Non fiction books Definition

Nonfiction | Define Nonfiction at Dictionary.com

March 10, 2015 – 11:31 pm

noun

the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama ).

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.

Related forms

non·fic·tion·al, adjective

non·fic·tion·al·ly, adverb

Source: dictionary.reference.com

The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire
Book (William Morrow Paperbacks)

Bible loctaed in the non-fiction section?

2009-09-21 08:58:47 by n00bch0p

I went to the library a few days ago to check out some books on religion to further my studies. I found it amusing when I came across the Bible parked close to The God Delusion in the non-fiction section.
I told one of the librarians that It was placed in the wrong section, and she immediately became offended/defensive. I then told her to look up the definition of non-fiction in a dictionary and get back to me. I was asked to leave...

By telling a librarian to look up

2009-09-21 09:41:41 by cheaande

A word definition, you implied that she was clueless about it, and you got a defensive response, and you are surprised? As RFiveDFour said in another post, she has no control over how books are categorized. Your telling her to look up the definition of non-fiction and then get back to her sounds like boorish behavior to me.

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