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

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The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
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Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
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