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

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The Fixed Stars
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
How to Fly: In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing
Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time
Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980
Everything Sad Is Untrue
She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality
Born to Be Public
Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife
The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs
  • Channel Kindness by Born This Way Foundation Re...
    Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community

    Release date: Sep 22, 2020
    Enter for a chance to win one of 25 finished copies of CHANNEL KINDNESS!

    CHANNEL KINDNESS is a collection of inspirational stories written by young peo
    ...more
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 25 copies available, 2238 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 22 - Sep 29, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • One Trusted Adult by Brooklyn Raney
    One Trusted Adult: How to Build Strong Connections & Healthy Boundaries with Young People
    by

    Release date: Oct 01, 2019
    Book Giveaway!

    Are you a leader of a youth serving organization?

    Looking for a group read to reignite your team?

    Look no further! One Trusted Adult: Ho
    ...more
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 20 copies available, 808 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 17 - Sep 29, 2020

    Countries available: U.S. and Canada

  • Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
    Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

    Release date: Sep 15, 2020
    Enter for a chance to win Ben Macintyre's AGENT SONYA, on sale now!
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 24 copies available, 2207 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 15 - Sep 29, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Rage
    Educated
    Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
    The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
    Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    Between the World and Me
    Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady
    So You Want to Talk About Race
    Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
    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 Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
    The Pale-Faced Lie
    Consequences by Aleatha RomigBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireTruth by Aleatha RomigOn Dublin Street by Samantha YoungThe Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
    New Authors to Read
    4,101 books — 5,106 voters
    The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
    Foreign Lands
    2,098 books — 2,478 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,555 books — 3,483 voters
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
    Best Woman-Authored Books
    6,784 books — 5,464 voters

    Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareBlood Promise by Richelle MeadHunted by P.C. CastEvermore by Alyson Noel
    Books for 2009
    582 books — 2,411 voters
    John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
    Best History Books
    2,902 books — 3,192 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
    Educated
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    Outliers: The Story of Success
    Bossypants
    Into the Wild
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    Night  (The Night Trilogy, #1)
    The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
    Becoming
    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    Related News

    There's something great about a paperback book: They're perfect book club choices, you can throw them in your bag and go, and they've been out in...
    Truman Capote
    “ They shared a doom against which virtue was no defense ”
    ― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

    Arnold Henry
    “ Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond infinity. ”
    ― Arnold Henry

    More quotes...
    Reading Classic Books How many times have you said that you need to read more classic books? If at any point you’ve ma…more
    28 members, last active 10 days ago
    Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
    14,498 members, last active 14 hours ago
    Retro Chapter Chicks We're a group of ladies from far and wide that love history. We read and discuss fantastic book…more
    61 members, last active an hour ago
    All About Books We're here because we like reading and we like chatting about reading. But we are here especiall…more
    4,123 members, last active 19 minutes ago
    Poetry
    25 chapters — updated Dec 13, 2017 10:20PM — 248 people liked it
    Handicapped Hell: Days in the Life of a Person With Cerebellar Ataxia
    7 chapters — updated Apr 25, 2016 10:56AM — 0 people liked it

    Tags

    Tags contributing to this page include: non-fiction, adult-non-fiction, adult-nonfiction, general---nonfiction, non-fic, non-fiction-books, non-fuction, nonfic, nonfiction, and popular-nonfic