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 View from the Kingdom nonfiction book
Unemployment (A. C. Pigou) book
The Methods of Ethics book
The Principles of Political Economy book
The Scope and Method of Economic Science book
Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers book
"The Scalpel, The Sword" (biography)
surface form: The Scalpel, The Sword
book
Il Milione book
Le Devisement du Monde book
L’Algarabie book
Billions and Billions non-fiction book
Murmurs of Earth book
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors book
Other Worlds book
Comet book
The Cold and the Dark book
Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence book
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective popular science book
Istanbul: Memories and the City book
Panzer Operations book
Herman
surface form: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
book
Time and Free Will philosophical work
Matter and Memory philosophical work
Creative Evolution philosophical work
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic philosophical work
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion book
Prison Notebooks philosophical work
Letters from Prison book
My Sister, Life book
Safe Conduct autobiographical memoir
Spheres of Justice book
Interpretation and Social Criticism book
Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad book
Exodus and Revolution book
Arguing About War book
On Toleration book
Politics and Passion book
Consciousness Explained book
Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting book
Darwin's Dangerous Idea book
Brainstorms non-fiction book
Kinds of Minds book
Freedom Evolves book
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon book
From Bacteria to Bach and Back book
Linguistics and Philosophy book
Mor Salkımlı Ev memoir
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft philosophical work
Dumbth: And 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter book
Vulgarians at the Gate book