Books with illustrations or without?

[cia1018]

I am only interested in illustrations or pictures if it is a non-fiction, technical or historical type that would justify an illustration. I prefer my fiction without.

[Airam Velarde]

I don't choose books based on whether they have illustrations or not. However, I do find it enjoyable to find an illustration in a book, especially since they have become scarce.

[bluebutterfly2]

Illustrations are great as long as they don't contain any inappropriate images such as nudity. They add to books like Little Men by Lousia May Alcott, and other older books.

[ALynnPowers]

I can't even remember the last time I SAW a book with illustrations, much less read it. Where do you even find these, outside of the children's section? I don't mean to sound condescending (I really didn't intend for that at all!) but I really didn't even know these exist.

[PashaRu]

I can't even remember the last time I SAW a book with illustrations, much less read it. Where do you even find these, outside of the children's section? I don't mean to sound condescending (I really didn't intend for that at all!) but I really didn't even know these exist.

There are many versions of classic novels that reproduce the original illustrations. My entire Dickens collection is illustrated. I just read Pride & Prejudice, which was illustrated as well. It's probably more common that books these days aren't illustrated, but some still are.

[Apogea]

Depends on the style of book, that is for sure, in general I like them when they feel like they belong!

[rjhaug]

If I read to younger children I perfer the pictures to help them get a picture of the story. But I for myself don't really care about the pictures. I have a pretty vivid imagination and can get visual aspects of the story fast. Plus I like to picture what I think the charracters or settings would be. get so disapointed when the reamke a book in the movie and the main characters are not even what I would have chosen. Maybe I should consult with producers over which big stars make better book stars.

[cyndiha11]

I think it depends on the book. Some are more easily interpreted with illustrations, but I feel like that takes away from what my imagination can sometimes come up with. I love, love biographies with illustrations and pictures though.

[SUTHASKY]

I love books with illustrations especially the ones who are very intricate with every details of it until I can visualize them and become one of the characters.

[Carleyjade]

I prefer books without illustrations as I like to create images of the characters for myself. The only thing is that then when a film is made of the book, my creations are ruined by the actors on screen as they are not as I imagined them!

[ALynnPowers]

I have recently realized that I don't like reading non-fiction books unless it has illustrations/charts/graphs or whatever to present visualized forms of information. Especially if the information is in any way scientific. It just seems like such a good idea to have things represented in both words and in pictures in that case.

[Gravy]

This is strangely fitting question for me right now.
The book I'm reading is self published and I want illustrations so badly.
It calls for it. The strangeness of this world could really support, and be supported by, some well placed illustrations.
I think sci-fi and fantasy could use more illustrations sometimes though.
Normally I don't really think about it though.

[chrishenning94]

I prefer to make the illustrations with my imagination. I love opening a novel and seeing nothing but words to absorb. I have a very active imagination, and even as a child I never really read books with illustrations. I think this helped me with my writing voice throughout school and in some short stories that I have written over the years.

[Ryan]

I like some illustration. The ones you usually find in Dickens' novels, for example, I get excited about. Roald Dahl would illustrate his own fiction and they're very fun (see The Twits). They can often offer interesting insights into what the author imagined (in Roald Dahl's case).

[LSWS07]

I like illustrations, but most of the books I read don't have them, and I am perfectly fine with that.