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Old 08-Aug-2008, 23:02
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Default Re: Does "books" mean "fiction"?

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
It struck me just now that the great majority of books discussed here, and on other British and American book threads are novels. It is almost as if the expression "reading a book" is synonymous with "reading a novel"...
As Irene has already pointed out, since this is the World Literature Forum ...

I read non-fiction – history (Prussia is a favourite subject), biography, photography, art, architecture, music, politics, philosophy and sport – and when I read non-fiction, I usually post about it elsewhere.
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