I got into reading two years ago and have been exclusively working through all the great works of fiction I have always wanted to read. The list is endless. However there is a mounting list of non-fiction books I want to read. My problem is, I can’t help myself from sticking to fiction as the list is far longer. How do you manage the balance? Non-fiction in the day and fiction at night? Alternating books?

  • Significant-3779@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I stick to the 75 hard 10 pages of non fiction everyday more if it’s good then I go back to fiction I find I get through the non fiction that way quite quickly really and I retain it

  • Comprehensive-Fun47@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I tend to read more fiction. It engages me more for whatever reason.

    I do try to read non-fiction too. I really appreciate well researched books. I’m not always in the mood for them.

    I try not to force myself to read anything I’m not very interested in at the moment. If that means my fiction:non-fiction ratio is unbalanced, so be it. I don’t think about reading in terms like that anyway.

  • YakSlothLemon@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I find nonfiction more tolerant of interruptions, so I’ll read it in a break at work, or when someone else is being noisy in my household, or when I’m watching tv (during the ads). Which my English teacher would probably weep over, but whatever. I also like reading it in the evenings, it doesn’t have that “you just have to read one more page” thing so a lot of times I’ll read it just before bed. I think it pairs well with reading a fiction book at the same time, though. It’s a mood thing.

  • ApartmentGood4250@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I lean toward historical fiction for that balance. However, I go with what my interest is also, depending on my moods. Do I need to feel grounded, non- fiction. Do I need to lighten up, fiction.

  • Past-Wrangler9513@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I read what I’m in the mood for. Sometimes that’s fiction, sometimes it’s non-fiction. This year I haven’t done much non-fiction but in past years I’ve read almost exclusively non-fiction. Idk…it all balances out in the end I suppose. Though I don’t really think you need to balance it, just read what you like.

  • Cosmic_War_Crocodile@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I read a word from a fiction, then from a non-fiction.

    To be honest, this is a question I really don’t understand. Why should anyone care?

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    10 months ago

    I am usually reading one fiction and one nonfiction at all times. One physical book and one on the kindle. Nonfiction books tend to take longer, so I read probably 2/3 fiction books.

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    10 months ago

    I don’t. I almost exclusively enjoy reading fiction so that’s what I tend to stick to. And if anyone would try and give me shit for it then they wouldn’t be someone whose oppinion is worth listening to.

  • Do_things_wrong@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    What an odd thing to worry about, respectfully. Are you reading for discipline or because you want to have fun/stimulate your mind? if forcing yourself to read non-fiction means you’re reading less or it feels like a chore, then read the books that excite you. In the future, your interests may shift and you could find yourself predominately reading non-fiction.