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View Poll Results: What type of books do you enjoy the most? 🤔 | |||
A book that teaches something useful (educational or skill-based) |
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3 | 8.57% |
A book that tells an entertaining story (pure fiction) |
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27 | 77.14% |
A mix of both – a story that also teaches a skill |
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5 | 14.29% |
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I read a lot of non-fiction but I don't think that books like "Stories from the fire brigade" or "A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology" has taught me any useful skills.
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Indeed. I aim to read around 20-25% nonfiction a year, but almost all of it is hobby readinng for fun rather than for learning. Especially if it's related to linguistics, I just like reading about the subject. I tend to not even count 'focused' nonfiction reading done for specific learning goals, like langauge-learning aids, as they're not 'recreational' reading.
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Why do you want to know if we learn any skills from non-fiction books? You may as well ask if we read cookbooks where we learn new recopies.
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The OP is a self-published author, writing practical self-help books. They said so in their introductory post. Of course they have an agenda - they want to get more readers for their books.
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Just once, wouldn't it be neat to see an online forum poll simply answered (or ignored)?
If there's not already, there really should be a statistical term for the average number of posts before an online poll thread becomes all about the poll/pollster's validity/motivation. Sometimes it's a slow, methodical segue and sometimes it's rather brusque. But it always happens eventually. ![]() Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-28-2025 at 05:49 PM. |
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I'm reading a lot of comedy lately. The world is bleak enough, so I don't want that in the books that I read as well.
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I didn't vote. Needed a 4th option.
I like both educational books AND fiction, but preferably not in a MASHUP format like option 3 suggests. When I want to learn something, I don't need it spoon fed to me with a story. I just need clear organization and clear details. Just the facts, ma'am! When I want fiction, I want to lose myself in the story. It's about good old-fashioned escapism ... don't mess it up by trying to teach me some skill or other. Speaking of which, some non-fiction is the same way, you just lose yourself in the story. The first time I read Krakauer's Into Thin Air, I couldn't put it down. But if the book had been trying to teach me the fine art of mountain climbing as a skill at the same time, that would totally have broken up the drama, and ruined the book. As it was, I did learn from it ... I do NOT want to climb Everest. Ever. I don't mind learning from fiction or non-fiction, both can be very educational, I learn about other cultures, other places, other eras, but it isn't what I seek out for learning a specific skill. |
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