"1 History + 1 Fiction?" Topic

Do you read two books at a time, one historical, and one fiction?

These days I'm lucky if I can read one

I have no plan.

yes, sometimes two or three historical to two to three fiction.

Yes, that's exactly how I do it!
At the moment it's: "Finland at War," and "Carry On Jeeves."

Most of my "reading" are audio books so it is a little hard to "read" two at the same time.

Dave

ditto to Dave above. Usually historical. If I'm listening to a book on disk in the car and reading a rule book in the house, Does the latter count as fiction?

Yeah. Most of the rules I play are pure fiction.

Sometimes.

At the moment, yes. "With bayonets and zeal" and "the heroes".

Sometimes, but I don't plan it that way.

Usually, yes. Sometimes I have three going at a time, with one being "heavy going" history (perhaps unusually academic, or in a language I don't read fluently) and one being easier, plus one fiction.

Unusually, though, at the moment I have no fiction on the go, and it's Burandt's "Die Ausrüstung der römischen Armee auf der Siegessäule des Marcus Aurelius in Rom" for the "hard work, it's written in foreign" category, and Erica Brindley's "Ancient China and the Yue: Perceptions and Identities on the Southern Frontier, c.400 BCE–50 CE" as "oh, history I can actually read".

Rarely read fiction except the classics. Yes I often read more than 1 book at a time.

Two (or more) wildly different, which is not the same as fiction/non-fiction. I might read literary criticism and military history--or a Regency and a space opera. I would not read Marbot's memoirs and Conan Doyle's "Brigadier Gerard" stories at the same time.

No, I read one book at a time.

Sometimes it works out that way (like now), but I don't plan it that way.

I read two to three at a time and a mix of both. Whatever suits my fancy.

princeman +1

Only if that's how the books come up in the queue. sometimes its multiple histories, sometimes multiple fantasy/scifi, and sometimes it's a mix.

Zulupaul +1.

Not anymore…

Depends upon what is considered fact or fiction. The Manstien and Guderian stuff, Macarthur and Montgomery,even Churhill are what, fact, fiction?
There is more fact in most any of the Flashman stuff than say some of works he pokes fun at, such as H B Stowe or even S Foote.

Usually read historical magazines & journals and an occasional sci-fi book at the same time … But I still rarely read an entire book these days. The net makes it too easy to read about topics, etc. that interest me …

I do read 2 books at once but it's almost always 2 books on the same topic. So could be 2 on history, science, fantasy, or sci-if most often.

That combination would explain a lot!

Yes.

Often, yes. Plus audio. I usually have:

- one in the car (currently Harry Potter Book 5, audio);
- one in the bathroom (currently The Great Anglo-Boer War by Byron Farwell);
- one on my Kindle for reading during lunch or while waiting for appointments (currently Christopher Anvil's Interstellar Patrol, book 2);
- and often one for reading while outside (small enough to fit my purse, for preference). The Kindle doesn't always work for this due to the way natural light obscures the screen.

I read one book at a time. But I try and read historical then fiction.