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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. [1] Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively based on historical, scientific, and empirical information.
The Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction was created in 1998 by the Modern Library. The list is what it considers to be the 100 best non-fiction books published since 1900. The list includes memoirs, textbooks, polemics, and collections of essays. A separate list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century was created the same year. [1]
Literary fiction is a term that distinguishes certain fictional works that possess commonly held qualities to readers outside genre fiction. [citation needed] Literary fiction is any fiction that attempts to engage with one or more truths or questions, hence relevant to a broad scope of humanity as a form of expression.
For a text to be considered creative nonfiction, it must be factually accurate, and written with attention to literary style and technique. Lee Gutkind, founder of the magazine Creative Nonfiction, writes, "Ultimately, the primary goal of the creative nonfiction writer is to communicate information, just like a reporter, but to shape it in a way that reads like fiction."
This category may include articles and sub-categories pertaining to various types of non-fiction literature, not only books, but also essays, documents, and other short or ephemeral forms. Subcategories
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, ... (1968) was an example of the school of New Journalism ...
"Literature", as an art form, is sometimes used synonymously with literary fiction, fiction written with the goal of artistic merit, [5] [6] but can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoirs, letters, and essays.
Non-fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s) 13 Hours (2014), Mitchell Zuckoff: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) The Accidental Billionaires (2009), Ben Mezrich: The Social Network (2010) Across the Wide Missouri (1947), Bernard DeVoto: Across the Wide Missouri (1951) Air America (1985), Christopher Robbins: Air America (1990)