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

One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Everyone But Myself
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We're Still So Obsessed with It)
Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
American Girls: One Woman's Journey into the Islamic State and Her Sister's Fight to Bring Her Home
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    Trust: Responsible AI, Innovation, Privacy and Data Leadership

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    Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America

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    Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection

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  • I'm Glad My Mom Died
    The Amish Wife
    Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
    Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
    How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
    Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
    Love, Pamela
    Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom
    A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
    Untamed
    Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
    In the Dream House
    Thicker than Water: A Memoir
    Gender Queer
    Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
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    Outliers: The Story of Success
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    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything
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