nonfiction novel

American  

noun

1. a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.

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Example Sentences

His 1968 book "The Armies of the Night," described as a "nonfiction novel," won the Pulitzer Prize along with the National Book Award.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2022

But then again, that book might turn out to be The Executioner’s Song, the nonfiction novel that Joan Didion called “astonishing,” which helped reshape the debate over capital punishment in its time.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2021

“Hiroshima” is told entirely in an unadorned, omniscient third-person voice, which is why it’s often called the first nonfiction novel.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

The new reissue was compiled by stalwart imprint Light in the Attic, and arrives as a companion to Sweet’s loving biography of the band, “Hadley Lee Lightcap,” which he describes as a nonfiction novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2017

And his nonfiction novel, so described by Capote, was based on the cooperation of subjects with whom the author was most certainly not completely honest.

From Washington Post