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

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
The Gene: An Intimate History
Sex Object
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Ego Is the Enemy
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
I'm Just a Person
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
You'll Grow Out of It
Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises
This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life
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