# So why DO you like to read?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-you-like-to-read/624856 "2012-06-11T22:32:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-you-like-to-read/624856/21 "2012-06-13T09:08:27Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> I’m less fond of historical fiction that focuses on historical figures – kings, generals, popes, etc. If I want to know about those, I’ll read their biographies.

For many of the people who are getting “novelated biographies” in the Spanish market there are no “serious” ones; often the written materials available about that person are almost nonexistant. So long as they follow the convention of putting a Characters list at the start, listing (hist.) vs (invented), I’m all for them. Note that a novelated biography is still not quite the same as historical fiction; the writer is “filling the holes” but doing her best (usually it’s a woman) to avoid distorting what solid data is actually available.

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