What's your split? (fiction v. non-fiction)

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Re: What's your split? (fiction v. non-fiction)

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I'd say about 90% fiction and 10% nonfiction. I used to avoid nonfiction at all costs because I found it boring. As I've gotten older I've started reading it more, but I'm still a fiction fan.
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fiction 20% - non-fiction 80%
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My split used to be 50/50 but I have unfortunately lost sight of that. These days I think I am quite a bit closer to 80/20 Fiction/Non-Fiction.
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As of now, it's 99% non-fiction, and 1% fiction. I'm beginning to explore fiction little by little to see where it takes me.
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I'm going to be honest and say I read 100% fiction and zero nonfiction. Is that just me? I just enjoy fiction books a lot.
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I prefer historical fiction.
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I would say that I'm 60% fiction and 40% non-fiction. I just enjoy reading both, I suppose.
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Post by Rosie22 »

Most of the time, building a business with quite a few arms, it's non-fiction of some sort. I'm also addicted to learning and love reading, so that calls me more to non-fiction. I read fiction to relax, and sometimes non-fiction feels a bit demanding.

Interesting to notice that some people have different ratio for holidays and non-holidays. I seem to find holidays dull, so tend to do work on my projects while on holiday anyway.

I would guess .........most of the time, fiction 20%, non-fiction 80%;
when on holiday or out of focus-energy, it would be 40% fiction, 60% non-fiction.
Probably would be different again if I included all my online reading! That's all non-fiction.
Interesting to think about, thanks for the question.
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