non-fiction work

C46
concept

A non-fiction work is a factual written, audio, or visual composition that presents information, ideas, or real events grounded in reality rather than imagination.

All labels observed (85)

Label Occurrences
book 11,553
non-fiction book 3,010
philosophical work 1,098

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: non-fiction work
Generated description
A non-fiction work is a factual written, audio, or visual composition that presents information, ideas, or real events grounded in reality rather than imagination.

Instances (15,189)

Instance Via concept surface
The Eye of the Storm book
autobiographical business book "Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?" (subject of)
surface form: Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?
non-fiction book
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire book
Spicilegia Zoologica scientific book
Information Anxiety book
Information Architects book
Understanding USA book
Understanding Healthcare book
An Autumn Love Cycle book
To the Is-Land autobiographical book
An Angel at My Table (book)
surface form: An Angel at My Table
autobiography
The Envoy from Mirror City book
Identity Economics book
Rachel E. Kranton
surface form: Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
book
The Graphics Programming Black Book non-fiction book
Zen of Graphics Programming book
Zen of Code Optimization book
Gypsy: A Memoir autobiography
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years book
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years book
writing "An Encouragement of Learning"
surface form: An Encouragement of Learning
book
writing "An Outline of a Theory of Civilization"
surface form: An Outline of a Theory of Civilization
book
Gakumon no Susume book
Bunmeiron no Gairyaku book
Seiyō Jijō book
Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality book
If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? book
Rescuing Justice and Equality book
History, Labour, and Freedom book
Ulysses and the Sirens book
Sour Grapes book
Explaining Technical Change book
Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences book
Solomonic Judgements book
Alchemies of the Mind book
Explaining Social Behavior book
Closing the Books book
Ulysses Unbound book
Class, Crisis and the State book
Class Counts book
Envisioning Real Utopias book
Understanding Class book
Approaches to Class Analysis book
Deepening Democracy book
Real Freedom for All book
Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? book
Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World philosophical work
Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy book
Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653 book
The Boom and the Bubble: The US in the World Economy book