What Kinds of Books do you Read on a Regular Basis?

[Babbler]

What kinds of books do you read on a regular basis? By "kinds", I am genres of fiction and subjects of nonfiction. By "regular basis", I mean reading a book of that kind on a roughly monthly basis, varying with book length and reading time available.

By "novel", I mean regular "literary" novels that you encounter in standard language arts course.

 

[philippe]

mostly scientific stuff or history along with a novel and the newspaper!

the world is so much better with a newspaper

 

[Fifty]

Philosophy, Novels (classics), and non-fiction classics (e.g. Thucidides' History). Sometimes other random stuff fom history and various sciences and social sciences.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

History and natural science. For fiction, humor, fantasy, and a little science fiction.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Mostly history, humour and whatever is recommended to me.

I also quite like popular science books, because I'll be buggered if I had to read a science book that writes as if its readers know, say, basic mathematics.

 

[JJ Boston]

I mostly read literary novels, about two thirds of them in English, one third in Spanish. I'll read the occasional historical book or biography too. I prefer American history, usually something relating to the 20th century US.

Lately, I've been reading a lot of the early 20th century classics, including some Hemingway. Soon, I want to catch up on some of these popular modern writers, especially something by Michael Chabon after all the attention he's gotten.

 

[Felix Luce]

The gory ones.

Haha, get it? I read Gorey and it's gory?

Hahahah.....

 

[Perfection]

Pop up books
Where's Waldo
Choose your own story
Coloring books

 

[Elrohir]

Fiction: Literature-ish books, science fiction, alternate history, fantasy, mystery, "regular" fiction, etc.....

Non-fiction: History mostly, some biographical and autobiographical. Some informative about general subjects - Islam, the Taliban, that sort of thing. Philosophical books, religious books....

I read a lot.

 

[luiz]

The Non-Fiction books I read are mostly about History. I see enough Maths and Physics at college and work. As for the periods of history, I like them all equally, though for some reason I have read an awful lot of books about late medieval France.

As for fiction, one week I may be reading Dostoeivsky (my favourite author) and the other I'm reading some detective novel. Simenon and Rex Stout are my favourites in that genre. I really like the classics and have read plenty of them, but I think only reading the classics is a tremendous waste.

 

[Amin001]

History mainly.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[Shylock]

Fantasy usually, a little science ficiton and a lot of history.

 

[Godwynn]

History, Biography, Business/Finance

JJ Boston voted twice!

 

[Swedishguy]

I'm partial to fantasy and humour. It's weird how something as pointless as fantasy can be so exciting, isn't it?

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Religion and/or History

 

[Italian Celtic]

school books (in particural italian literature)

 

[Reno]

Mostly fantasy and history. Also some science fiction, but I don't read that on a regular basis.

 

[Bast]

What happened to "Drama"? Also, I forgot to vote History.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

I read some novels. I mainly read science and social science.

 

[Italian Celtic]

I read some novels. I mainly read science and social science.

what do you mean for social science?
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