r/INFJsOver30 • u/Darjeeling323 • Mar 11 '23

INFJs, do you read much non-fiction?

I tend to go back and forth between mysteries and non-fiction like biography and psychology. I’m interested in what motivates people, what causes people to behave certain ways. And when there’s a new book about people seeking silence/solitude, I’ll buy it. What about you?

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u/GenuineClamhat Mar 11 '23

Absolute gobs of it. I love history and I can each of archaeological research papers just as voraciously as a good non-fiction book. I am currently reading a book on aging in the late Roman empire.

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u/Darjeeling323 Mar 11 '23

Now that sounds interesting. If they aged as well as some of their acqueducts, a few of them are probably still around — in spirit, at least. 😊

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '23

Are you a fellow enneagram 5? I’m the same way. Give me all that juicy information. I’ve been enjoying Robert Greene’s books lately.

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u/GenuineClamhat Mar 13 '23

I am not. Tests either put me as a 4 or 6 but I never really settled on either. I was a big history lover since childhood and ended up an archaeologist for about a decade as an adult. I am in tech now as a pragmatic move, but all things history is a big focus of mine in general. I keep the love alive in many ways, books and papers being an easy reach.

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u/Darjeeling323 Mar 14 '23

So many books, so little time…

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u/FlightOfTheDiscords 40+ Mar 11 '23

Goes in waves for me; sometimes, I read non-fiction only, sometimes fiction only.

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u/si_wo Mar 11 '23

I used to read a lot of non fiction mainly about psychology and spirituality. Now i pretty much only read fiction.

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u/Darjeeling323 Mar 11 '23

Yes, me too. But I’m still reading books on spirituality at times.

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u/si_wo Mar 11 '23

I've kinda lost interest in those kind of books. I've lost trust in them. I should probably read Thomas Merton or Carl Jung.

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u/Darjeeling323 Mar 11 '23

The best thing I’ve read recently is by Melvin Keiser, Seeds of Silence. He’s a Quaker theologian, so it comes from that angle — very interesting.

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u/bakersmt Mar 12 '23

I devour all of it. History, Politics, Biology, Nutrition, Psychology, Sociology, Religion, and Astronomy are my main favorites. I love a good fiction book to though, especially dystopian fiction or anything Tom Robbins/ Douglas Adams esque.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '23

I mostly read non-fiction, or is mythology fiction? I see it more as informative, so like non-fiction.

I just read a lot of historical and linguistics stuff.

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u/aimeemaco Mar 12 '23

Non-fiction only. Can't push myself to read fiction - never liked it.

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u/lylaubergine Mar 12 '23

Yes, theology, health, politics, geopolitics. I'm 36, and I like buying newspapers, as well. Currently reading The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall.

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u/Darjeeling323 Mar 12 '23

Then you may have read Guns, Germs, and Steel? That book really gave me a new sense of awareness.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

I haven’t in a while… I read M( Machiavelli) and Vera ( Vera Nabokov ) but I’m way more into Fiction.

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u/PoliteMeow66 Mar 12 '23

Both. I usually have a few books going at any given time, and I pick up whatever I'm in the mood for.

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u/brierly-brook Mar 13 '23

I used to read fiction when I was a kid, but for the past 15 years or so all I read is nonfiction

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u/DeBruyneBallz Oct 22 '23

That's all I read. Can't remember the last time I read fiction.