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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I also think that one reads fiction much faster than non-fiction. At least, I do. If I read fiction, I just read the story, but if reading non-fiction, I actually study it.
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There is no question that I can read fiction far faster than non-fiction. I occasionally read an historical fiction book and glide right through it. Plus, the few historical fiction books I read are a lot cheaper than the history books I read. Finally, the historical fiction books tend to have less pages than the history books which are usually extended studies by professional historians.
With the history books I go back and re-read many pages of that book to better grasp what is happening and to highlight and insert my notes. I never do that with fiction books.
The history books are filled with many footnotes demonstrating the years of research the author usually took to write the book. I've rarely seen footnotes in fiction books.
Many of those historical books are required reading for college students so the publisher can get away with charging more than for fiction books as well.