Should people read only historical books? One of the Agree or Disagree TOEFL topics proposes a statement, which says that people should read only those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts. I definitely disagree. My literature teacher has always told me that a good fiction helps you to build your personality, and it teaches you very important things about life. I think that’s true. The historical texts have to be impartial, and the fiction books are more emotional, so you can associate yourself with the main character, live his or her life, gain the same life experience with less losses and then avoid mistakes that he or she has made. Maybe you can associate yourself with famous people like Julius Caesar or Napoleon, too, but since the history books won’t tell you about how they interacted with other people, you unlikely to learn something useful in life from their biographies. History books can be really interesting, but you will hardly need to use the knowledge of how to rule the Roman Republic, and a good fiction book always teaches you a life lesson, even if you don’t notice that. In the end, it is such a pleasure to read a fiction book and not just learn about bare facts. Why should anybody deny yourself this pleasure in the first place?