I want to admit that today only a few people read fiction books. The majority of people prefer watching TV rather than reading books. As a matter of fact, contemporary people watch more TV and more movies and read less, and when one reads, he/she reads non-fiction instead of fiction. For sure most people don’t realize the fact that the written word, and fiction in particular, provides benefits you can’t get from other media. In this text we are going to show you the most significant pluses of reading fiction books.

First of all, I want to talk about one of the main advantages of reading. Actually reading fiction can help you improve your people skills. In accordance with the latest study made by Raymond Mar, people who read more fiction are more empathetic and social acumen. On contrary, people who read more non-fiction have shown lower results on these two points. This may be caused by the fact that people have the chance to experience the characters’ social interactions and relationships while reading fiction. Concerning non-fiction, we can state that there is no such phenomena there.

The next advantage of fiction is that when reading it you can train your imagination. This means that reading fiction books can stimulate the imagination. It’s important to know that most people when reading fiction draw even brighter pictures than the writer had depicted in his/her book. In addition, when reading fiction you often visualize the non-existent people and places of the story basing on your previous experience. This helps you to develop your imagination by making it more sophisticated.

In addition, when a person is reading, he/she relieves stress gained during the day. And even more, unlike TV and computers, reading does not over stimulate like TV can. Another important detail is that fiction books give us a chance to enter into the narrative, imagine ourselves there. On the other hand most non-fiction can’t present us with such benefits.

And lastly, us, people simply love stories. In fact our mind absorbs new information most easily through stories. Generally, people are a kind of ‘story’ creatures. This means that it’s easier for us, people to learn through experience and metaphor. Reading of fiction and non-fiction books (e.g.: Decision Points George Bush, Earth Book Jon Stewart) not only makes us more educated, it also can make us better speakers and writers. Today when all of us are living in a society of communication an upgrade to your speaking and reading skills can be really useful.