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

Solutions and Other Problems
Rage
Eat a Peach
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
A Knock at Midnight
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency
Evolving Vegan: Deliciously Diverse Recipes from North America's Best Plant-Based Eateries—for Anyone Who Loves Food
Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community
  • A Better Man by Michael Ian Black
    A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son

    Release date: Sep 15, 2020
    "Both thoughtful and lighthearted, this work will appeal to anyone interested in masculinity and modern gender roles." - Library Journal

    “Thoughtful ru
    ...more
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 10 copies available, 1376 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 28 - Oct 11, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Oak Flat by Lauren Redniss
    Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

    Release date: Oct 17, 2020
    Enter for a chance to win an advance copy of OAK FLAT!

    Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swathe of American land, which pi
    ...more
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 50 copies available, 2082 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 20 - Oct 11, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • From Left to Right by Jonathan J. Mize
    From Left to Right: Journeying from Identity Politics to Human Politics
    by

    Release date: Sep 20, 2020
    American politics has grown increasingly CRAZY. I think this is something we can ALL admit. Read this book to help orient yourself and then get back o ...more
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 10 copies available, 713 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 28 - Oct 11, 2020

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Kind of Hindu
    Please Like Me [But Keep Away]
    Help Is On the Way
    Big Shot
    Searching for Coach Taylor
    Educated
    Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake
    Rage
    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
    Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
    Between the World and Me
    The Meaning of Mariah Carey
    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
    Memoirs by Women
    2,442 books — 2,704 voters
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillOh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
    Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
    1,951 books — 2,519 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

    Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenHiroshima by John HerseyUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandOn Killing by Dave Grossman
    Best Non-fiction War Books
    1,420 books — 1,896 voters
    A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
    Favourite Travel Books
    1,836 books — 4,270 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    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

    If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? Who else has sold more than 200 million...
    Peter B. Forster
    “ Just a middle-age man with all the privilege that unasked for gift affords. When in truth it seems, we see suffering as the province of children, mothers, wives and lovers. Broken, struck by the hand of a man’s blind ambition, brutish strength. What of the gentle-man with the soft voice… ”
    ― Peter B. Forster, More Than Love, A Husband's Tale

    Loung Ung
    “ I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. ”
    ― Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

    More quotes...
    Nonfiction Side Reads (Not Adding Any New Members for the Remaining Months of 2020) If you have a friend in Nonfiction…more
    17 members, last active 3 hours ago
    All About Books We're here because we like reading and we like chatting about reading. But we are here especiall…more
    4,115 members, last active 13 hours ago
    This is a group of staff and students who have agreed to help the BHSN librarian develop an incl…more
    10 members, last active 4 days ago
    The Book Club 52|52: Reading for self-development & growth 🎃🎃🎃 Happy October 🎃🎃🎃 ⭐Welcome to The Book Club 52|52: Reading for self-development & growth co…more
    194 members, last active 18 hours ago
    Cars Hate Me
    4 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34PM — 28 people liked it
    Conscious Parenting Online
    1 chapters — updated Nov 20, 2019 06:03AM — 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