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

The Fixed Stars
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time
She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality
Born to Be Public
Everything Sad Is Untrue
The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs
Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir
Intimations
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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  • Educated
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    Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
    Between the World and Me
    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    So You Want to Talk About Race
    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
    The Pale-Faced Lie
    Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
    The Choice: Embrace the Possible
    Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes
    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
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    Educated
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    Outliers: The Story of Success
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    Into the Wild
    Night  (The Night Trilogy, #1)
    The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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