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What types of nonfiction books do you typically read? Please check as many as apply.

Survey expired 03/15/13
Total voters: 398

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 77% (308 votes)Biographies/Autobiographies
 65% (257 votes)Memoirs
 58% (229 votes)History
 23% (93 votes)Current Events
 18% (71 votes)Politics
 29% (117 votes)True Crime
 9% (35 votes)Sports
 35% (141 votes)Travel/Adventure
 23% (91 votes)Self-Help/Health
 42% (169 votes)Cookbooks
 5% (18 votes)Parenting
 5% (19 votes)Business
 22% (88 votes)Religion/Spiritual
 4% (14 votes)I don’t read nonfiction books.
 9% (34 votes)Other (Please specify):
  • knitting books
  • Pop culture
  • Science (biology, genetics), Dog Training, Animal Behavior
  • crafts/hobbies
  • Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Feminist issues, Class issues
  • I also read about geology and archaeology, but probably the latter is consicered a part of history
  • science
  • essays
  • Thrillers, Supsense
  • Books that explain difficult subjects in an entertaining way such as Freakonomics.
  • Craft/DIY and Home Decorating
  • animal biography (such as DEWEY and MARLEY AND ME), animals (such as Temple Grandin books), science (such as THE HOT ZONE)
  • Books about the food industry, eating healthy, safe foods, etc.
  • Women's Studies
  • science; language arts; jewelry-making; needle crafts
  • Science, Crafts,
  • Science; Brain on Fire, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks e.g.
  • humour
  • knitting books
  • mystery, suspense novels
  • Sociology, anthropology
  • horse and dog training books
  • educational/reference
  • Humor, animals
  • breastfeeding and nursing books
  • knitting and crochet books as well as sewing.
  • Mysteries and Novels
  • Animal stories
  • Mysteries
  • Mary Roach, John McPhee, Simon Winchester, M, etc.ark Kurlansky
  • Narrative nonfiction
  • Narrative nonfiction
  • Narrative nonfiction
  • Narrative nonfiction