̶M̶o̶n̶a̶s̶t̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶m̶i̶r̶e̶ ̶T̶o̶l̶k̶i̶e̶n̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶a̶b̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶b̶o̶o̶k̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶d̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶.̶ ̶F̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶s̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶s̶e̶n̶s̶u̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶f̶i̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶n̶o̶v̶e̶l̶s̶ ̶g̶e̶n̶e̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶.̶ ̶A̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶’̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶e̶m̶p̶h̶a̶s̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶s̶d̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶i̶d̶e̶.̶ ̶ ̶ ̶
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̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶p̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶f̶i̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶u̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶:̶ ̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶.̶s̶u̶t̶t̶a̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶l̶.̶n̶e̶t̶/̶t̶/̶e̶n̶t̶e̶r̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶-̶w̶h̶e̶n̶-̶b̶e̶c̶o̶m̶i̶n̶g̶-̶a̶-̶m̶o̶n̶k̶/̶1̶9̶4̶7̶6̶?̶u̶=̶t̶u̶r̶n̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶s̶
In this thread Ajahn Brahmali says
If you read for entertainment, I would say it is covered by the precepts. If you read for other reasons, then perhaps not. If you read the suttas, then certainly not!
There are a number of posts in that thread that may be of interest 