Non fiction covers a huge variety of genres and sub genres. Sure, a book on tort law is non fiction, but so is a book on making cakes. They're not all boring or fuddy duddy and highbrow

Fiction can be very formulaic, you read one book by some authors and you've read them all. Even certain genres are along those lines, and I find it a little dull. I tend to find more that entertains me in non fiction than in fiction tbh, precisely because it has such a broad range. It's not that I don't read fiction, but I definitely favour non fiction for the scope.

I can't remember too much from the early/ mid 90s but, Lord of the Flies - hated it. Still on the curriculum as my coworkers 15yr old sister did it this year Romeo and Juliet - peak Leo era. We watched both movies in class alongside, and I was alone in preferring the 60s version Great Gatsby - I'd already read it. Didn't hate it Great Expectations - didn't mind it. The Pearl - hated it King Lear - I didn't mind it. So much of the joy in Shakespeare is taken out by high school English Studies though Plus a lot of Australian poetry, all of which I thoroughly hated.