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Non-Fiction

dixiegrrrrl

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2. What is it about non-fiction that turns you off?

Reply to BlueIris (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2011, 04:52 PM

May 2011

There are lots of non-fiction books that read like fiction, and there are lots of fiction books which are loaded with facts and true information.
Perhaps start with some good columnists?
Take it in small bites.
Decide if you like facts or opinion, start there, perhaps.
Once you find an author or topic you like, the books will follow.

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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