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Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis? (www.vox.com)

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the “men don’t read fiction” discourse

I definitely think more about reading non-fiction than fiction. Last 35 books I've read were 20 non-fiction 15 fiction.

I just find it easier to find and latch on to ideas. People recommend non-fiction to me more often. Also, reading one non-fiction book will often lead to several more via the references, which never happens in fiction (except for the Dorian Gray to À rebours pipeline).

[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I just read this semi-autobiographical Jo Walton novel called Among Others that was written as a love letter to finding books through other books - you get the title of every book the sci-fi obsessed main character reads over the course of like 1979-1980.