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Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively based on historical, scientific, and empirical information. However, some non-fiction ranges into more subjective territory, including sincerely held opinions on real-world topics. Often referring specifically to prose writing, non-fiction is one of the two fundamental approaches to story and storytelling, in contrast to narrative fiction, which is largely populated by imaginary characters and events. Non-fiction writers can show the reasons and consequences of events, they can compare, contrast, classify, categorise and summarise information, put the facts in a logical or chronological order, infer and reach conclusions about facts, etc. They can use graphic, structural and printed appearance features such as pictures, graphs or charts, diagrams, flowcharts, summaries, glossaries, sidebars, timelines, table of contents, headings, subheadings, bolded or italicised words, footnotes, maps, indices, labels, captions, etc. to help readers find information. While specific claims in a non-fiction work may prove inaccurate, the sincere author aims to be truthful at the time of composition. A non-fiction account is an exercise in accurately representing a topic, and remains distinct from any implied endorsement. Distinctions The numerous narrative techniques used within fiction are generally thought inappropriate for use in non-fiction. They are still present particularly in older works, but are often muted so as not to overshadow the information within the work. Simplicity, clarity, and directness are some of the most important considerations when producing non-fiction. Audience is important in any artistic or descriptive endeavour, but it is perhaps most important in non-fiction. In fiction, the writer believes that readers will make an effort to follow and interpret an indirectly or abstractly presented progression of theme, whereas the production of non-fiction has more to do with the direct provision of information. Understanding of the potential readers' use for the work and their existing knowledge of a subject are both fundamental for effective non-fiction. Despite the claim to truth of non-fiction, it is often necessary to persuade the reader to agree with the ideas and so a balanced, coherent, and informed argument is vital. However, the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction are continually blurred and argued upon, especially in the field of biography; as Virginia Woolf said: "if we think of truth as something of granite-like solidity and of personality as something of rainbow-like intangibility and reflect that the aim of biography is to weld these two into one seamless whole, we shall admit that the problem is a stiff one and that we need not wonder if biographers, for the most part failed to solve it." Including information that the author knows to be untrue within such works is usually regarded as dishonest. Still, certain kinds of written works can legitimately be either fiction or non-fiction, such as journals of self-expression, letters, magazine articles, and other expressions of imagination. Though they are mostly either one or the other, a blend of both is also possible. Some fiction may include non-fictional elements; semi-fiction is fiction implementing a great deal of non-fiction, (such as a fictional description based on a true story). Some non-fiction may include elements of unverified supposition, deduction, or imagination for the purpose of smoothing out a narrative, but the inclusion of open falsehoods would discredit it as a work of non-fiction. The publishing and the bookselling businesses sometimes use the phrase "literary non-fiction" to distinguish works with a more literary or intellectual bent, as opposed to the bulk of non-fiction subjects. Types Based on the author's intention or the purpose of the content, the main genres of non-fiction are instructional, explanatory, discussion-based, report-based (non-chronological), opinion-based (persuasive) and relating (chronological recounting) non-fiction. Non-fictional works of these different genres can be created with the help of a range of structures or formats such as: reference works (almanacs, encyclopaedias, atlases, bibliographies, chronicles, consumer reports, dictionaries, thesauri, business or telephone directories, handbooks, yearbooks, books of quotations, etc) life writings (autobiographies, biographies, confessions, diaries, logs, memoirs, epistles, letters, postcards and letter collections, epitaphs, obituaries, etc.) literary criticism (book reports and book reviews), art criticism, film criticism persuasive writing (apologias and polemics), essays and essay collections; promotional writing (brochures, pamphlets, press releases, advertorials, etc.) history books academic texts (scholarly papers including scientific papers, monographs, scientific journals, treatises, edited volumes, conference proceedings, etc.) news stories, editorials, letters to the editor, and opinion pieces, manifestos, notices (announcements), documentary films and factual television textbooks, study guides, field guides, travelogues, recipes, owner's manuals and user guides self-help books, popular science books, blogs, presentations, orations, sayings And so on. Common literary examples of non-fiction include expository, argumentative, functional, and opinion pieces; essays on art or literature; biographies; memoirs; journalism; and historical, scientific, technical, or economic writings (including electronic ones). See also Creative non-fiction Documentary practice List of writing genres Category:Non-fiction literary awards References External links What is Creative Nonfiction? Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Nonfiction – overview at Britannica. Discover the The Non Fiction Author popular books. Find the top 100 most popular The Non Fiction Author books.
Best Seller The Non Fiction Author Books of 2024
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The Invitation
Lucy FoleyFrom the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Paris Apartment and The Guest List, an evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a gro...
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The Fire Next Time
James BaldwinNATIONAL BESTSELLER The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960sand still lights the way to understanding race in America toda...
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BO...
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Caste
Isabel Wilkerson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”Dwight Garner,...
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Hidden Figures
Margot Lee ShetterlyThe #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space...
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On the Come Up
Angie ThomasThe YA love letter to hiphopstreaming on Paramount+ September 23, 2022! Starring Sanaa Lathan (in her directorial debut), Jamila C. Gray, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, ...
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Finding Me
Viola DavisOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK A HARPERS BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF 2022 A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK A MARIE CLAIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK“It’s clear from the first page that Davis is going ...
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All-American Murder
James Patterson, Alex Abramovich & Mike HarvkeyDiscover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's firstdegree murder conviction and untimely death and his journey from the Patriots to pr...
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Area 51
Annie JacobsenThis "compellingly hardhitting" bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the topsecret military base for the first time (New York Times)...
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The Book of Lost and Found
Lucy FoleyFrom London to Corsica to Paris as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two captivating love stories unfurl in this captivating novel from the author of the ...
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These Precious Days
Ann PatchettThe beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchett’s...
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Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle & Glennon Doyle Melton#1 New York Times Bestseller | Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection"Riveting…a worthy investment…this book has real wisdom."New York Times Book Review"Provocative….I adore her honesty, ...
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In Search of Sisterhood
Paula J. GiddingsThis history of the largest block women's organization in the United States is not only the story of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (DST), but also tells of the increasing involvement ...
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Ho...
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The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, Ilena SIlverman & Jake Silverstein#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly reveal...
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey“Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming that unruly beast.”Philadelphia Inquirer“Women should listen to Steve Harvey when i...
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Monster
Walter Dean MyersThis New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial.Presented as a scree...
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Inside Out Girl
Tish CohenRachel Berman wants everything to be perfect. An overprotective single mother of two, she is acutely aware of the statistical dangers lurking around every cornerwhich makes her sna...
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Fredrik BackmanA little book with a big heartfrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People.“I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting,...
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Everything I Never Told You
Celeste NgThe acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts“A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” O, the Oprah Magazine“Explosive . ...
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Making Toast
Roger Rosenblatt“A painfully beautiful memoir….Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive.” E. L. DoctorowA revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy...
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Dreams from My Father
Barack Obama#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARSIn this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides u...
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Straight Talk, No Chaser
Steve HarveySteve Harvey;intimacy;love;commitment;intimacy;harmony;how to please husband;husband;wife;unity;future;build a home;happiness;humourgrowth;success;positivity;guide;memoir;anecdotal...
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Killing the Mob
Bill O'Reilly & Martin DugardInstant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!In the tenth book in the multimillionselling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard take o...
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Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks & Micah SparksIn this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope.As moving as his best...
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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea HandlerIn these personal essays, the hilarious comedian and Chelsea Lately host reflects on family, love life, and the absurdities of adulthood with "cheeky candor" and signature wit (Phi...
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Half Broke Horses
Jeannette WallsFrom the author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon“Walls vividly depicts her astonishing, resilient grandmother with a lightness of touch that is plainspoken yet heartfelt” (Chi...
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Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redee...
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette WallsTHE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOONThe extraordinary, oneofakind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the ...
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition
Steve HarveyAn International BestsellerOver 3 Million Copies Sold!With translations in more than thirty languages, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is the definitive relationship guide for wo...
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie DillardWinner of the Pulitzer Prize“The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about her book that I like. . . . It is the a...
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Mere Christianity
C. S. LewisThe Beloved Classic on What All Christians BelieveOne of the most popular introductions to Christian faith ever written, Mere Christianity brings together Lewis’s legendary broadca...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Holly MadisonThe real, untold, and unvarnished story of life inside the legendary Playboy Mansionand the man who holds the keyfrom the woman who was Hef’s #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Ne...
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I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck KlostermanOneofakind cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman “offers up great facts, interesting cultural insights, and thoughtprovoking moral calculations in ...
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The Other Wes Moore
Wes MooreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the governor of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids wit...
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Born a Crime
Trevor Noah#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soulnourishing” (USA Today) mem...
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The Argonauts
Maggie NelsonAn intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genrebending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offer...
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How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting...
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Zelda
Nancy Milford“Profound, overwhelmingly moving . . . a richly complex love story.” New York TimesAcclaimed biographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality o...
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann PatchettA Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick“I had been so engaged by Ann Patchett’s multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job. […] As the best p...
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Confessions of a Video Vixen
Karrine SteffansPart tellall, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner working...
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Five Families
Selwyn RaabGenovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the...
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All About Love
bell hooksA New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale HurstonA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy ...
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Homo Deus
Yuval Noah HarariOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the criticallyacclaimed New York Times bestseller and internat...
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The Sun Does Shine
Anthony Ray Hinton & Lara Love HardinOprah's Book Club Summer 2018 SelectionThe Instant New York Times Bestseller A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty...