What is your favorite genre of book? Mine is mystery. What is your's?

[debm55]

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Both mysteries and true crime.

[debm55]

5. Great choices, sinkingfeeling. Thank you for sharing.

[applegrove]

2. I like cultural histories.

[debm55]

6. Wonderful choice. Thank you very much for sharing, applegrove.

[Aristus]

3. History/Biography.

n/t

[debm55]

7. Great choices, Aristus. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Keepthesoulalive]

4. Civil War and Black history.

[debm55]

8. Great selections, Keepthesoulalive. Thank you very much for sharing.

[beveeheart]

9. Tie for historical fiction and

mysteries.

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us, beveeheart. My love of mysteries goes back to my Nancy Drew

days as a child.

[beveeheart]

24. Loved Nancy Drew!

[LogDog75]

10. Mystries and science fiction

[debm55]

17. Thank you LogDog75, for sharing your selections with us.

[Vinca]

11. Mysteries, although I read the occasional non-fiction political book.

[debm55]

18. Thank you Vinca for sharing with us. My favorite is mysteries and my second is historical non-fiction.

[LoisB]

13. History, Biography

[debm55]

19. Thank you, LoisB. for sharing your two selections with us.

[CanonRay]

14. History related.

Like I just read A Fever in the Heartland about the Klan in Indiana in the 20s.

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much, CanonRay. I wrote the title down for future reading.

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[CanonRay]

21. I highly recommend it.

[beveeheart]

25. My book club read that one last year.

Eye-opening, wasn't it? I had no idea how huge the KKK was then.

[CanonRay]

35. Sadly a lot of descendants of those people

still think like that.

[virgdem]

15. Biography, History and Mystery novels.

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much for sharing with us.virgdem.

[johnp3907]

16. Is Quirky Nonfiction a genre?

What I’m currently reading:
https://davidbaronauthor.com/the-martians/

What I plan to read next:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Feather-Detective/Chris-Sweeney/9781668025840

[debm55]

38. I count it, Thank you for sharing with us. johnp3907

[JMCKUSICK]

22. Biographies

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much for sharing with us, John.

[electric_blue68]

23. A Variety of Science Fiction...

Much was Space, Aliens, Empires themes till the ?late 1960's. I started reading mid-'60's.

Then late '60's what was called New Wave SF appeared. Writers adding, or solely basing their SF in psychological, sociological, political, or historical elements/themes. I slowly got used to, eventually enjoyed it, too.
In Media SF Original Trek had that stuff.

I occasionally enjoy biography, history, science books.

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much for your selections, electric_blue68

[MIButterfly]

26. Mystery

[debm55]

41. Me too. Thank you for sharing with us. MIbutterfly.

[LuvLoogie]

27. Science Fiction and Fantasy

But I might dip into American classics at some point. My internet habit really destroyed my reading. I'm a couple of years away from retirement, and I need to reacquaint myself with who I was.

[electric_blue68]

33. HS English ruined American Classics for me.

[3catwoman3]

57. "HS English ruined American Classics for me."

Boy, isn't that the truth. I totally detested Great Expectations - bo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring to the extreme, and creepy. When I found out that Dickens got paid by the word, it explained a lot. Silas Marner - bo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring. I don't even remember, lo these many decades since, most of the classics we had to read, just that they generally were really dull, and a slog to get thru.

A Tale of Two Cities was OK, and the Shakespeare plays were alright. I did enjoy The Call of The Wild, The Jungle, Arrowsmith, and To Kill A Mockingbird, but that was about it.

I wondered about the wisdom of having high schoolers read only things written by people with a lot more life experience than teenagers yet have - were we able to relate to enough given our youth?

[electric_blue68]

61. Hahahahaaaa! Ohhhh, boy....

I don't remember many of the books I read bc they were sooo boring!.

I think I liked Tale Of Two Cities; but I didn't know he got paid by the word!

Funny story.
My first trip to DC as a teen (me, my sis & a cousin) to view the 🥰 Cherry Tree blossoms!

I'm reading "As I Lay Dying"; Faulkner on the train. I turn to the next chapter: 1 line; "My mother was a fish.".
😑😑 Arrrgggggg! 😄
I think I shut the book closed!

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much, LuvLoogie. I feel the same.

[pdxflyboy]

28. I enjoy Cold War era espionage.

n/t

[debm55]

44. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing with us.pdxflyboy.

[Ferrets are Cool]

29. Epic fantasy

[debm55]

46. Great, Thank you very much, Ferrets are Cool

[buzzycrumbhunger]

30. I don't know if I have a "favourite"

I read constantly, so I read whatever looks good on the freebie lists (e.g. BookBub or eReader Daily). I think fantasy is near the top (discovered Tolkien in like the 4th grade, and my brother got me hooked on the old Conan novels), but I also like historical novels, authors like Kathryn Le Veque (detailed medievel stuff, equally romance and warfare strategy), Wendy Vella (Regency era, also detailed and and just… fun—love, love, love her Raven and Sinclair families), mysteries, sometimes biographies, I have a ridiculous thing for Jane Austin (amazing how many Pride and Predjudice riffs there are!), and growing up on Star Trek (and a young crush on Mr. Spock) I’ll even change it up with ridiculous space/alien trash (WOW, there’s a lot out there!) Apparently, there are a lot of aliens looking for women, and they’re all better than human males (I may never grok the appeal of orcs, however…)

Tip of the iceberg. I’d say I view books as my mode of escapism because I can’t afford to do anything else (and a shitty marriage left me reluctant to even think about trying that again…), but I’ve always been a reader, even as a child. I’m just too big now to make a fort in my closet to disappear into a book. I think my high on Goodreads was the year Covid hit, and I read 367 books that year. Usually, I’m between 250-300.

[debm55]

47. Wow, you are an exceptional reader. Enjoy yourself while reading, Love, deb.

[Norrrm]

31. Historical fiction, especially the old sailing days.... Movies like Master and Commander. Book/movie like The Godfather.

Maybe loose on the facts but based on history.

Shogun - again both book and video.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us.Norrrm

[womanofthehills]

32. Relationships

Why Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite authors.

But for light reading I love “The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency “ books by Alexander McCall Smith. Takes place in Botswana. 25 books - I’ve listened to them all on Audible. A little more philosophical than solving of crimes.

[debm55]

49. Thank you very much for sharing the selection of books.womanofthehills.

[retread]

34. SF/Fantasy and Romance.

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much for sharing with us, retread. Two great selections.

[CTyankee]

36. I'm an old fuddy-dud. I like art history.

I think it's thrilling: stolen art in particular!

[debm55]

51. HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much for sharing with us. CTyankee.

[BlueKota]

42. Cozy mysteries with a touch of romance!

[debm55]

52. Thank you very much for sharing with us, BlueKota. Great combination.

[Swede]

45. Science Fiction if my favorite.

Followed by Horror, crime, history...

[debm55]

53. Thank you very much for your selections. Swede.

[pandr32]

54. I mostly read non-fiction books on a range of topics.

I also enjoy historical fiction that takes you there. Currently, I am listening to Ruth Downie audio books about murder mysteries in ancient Rome while I run errands, and reading a book about "Character Disturbances' when I sit down with a coffee.

[debm55]

55. Thank you very much for sharing with us. pandr32. Great selection

[3catwoman3]

56. It depends on what I'm in the mood for. There's more I like than I don't like.

I like historical fiction, true crime, mystery, some biographies, some sci-fi, and there's nothing like chick-lit for lighthearted escapist fluff when something not serious is called for.

For historical fiction, I love Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk. This books taught me way more about WW II than any history classes I suffered thru. I've read both of them several times, and they are so packed with details that I always find something new (or something I'd forgotten).

Not a fan of horror. I've never read a Stephen King book, nor seen any of the movies based on his books, nor do I ever plan to. With a book, at least you somewhat have the limitations of your own imagination. With a movie, you are subjected to someone else's vision.

[debm55]

59. Thank you very much for your selections, 3catwoman3. I agree with you. I like to read the book first and then maybe see

the movie after to see how it compares with my image.

[PJMcK]

58. History and science

They were my favorite subjects in school and they still fascinate me.

[debm55]

60. Thank you very much, for sharing your selections with us, PJMcK,