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
“Spendthrift Trusts”
surface form: Spendthrift Trusts
book
autobiography "Colin Meads: All Black"
surface form: Colin Meads: All Black
autobiography
The Solar System and Its Origin book
"The Tomb of Psieas"
surface form: The Tomb of Psieas
book
"How to Read Greek Sculpture"
surface form: How to Read Greek Sculpture
book
Cambrian intelligence: The early history of the new AI
surface form: Cambrian Intelligence: The Early History of the New AI
book
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us book
Fields of Color: The theory that escaped Einstein
surface form: Fields of Color: The Theory That Escaped Einstein
book
Moralism and Christianity book
Substance and Shadow philosophical work
Society the Redeemed Form of Man book
The Nature of Evil philosophical work
The Diary of Alice James book
Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues book
Counterfeit Miracles book
The Lord of Glory non-fiction book
Biblical and Theological Studies book
The Plan of Salvation book
The Magnificent Defeat book
The Sacred Journey book
Now and Then book
Telling Secrets memoir
The Alphabet of Grace book
Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC book
Whistling in the Dark book
Race Matters book
Democracy Matters book
Prophesy Deliverance! book
Black Prophetic Fire book
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought book
Church Dogmatics multi-volume work
A Course in Arithmetic book
Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten philosophical work
Aesthetica in nuce philosophical treatise
Kreuzzüge des Philologen philosophical work
Fliegender Brief philosophical work
Wolken philosophical work
Londoner Schriften philosophical work
Hydrodynamics book
The Dynamical Theory of Sound book
My Wicked, Wicked Ways autobiography
Giving 2.0 book
Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World book
The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir book
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles book
The Only Way I Know book
Through a Window book
Structured Computer Organization non-fiction book
Second Discourse philosophical treatise
The Tower book