non-fiction

memoir

Written personal recollection

• autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
• biographyWritten life account
• profileSide-facing outline
• portraitArtistic depiction of someone

life story · chronicle · testimony · reminiscence · recollection · diary · journal · confession

journalism

News gathering and dissemination

• reportageFactual news writing
• investigativeDevoted to examination
• documentaryFactual film about reality
• exposeMake known publicly

news · current affairs · longform · feature · editorial · op-ed · commentary · column

truth

Accordance with reality

• factsVerifiable pieces of truth
• evidenceFacts supporting truth
• accuracyDegree of correctness
• verificationProving something accurate

documentation · objectivity · authenticity · reliability · validity · credibility · corroboration · substantiation

textbook

Academic subject manual

• curriculumEducational program's content plan
• instructionalIntended to educate
• scholarlyMarked by serious learning
• academicRelating to education or theory

pedagogy · syllabus · coursework · seminar · workshop · lecture · reference · handbook

history

Record of past events

• chronicleOrdered historical record
• archiveStored historical records
• heritageInherited cultural legacy
• civilizationAdvanced organized human society

era · epoch · historiography · primary source · antiquity · timeline · historical account · period

essay

Short argumentative prose work

• analysisMethodical study of parts
• critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
• treatiseFormal scholarly composition
• discourseFormal communication on subjects

commentary · argument · thesis · exposition · examination · interpretation · evaluation · polemic

encyclopedia

Comprehensive subject-matter collection

• almanacYearly data compilation
• dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
• atlasBound collection of charts
• compendiumCondensed reference collection

anthology · directory · catalog · index · glossary · bibliography · gazetteer · yearbook