I Love to Read Non-fiction Books

I read fiction, too, but there is something special about non-fiction, learning about something true that was worth writing about!  I expecially love celebrity autobiographies or entertainment related books, such as Live From New...

I assume the person that prefers fiction to nonfiction is more of an artistic type that really doesn't care 'how it works', they just want to enjoy it.
I'm like that too, but I'm also curious and to me, for the most part consider...

Non-fiction isn't my number one choice -- I read much more fiction -- but I do love reading history, biographies, comparative religion/mythology, and the occasional science book. (Sometimes I think I was the only person who actually...

In my younger days, I read a lot of fiction (mostly science fiction and fantasy), but in the last 20-some years, I have been reading mainly non-fiction.  Admittedly, some of the stuff I read, like flying saucer, lost continent...

History (which I used to teach -
Politics (used to be one
popular science & physics (which I've never studied...
some biographies (which is a form of history)

Sometimes I think they're all fiction, in the sense of being created...

I love reading non fiction because it makes me feel like thigs are possible. I like to be inspired by a true story. Knowing that someone has gone something horrible and came out alive and ready to share it.

No matter how liberal fiction can be with painting the various emotions, situations etc but eventually its all fiction. Although I do read fictions at times to change my routine but the moment I get to know of any non-fiction book that...

Some of my favorite non fiction books are  all the books by Will Durant, Paul Johnson, Barbra Tuchman
and Kevin Starr. There are too many  to mention, but I always like suggestions for what to read next, actually, I mostly...

Fiction is good for indulging in the occasional fantasy, but I like to learn things and tend to learn more from non-fiction books than I do from fiction.