Which genres of literature do fascinate you? Fiction, nonfiction, poetry….

[blazeofglory]

I like nonfiction more these days. I am not into poetry and engage mainly in essays and msotly in philosophical essays.

I used to read novels massively and I liked the classics in the past. Now I find reading thick novles is a cumbersome thing, time consuming, yet I find so many readers immersed in the world of fiction.

I want to hear what they will have to say?

[YesNo]

I also mainly read nonfiction.

After that, it is poetry, if I can make enough sense out of the poetry to justify reading more than a few lines. I give a poet 4 to 6 lines per poem to keep my interest and randomly select from the book about 4 or 5 poems. If I don't find anything interesting, I don't go on further.

[LuggageFan]

I'm not sure what the question is - as to genre, I like thrillers and mysteries. Also fantasy.

The poetry I like I can count on one hand.

I do enjoy nonfiction, not particular about any topic, but if the work is well-written and backed by documented research, and has an important purpose, then I will read it.

[kelby_lake]

I'm not sure what the question is

What form of literature do you read most often? Not genre as in 'romance' or 'horror' but as in 'novel' or 'poem'.

I enjoy reading plays and novels. I wouldn't read poetry casually, as in just picking up an anthology and having a read-through. It's not that I dislike it- I just don't care sufficiently to explore it.

[LuggageFan]

Oh, okay, thanks. I guess I read more novels, but I enjoy nonfiction (as I described upthread) more, particularly biographies. I want to start working on Ava Gardner's biography soon.

[Dark Muse]

I have a hard time with Non-Fiction, though I try to be better at reading it, often times I find that Non-Fiction just is not that interesting to read. I love novels! I also do enjoy reading poetry but I do not read it as frequently as I read fiction.

[The Comedian]

I'm generally a non-fiction and comics guy with poetry and fiction sprinkled in for variety.

[oshima]

I try to expose myself to as much as possible, but mostly I stick to Surrealist literature, the Academic literary cannon, and science/historic/philosophic non-fiction.

[wat??]

I'm not sure what the question is

How is that? It's clear as day.

I enjoy a good story. But I also like stream of consciousness novels/novellas.

[Snowman37]

For me; poetry, short stories, and novels is where it's at. If you're trying to get through a thick novel, try a simpler approach: just focus on getting through each individual chapter. In time, you will finish the book.

[LuggageFan]

How is that? It's clear as day.

No, it wasn't. He asked, what genre of literature do we like, and then posited "fiction, non-fiction?", which, since literature by definition is fiction, the question was unclear; like asking, "what type of fiction do you like? Fiction?". Anyway... ;)

[L.M. The Third]

I enjoy many of genres, but at this point in my life, if I had all but one taken away, I would have to keep the poetry. I just can't imagine having to live without Donne, Wordsworth, Milton or Dickinson. I could (probably) survive without fiction, and would endure a little while without nonfiction.

As for fascination, most genres fascinate me.

[wat??]

No, it wasn't. He asked, what genre of literature do we like, and then posited "fiction, non-fiction?", which, since literature by definition is fiction, the question was unclear; like asking, "what type of fiction do you like? Fiction?". Anyway... ;)

No the question was simple and direct.

[Paulclem]

I like reading novels - crime, historical fiction, classics, fantasy, and I particularly like Sci Fi.

In a sense you know what you're getting with novels - they are written with me and you as part of an audience in mind - otherwise you take your money elsewhere. With poetry though, there is a lot I don't like, but then you'll read some that are brilliant which stay with you - like a great song that links to a moment in your life.

[Rores28]

No, it wasn't. He asked, what genre of literature do we like, and then posited "fiction, non-fiction?", which, since literature by definition is fiction, the question was unclear; like asking, "what type of fiction do you like? Fiction?". Anyway... ;)

lit·er·a·ture
   /ˈlɪtərətʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪtrə-/ Show Spelled[lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, li-truh-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
2.
the entire body of writings of a specific language, period, people, etc.: the literature of England.
3.
the writings dealing with a particular subject: the literature of ornithology.
4.
the profession of a writer or author.
5.
literary work or production.
6.
any kind of printed material, as circulars, leaflets, or handbills: literature describing company products.
7.
Archaic . polite learning; literary culture; appreciation of letters and books.

[stlukesguild]

literature by definition is fiction

It is? So Goethe's Italian Journey, Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Boswell's Life of Johnson aren't literature? Plato's Republic, Montaigne's Essays, and Rousseau's Confessions aren't literature. The Bible is only literature if you are a non-believer? And the vast majority of poetry... which is quite often not fiction... is not literature?