question of the day Friday feb 10th

[strider rose]

what is your favorite genre of books to read ?
i mostly like books about cats , magic , mystery and fantasy

 

[Jcatbird]

Is all a genre? Lol I like a bit of everything! While this is not a book, my favorite read is TCS.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Clean Regency Romance.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

In the days when I read a lot, it was history - not historical novels, but history books. I also read fantasy (still read Discworld now and then), and detective (Lord Peter Wimsey).

 

[muffy]

Mystery, autobiography and short stories.

 

[Arya Underfoot]

Since I injured my neck I don't read books much (too lazy to set up the book stand) but I've always liked fantasy. It started with Star Wars, then Tolkien, Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire (hurry up and finish the damn books!). I like to escape to a more magical world when I'm reading.

 

[di and bob]

I am a big reader, get up at 4:30 AM just to read undisturbed. I have always gravitated towards murder mysteries, suspense, an catching serial killers. I would have loved to be in forensics.

 

[misty8723]

A Song of Ice and Fire (hurry up and finish the damn books!).

Don't hold your breath about him ever finishing this series. I have given up.

What I *don't* generally like is mystery, suspense, horror, first person style of writing. I like books that have well developed characters/plot (example is the above-named Song of Ice and Fire). I tend to gravitate to fantasy, historical, metaphysics, UFOs, past lives, near death experiences, occasional biographies. But I will read anything if it catches my interest.

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[NY cat man]

I've always been a history buff, with a minor in military history. I like some science fiction; think Asimov, Bradbury, H.G.Wells, Heinlein, or Verne; and for lighter fare, I like the works of Louis L'Amour.

 

[susanm9006]

I enjoy contemporary women’s fiction the most, but read a wide variety of things except horror or murder mysteries.

 

[Winchester]

Science fiction is my favorite, but I also like mysteries.
Actually, I tend to read pretty much anything.

 

[Margot Lane]

Anything. Everything.

 

[neely]

I gravitate to biographies but have also gotten into some fiction particularly books by Celeste Ng.

 

[aliceneko]

I read a varied genre of books but crime, historic and romance are ones I particularly keep on coming back to.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

Fiction: Contemporary Romance, "Realistic" Sci-Fi (I mean that most of the world is the same, but maybe one element is different like time travel, I love time travel books, or people can read minds or something), Mystery Thrillers
Nonfiction: Medical History, Self-Help, Memoirs, Micro-Histories, Science-Related topics

 

[Maria Bayote]

I used to read a lot but recently not anymore. I started reading Reader's Digest when I was around 7 y/o, and upgraded to books, novels. Being a hopeless romantic I used to love reading light-hearted romance stories. I also like autobiographies, true to life mysteries, suspense, anything that took my interest at the moment. One time I even read a book about Astral Traveling.

 

[iPappy]

Anything really. I'll read 3 chapters and if I'm not hooked, I'll put the book away and try it again in a month or two.