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It's always surprising how many HN readers seem to read only non-fiction, sometimes only self-help style books about business and startups. Some are even proud of that.

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I’m equally surprised how many people read extremely low quality pop fiction nowadays. Especially those romantic/erotic books. Those were the kind of book you’d be laughed at for reading back in the day.

Reading non-fiction about some current topic isn’t that bad in comparison.

I'm kinda dumping my thoughts in this reply to a bunch of the parent/sibling comments - but to me non-fiction isn't the problem, it's specifically the self-help genre that by and large seems incredibly intellectually shallow, e.g. the fast food of non-fiction.

This became me, somewhere along the last 5-10 years. Not the being proud of it part, just the realization that my breadth of book reading has taken a nosedive. Unfortunately I haven’t read a single book of any kind in the last few years. Having kids didn’t help, but I am planning to change that finally.

good non fictions books are rare. Why bother with that crap when there are manga and anime?

Good manga and anime are even more rare.

great ones like berserk, 5cmps, cowboy bebop, your name are rare. Good ones are plenty. In fact, considering, how shitty western writers have become, even the trash manga/manwha are infinitely better.

If you're talking about animation, Western animation is arguably the best it's ever been. IDK about comics compared to manga.

Animation doesn't exclude writing. And the writing is the worst in last 50 years

I was referring to the writing as well. You're expressing real pick-me behavior here.

You sound hurt. Did I hit a nerve? Are you part of Anita Sarkeesian circle or Sweet Baby Inc by any chance?

I don't need anyone to pick me, thank you very much.

> even the trash manga/manwha are infinitely better.

Including the vast amount of gooner bait for pedophile losers who got no attention from women in their life? I doubt that

if that suits your taste, sure, even that's better.

let's not kid ourselves by saying western writers didn't/don't write the same things.

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