Definition:
Works of fiction are often valuable resources for study and research in nearly every facet of academia. We read nonfiction to learn factual accounts of historical events and people's lives. But, the term "nonfiction" also refers to books of science, math, geography, and most other works of academic literature.
Fiction is a genre in which the works are based on made-up events (more or less).
Why do we read fiction?Works of fiction are often valuable resources for study and research in nearly every facet of academia. We read nonfiction to learn factual accounts of historical events and people's lives. But, the term "nonfiction" also refers to books of science, math, geography, and most other works of academic literature.
Also Known As: legends, comics, fables, fairy tales, film, folklore, novels, novellas, novelettes, plays, poetry, serials, short stories
Common Misspellings: fiktion, fictin
Examples:
Ulysses, The Great Gatsby, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Lolita, Brave New World, The Sound and the Fury, Catch-22, Darkness at Noon, Sons and Lovers, The Grapes of Wrath, Under the Volcano, The Way of All Flesh, 1984, To the Lighthouse, An American Tragedy, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Invisible Man, Native Son, Henderson the Rain King, USA, A Passage to India, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, Tender is the Night, The Good Soldier, Animal Farm, The Golden Bowl, Sister Carrie, A Handful of Dust, As I Lay Dying, All the King's Men, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Howards End, Go Tell it on the Mountain
