've really been trying to make non-fiction a bigger part of my reading repetoir. [View all] BlueIris May 2011 OP

You could work through the Code of Federal Regulations struggle4progress May 2011 #1

What is it about non-fiction that turns you off? dixiegrrrrl May 2011 #2

It's mostly knowing that I'm "neglecting" my fiction/poetry/drama BlueIris May 2011 #3

How odd ("neglecting" answer) NJCher Dec 2011 #10

I did a great project in 09/10 to boost my non-fiction reading, and my history knowledge lazarus May 2011 #4

I did that too... ellisonz Dec 2011 #6

Here's one I love along the lines of your last selection. ellisonz Dec 2011 #5

I think you just need to find a topic that interests you tammywammy Dec 2011 #7

I find that if I read a good piece of non-fiction, it leads me to five more that I need to read. EFerrari Dec 2011 #8

And I keep on thinking I need to start reading SheilaT Dec 2011 #9

I recommend wallowing in history to start with. bemildred Dec 2011 #11

Heh. Good tip. BlueIris Dec 2011 #12

Herodotus, Thucydides, Tacitus, and Gibbon, for example, are all good reads. bemildred Dec 2011 #13

PS: Jacques Barzun and Samuel Eliot Morison are good too. bemildred Dec 2011 #14

*ahem* Neoma Dec 2011 #15

Hah! Love it. Looks like my bedroom. Only...with shelves. nt BlueIris Dec 2011 #16