autistics and fiction

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I grew up reading alot of trashy historical fiction and YA books, mostly series. I didn't do as well with short, stand-alone YA books because it took me the whole book to figure out the schema the author used to communicate.

Now I breathe non-fiction and genre stuff like air, but don't consider it "reading." Especially since I tend to read only the parts I find interesting out of whatever's in front of me and don't really search out the books.

I don't read as much fiction as an adult because I need something on my level but can't seem to process the emotions of adult fiction without feeling overwhelmed. I will finish literary fiction, which I like not least because it lacks conventionality and complicated plots -- both of which are likely to go over my head! And I love poetry because it's original and mercifully short.

I just like reading.

Reading fiction,reading non-fiction, reading periodicals, reading instruction manuals, reading labels, reading posters, reading forums, reading websites....reading reading reading. Apparently, I've always been like this.

My favourite things to read, however, are the following:
philosophy
psychology
art history/theory
other social-theory-type books (eg Baudrillard, Adorno (I have these authors on my bookshelf, but haven't finished reading the books, alas)
poetry, esp. contemporary poetry
20th Century literature
Dostoevsky
Hardy
Bronte sisters
Camus (who I've already covered with philosophy and 20th C literature, but I like him so I'll re-list)
Faulkner
Joyce (I've only finished the Dubliners, but I've started his other works at various times. I just get distracted)
the list goes on.

I should stop talking now, otherwise I'll never stop.

Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. (Molloy, Malone Meurt and L'Innommable.) Everyman's Library has published a fantastic hardcover edition containing all three novels. I recommend buying that if you can. The Grove Press softcover printing is a disgrace.

I only read fantasy based fiction. Any other stories are presented in movies and TV, but books are the only way I can get my dose of fantasy.

Just finished reading Brandon Sanderson's Misborn trilogy.

My reading habits lean heavily towards non-fiction. Mostly restricted to my interests: history, geography, botany, horticulture, acoustics, anthropology, psychology, philosophy.

If I read a piece of fiction.... it had better involve a strong factual basis, and one or more of those interests.

I wonder if perhaps our social difficulties have meant that there have been certain (what NTs might refer to as) expected 'life events' that we have not experienced to the same degree, so we find it more difficult to relate to the portrayal of these sorts of events in adult fiction. And whether there are things that are accepted as being important to most adult NTs that are less so to us, so the same difficulty would arise understanding why they were being portrayed as such an important part of the plot in a contemporary story. I know that there are some modern - and very popular - novels that I've picked up and flicked through and really been very puzzled by because nothing seems to happen in them and I couldn't see the point to the story. Bridget Jones' Diary is one example that comes to mind.

Fiction is my religion.

I LOVE fiction books of all kinds! Fantasy, mystery, romance, classic literature, you name it!

I like fiction, but only because I like getting obsessed with fictional characters. I don't really care about plot and things of that nature.

When I watch TV, I usually only watch non-fiction stuff like shows on TruTV or TLC.

I like reading fiction, though I read more non-fiction than fiction.

I get in a pretty even balance of both. I go through fiction faster though because with non-fiction, I like to take scrupulous notes. I just moved out of state a couple days ago and don't have any lined paper with me so I've been without non-fiction since then. I get really agitated and distracted if I read non-fiction without taking notes.

Part of me just thinks that real life sucks so why would I want to read about it?