Nonfiction

Nonfiction 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). Nonfiction can als ...more

Biological War: A Scenario
Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
I'm a Lot: Surviving Myself and All the People I've Been
50 True Stories That Will Scare You to Death: True Crime, Hauntings, Aliens, and More
You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
The Solo Honeymoon: A Brief Beautiful True Love Story
Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America's Love for the Wild
Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World
Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir
Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA
The Table where We Meet: Lessons Learned from Dinner with 1000 Strangers
Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics
Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate
The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America
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