Fiction is EVERYTHING! Why novels are as vital as nonfiction for our culture and growth

Entertaining, life-changing, informative, powerful, and so much more - fiction should be thought of as highly as non-fiction. Here's my pitch!

There’s a rumour going round somewhere that fiction can’t inspire personal growth or cultural insight as much as non-fiction. I hear the echo of it from time to time – someone apologising for their fiction habits or saying they only read non-fiction because their focus is on understanding more about the world – and I never feel like I do enough to jump …