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 ...more

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Born a Crime
The Princess Diarist
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement
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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
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Hearts in Suspension
Tippi: A Memoir
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
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Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
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