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Nonfiction readers. Do you feel guilty reading fiction? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by penquin@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.world

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Do you feel guilty when you read fiction some times? Do you feel like it's a frivolous pursuit? Sometimes, I do, because I'd think to myself "might as well watch a TV show", and I hardly ever watch TV shows because, to me, they're a waste of time. But damn it, some of these novels are so good and I can't stop once I started reading them.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I read both. I tend to forget the nonfiction and the low tier fiction pretty quickly. The good fiction stays with me.

There's also a lot of truly terrible nonfiction bestsellers. (Fans of the "If Books Could Kill" podcast know what I mean).

There's no reason to feel guilty, IMO, unless you're failing school or something.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If Books Could Kill

Looked it up, looks interesting, they also have some books in the list that I know about. Going to check it out.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hope you enjoy it!