Nonfiction

Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a nonfiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying that it is true that people believe that (for such topics as mythology, religion). Non-fiction can a ...more

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
We are Never Meeting in Real Life.
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
You Don't Look Your Age: And Other Fairy Tales
Queer there and Everywhere: 22 People Who Changed the World
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
Give a Girl a Knife
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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