Compare and Contrast Reading

I like to read novels mostly. I have read novels from a variety of different genres, but lately I have been reading classic literature romance novels. Within the past year I read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre. The novels I have read recently are similar to Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point in that they are all stories. Malcolm Gladwell takes his research and turns it into something that is almost like a story to make it more interesting to read. I know that Jane Austen's books are based on observations that she made about life back then just as Malcolm Gladwell's book is based on observations he has made. The classic literature I read does not involve any research, however, but The Tipping Point does. Malcolm Gladwell tries to prove a point whereas a lot of romance novels are read merely for pure enjoyment. I pay more attention to books I have to read for school but when I read books for my own enjoyment I am more lax about it.