Every once in a while something non-fictional catches my eye - much like fiction. I just spend more time in the fiction section, so my reading list tends to self-select.


I wouldn't really say "regular basis." More occasionally. And I read anything and anything that actually captures my interest - though it's not always easy to predict what that will be...


If it's really long ago, then sometimes. I've always been fascinated by the history of Ancient Egypt, for example.


Don't think I've read too terribly many biographies, actually.


Religion can be quite fun to read about. Recently finished Jesus, Interrupted, which is about some of the contradictions in and misapprehensions about the Bible.


As with history, it's more the ancient cultures that interest me.


Math, not at all. Science, mostly astronomy and the like. Occasionally wacky physics stuff, but not the really technical parts - just the general overview.


Nah. I'm probably too cynical for such things.


I can read a little bit, but eventually I get bored.


Not particularly.


Absolutely. I'm a psych major. Oliver Sacks is one of my favorite non-fiction writers - he writes books and short stories about very unusual patients. You may have heard of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat," for instance?


Blaaaaah.

I'm not entirely certain where on this list you would put it, but I also greatly enjoy reading about pseudoscience and conspiracy theories and the like. Mostly debunking them, but sometimes I like to read books by authors who really really believe in this sort of stuff. Graham Hancock and Erich von Däniken are two of my particular favorites. It's entertainment, for me - and that probably means that I'm a horrible and condescending person.


Don't think I really have one. I don't own much non-fiction at all, I just pick it up every now and again.


I don't see the harm. I like books.


No, not really. I've only read a few this year, and they were all pretty good.


I don't know if it really changed the way I thought about things (I'm really very cynical), but We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: stories from Rwanda was very affecting.


I assume you mean books that talk about supposed "real-life" experiences with the occult? Honestly I think it's all about intent. If it's written by a person who clearly believes (or at least is very good at pretending they believe) in the subject, then I would categorize it as "non-fiction."


Well, I kept several of my textbooks from school, but I have barely anything else that would qualify. So, let's look... appears to be approximately 9%. Huh, that's better than I thought.


That's... an awfully sinister ending...