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

Taste: My Life Through Food
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020
The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage
The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America
Smile: The Story of a Face
The Boys : A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
Where the Light Fell
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life
Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
Carefree Black Girls
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    Educated
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    Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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    Going There
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    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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    Outliers: The Story of Success
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