09-20-2023, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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Fiction, non-fiction, what do you read?
Just curious as to how much fiction vs non-fiction people read. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being all non-fiction and 10 being all fiction, which do read for personal (non-work) reading?
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09-20-2023, 06:48 PM | #2 |
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I would give myself a 9.95.
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09-20-2023, 07:01 PM | #3 |
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For personal, non-work reading, it is 100% fiction.
(I'm assuming reading items like a news article or wikipedia page are not counted as they are just very short reads) |
09-20-2023, 07:15 PM | #4 |
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09-20-2023, 07:31 PM | #5 |
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Mostly non-fiction.
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09-20-2023, 07:50 PM | #6 |
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99.95% fiction
the other .05% is RTFM /How To |
09-20-2023, 07:54 PM | #7 |
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99% fiction.
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09-20-2023, 07:55 PM | #8 |
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95% fiction, 5% mostly tech manuals.
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09-20-2023, 08:09 PM | #9 |
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It's about 50/50 for me, so I'd give myself a 6.
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09-20-2023, 08:10 PM | #10 |
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8.5 so approximately 85% is fiction.
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09-20-2023, 08:42 PM | #11 |
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According to my StoryGraph stats, I read 95% fiction, and 5% nonfiction, so 9.5.
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09-21-2023, 03:59 AM | #12 |
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Mostly fiction?
Maybe 9.5 A lot on the news sites might be fiction or might not, so that can't be included. Used to read a lot of science & technology stuff now mostly replaced by history or general reference books on things like wine, horses, cheese, camping, antiques. However the books I pickup as reference are really read in the same sense as non-fiction I read in the past. Then there is old Irish stuff (in translation as I can't read Irish) where fiction and history overlap. |
09-21-2023, 05:04 AM | #13 |
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9.5. I have a lot of non-fiction (science and history mainly) in my TBR pile though.
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09-21-2023, 08:15 AM | #14 |
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7.0 to 7.5 fiction
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09-21-2023, 09:22 AM | #15 |
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Definitely 95% fiction its my daily escape!
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