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

The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
The Vampire's Cult: The Untold Story of Obsession, Control, and a Shocking Small-Town Murder
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir
The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
The Everest Mystery: Sandy Irvine, George Mallory, and the Truth Still Buried on Everest
Suffer a Witch: A Memoir
House Hushing: The Simple Method to Declutter and Decorate for a More Peaceful Home
Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire
Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard
Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War
What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity
Great and Unfortunate Things
  • Life and Lobster by Jim Tselikis
    Life and Lobster: From Shark Tank to a Billion-Dollar Business (And How We Almost Lost It All)

    Release date: Sep 22, 2026
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  • Anger by Roger Di Pietro
    Anger: Psychological Reasons Why It Rises and How to Reduce It
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    Release date: Apr 02, 2024
    Anger: Psychological Reasons Why It Rises and How to Reduce It explores personally-based anger and frustration from an Adlerian perspective.
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  • The Anxiety Code by Roger Di Pietro
    The Anxiety Code: Deciphering the Purposes of Neurotic Anxiety
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    Release date: Oct 09, 2014
    An Adlerian exploration of personality-based anxiety and its functions.
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  • I'm Glad My Mom Died
    The Let Them Theory
    The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
    The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life
    The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
    Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
    Sociopath
    Raising Hare: A Memoir
    From Here to the Great Unknown
    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
    Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
    What we've read so far in 2013...
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    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Awakened Investor by Tim Jai BakerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
    Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
    3,341 books — 4,418 voters
    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboA Shade of Vampire by Bella ForrestThe Wronged Sons by John MarrsIsle of Winds by James FahyDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
    Best of Little-Known Authors
    7,082 books — 5,144 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    Books That Have Made An Impression
    4,229 books — 2,718 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
    Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
    15,686 books — 18,104 voters

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Educated
    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    I'm Glad My Mom Died
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Outliers: The Story of Success
    Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
    Man's Search for Meaning
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    We Should All Be Feminists

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