Both help, and a well-read person should become comfortable with both. There are many kinds of intelligence, it's more than a simple IQ number.
2007-03-15 09:48:20
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answered by teresathegreat 7
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Dear Ocean: I prefer non-fiction books. They can bring you to the far corners of the world, but also drill down into a subject that is meaningful to you. Here's a few that even English majors enjoyed:
The Emperors of Chocolate (about Hershey and Mars)
Isaac's Storm (about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900)
Into Thin Air (about climbing Mt. Everest)
How the Good Guys Finally Won (Watergate)
I don't know if they make you more intelligent, but they do make you more knowledgable about your world.
Keep on readin'.
2007-03-15 09:59:44
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answered by cjones1303 4
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i'm on the whole a fiction reader, nevertheless I rejoice with and understand the desire to study nonfiction...I hadn't rather study various the latter form until I have been given to college and that i all started taking nonfiction workshops for my substantial and different classes that assign such books. My favorites are in return and forth writing; twiddling with Water has eye-catching prose and supply distinctive perspectives of the Philippines and England, ocean and dry land, etc. I actual have a large interest in nonfiction with regards to China. i'm presently examining Oracle Bones via Peter Hessler, which does a large interest of putting modern-day China into perspective given the rustic's history, and yet another stable on is driving the Iron hen via Paul Theroux - a e book it extremely is almost painful to study using fact it ends surprising in the previous Tian'anmen sq.. For me, fiction helps a reader to droop disbelief and keep on with something on a similar time as nonfiction works to concentration the authentic international. i admire the two.
2016-10-18 11:33:45
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answered by ? 4
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I don't know if you can improve your intelligence, but you can certainly improve your imagination and vocabulary. Personally, I prefer fiction. My latest books read are The Memory Keeper's Daughter (very good but sad) and Armageddon's Children (adult harry potter sort of). Loved them both.
2007-03-15 09:49:12
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answered by moveplease 6
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i think both do, depending on what kind of knowledge you seek by reading. they can be inspirational (for example: non-fiction~biography of famous people; fiction~stories about courage) they can be intriguing, informative and entertaining. you just have to find what you want and need from books.
2007-03-15 18:46:58
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answered by hanashima 1
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Fiction because we have to think in depth to grasp the inner meanings of a fiction narrative !!!!
2007-03-15 09:49:02
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answered by cabridog 4
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It might be more a matter of insight than intelligence.
With nonfiction, you're learning about concrete facts, history, cause and effect; with fiction, you're dealing with abstract concepts, emotions, and generally, more personal matters.
2007-03-15 10:07:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Both help you a great deal.
But I like fiction more :)
2007-03-15 09:49:24
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answered by Kamikan 1
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they both improve ur intelligences, though it all depends what ur to improve.
2007-03-16 06:51:51
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answered by Hip_cat 2
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