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
textbook "Quantum Electronics"
surface form: Quantum Electronics
scientific book
textbook "Optical Electronics"
surface form: Optical Electronics
nonfiction book
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln book
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II book
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream book
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys book
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir book
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism book
Leadership in Turbulent Times book
Hard Choices (memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton)
surface form: Hard Choices
non-fiction book
Histoires ou contes du temps passé book
Birds, Beasts and Flowers book
Sea and Sardinia non-fiction book
Twilight in Italy non-fiction book
Studies in Classic American Literature book
Fantasia of the Unconscious book
A Vindication of the Rights of Men political treatise
Daughter of the East autobiography
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West book
Reach for the Sky book
Pioneers of France in the New World book
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West book
The Old Régime in Canada non-fiction book
Montcalm and Wolfe book
France and England in North America: Pioneers of France in the New World non-fiction book
France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West non-fiction book
France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe book
The Rebel non-fiction book
Culture and Democracy in the United States book
Culture and Human Destiny book
Zionism and World Politics book
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer book
The Liberal Spirit book
The Education of Free Men book
Secularism Is the Will of God book
Why Religion? book
Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry book
Capital and Interest book
The Positive Theory of Capital book
Karl Marx and the Close of His System book
After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars book
Social Theory of International Politics book
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics book
sermon collection "Twenty Sermons"
surface form: Twenty Sermons
book
Lectures on Preaching book
The Candle of the Lord and Other Sermons book
The Quest of the Historical Jesus book
Civilization and Ethics philosophical work
Out of My Life and Thought autobiography
Klamath Ethnography book