# Do you primarily read fiction, non-fiction, both, or neither?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-primarily-read-fiction-non-fiction-both-or-neither/632216>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 21, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-primarily-read-fiction-non-fiction-both-or-neither/632216 "2012-08-21T21:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-primarily-read-fiction-non-fiction-both-or-neither/632216/41 "2012-08-24T16:39:44Z")

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> [@MLS](#):
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> I read everything; can’t help myself. If there’s nothing else handy I read the cereal box.

Holy shit, so do I. I’ll even read the back of the shampoo bottles in the shower.

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-primarily-read-fiction-non-fiction-both-or-neither/632216/42 "2012-08-24T18:04:01Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> He can’t be serious? Sounds like a BS excuse for not wanting/liking to read. Does he not watch TV or films unless they’re reality shows, documentaries or the news?

I haven’t seen him in about twenty years, so I can’t ask. It was just such a memorable thing to say that I’ve never forgotten it.

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