Reading Non-Fiction/Histories/Biographies

HDirtwater

Is it just me, or are most (well-written) non-fiction books more interesting to read than most of the the ridiculous tripe passing for novels these days? It just seems to me that every time I read another history book, I think to myself "a good author can't MAKE this stuff up!"

I haven't read a good fiction novel in years, yet I'm engrossed in most every history book I read.

knightandre

I find this true in some cases, but some people do an excellent job of making the most interesting topics dry.

jenice

corridor_writers

I would agree that how the book is written and presented is by far the most important thing regarding how a historical book was written.

For the perfect example I would submit the book “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae” written by Steven Pressfield. This historical novel is very accurate historically, except perhaps for the main character, a squire to the Spartans who can tell their story from an outside perspective. This is a brilliantly written book which I would recommend to anybody.

On that note….I think I am going to go start a thread on Greek History. Smile