No, fantasy books are not a waste of time. I have probably been reading fantasy ever since I learned how to read. A lot of people aren’t able to look past the dragons and swordfighting, but fantasy is a lot more than that. Like any other book, fantasy books are books about people.

Read in the following order.

• The Farseer Trilogy.
• The Liveship Traders.
• The Tawny Man Trilogy.
• The Rain Wild Chronicles.
• Fitz and Fool Trilogy (ongoing).

Reading fantasy books has it’s own benefits too, you can actually escape from the monotonous world. It expands the boundaries of human imagination and develop creativity. It doesn’t matter what genre you are reading – any good book you pick will have something to teach you about life and what not.

Fantasy books are long because the fictional universe must be built from scratch, the fantasy community has grown to expect lengthy novels, and readers simply just want more story content. These reasons have pushed authors to lengthen their fantasy works so that their novels are more marketable in the long run.

Absolutely not. Most non-fiction (Note: Not the same as realistc fiction) books you find in your average library are out dated with the information the provide, especially with the internet available. In addition to say something you do for fun is a “waste of time” doesn’t quite make sense.

Reading a novel has the power to reshape your brain and improve theory of mind. Neuroscientists have discovered that reading a novel can improve brain function on a variety of levels. The researchers found that becoming engrossed in a novel enhances connectivity in the brain and improves brain function.

Reading fiction is not a waste of time. It’s true that we learn things differently from fiction than that from non-fiction books. Don’t read any book just for the sake of reading and having fun or just to increase the number of books you have read. There are many fiction books that are downright trash.

To put yourself in the shoes of others and grow your capacity for empathy, you can hardly do better than reading fiction. Multiple studies have shown that imagining stories helps activate the regions of your brain responsible for better understanding others and seeing the world from a new perspective.

4 Bad Side Effects of Reading Fiction According to the 19th…

• Fiction makes your mind flabby.
• Stories can leave you dissatisfied with reality.
• Novels stoke the emotions.
• Sensational works can numb the soul to tragedy.

Reading is a beneficial activity. But reading too much can also kill your brain’s productivity especially when no new meanings are created. If you are simply reading without deeper processing, you don’t benefit much from it.