Example sentences for: nonfiction

How can you use “nonfiction” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The author of a 1941 nonfiction book about swindlers filed copyright-infringement charges against the screenwriter of The Sting in 1973.

  • Random House's Modern Library chased the idea a few months later with its own list of the 100 best works of fiction of the century, and next month it promises to name the 100 best works of nonfiction . Last month, the Freedom Forum's Newseum compiled a roster of the 100 top stories of the century , and this week New York University's journalism department pegged the century's 100 best works of American journalism .

  • The NYTBR has become heavily weighted in favor of reviews of nonfiction over fiction.

  • Now the most notable nonfiction books are celebrity books or narratives.

  • Last week, the New York Times accused Chase-Riboud herself of pinching several paragraphs from a nonfiction work for her 1986 book, Valide: A Novel of the Harem . Chase-Riboud acknowledged her debt to the previously published work, but claimed that she had done nothing wrong because the book was a "reference" and her novel was intended to be a "seamless narrative using both documents and fiction."


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