nonfiction
works of this class: She had read all of his novels but none of his nonfiction.
(especially in cataloging books, as in a library or bookstore) all writing or books not fiction, poetry, or drama, including nonfictive narrative prose and reference works; the broadest category of written works.
Origin of nonfiction
1Other words from nonfiction
- non·fic·tion·al, adjective
- non·fic·tion·al·ly, adverb
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How to use nonfiction in a sentence
Still, even a dry-seeming nonfiction category like “books about books” — a librarian might label them “studies of print culture”— can be dangerously fascinating.
When I find fiction too draining, I turn to books about books. They can be as thrilling as a whodunit. | Michael Dirda | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostIn addition, they may recall being required to read those dreaded textbooks, which, sadly, might have been their only contact with nonfiction.
Fiction or nonfiction? What kids really like to read. | Valerie Strauss | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostA decade later, I was an assistant editor at Book World when Richard Ellmann’s “Oscar Wilde” was 1988’s most eagerly anticipated work of literary nonfiction.
How did all these books get into my house? There’s a method to what seems like madness. | Michael Dirda | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostShe is a nonfiction faculty member in Alma College’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
ProPublica Adds Two New Journalists to Midwest Newsroom | by ProPublica | January 5, 2021 | ProPublicaPair it with something nonfiction, like “I’ve Been Wrong Before” by Evan James, a book of essays on life, coming out, relationships, and more.
Holiday gifts for the reader on your list | Terri Schlichenmeyer | December 10, 2020 | Washington Blade
Lehrer is already well into his next book, a nonfictional look at presidential debates, due out in 2011.
British Dictionary definitions for nonfiction
/ (ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən) /
writing dealing with facts and events rather than imaginative narration
(modifier) relating to or denoting nonfiction
Derived forms of nonfiction
- nonfictional, adjective
- nonfictionally, adverb
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