nonfiction genres
True writing types
Nonfiction genres are categories of writing based on factual content rather than invented stories.
Major genres include biography, memoir, history, essay, journalism, and self-help.
The boundaries blur—a travel book may read like memoir, a history like narrative fiction.
She writes across nonfiction genres, from true crime to nature writing.
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- biographyWritten life account
- tell allReveal all secrets
- historyRecord of past events
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
long form journalism · essay · true crime · behind the scenes · documentary · current affairs · autobiography · personal essay · first person account · travel writing · reportage · self-help · science writing · expose · chronicle · narrative · investigative · profile
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Classifications of imaginary prose
literary fiction · fantasy · science fiction · novels · romance novels
nonfiction genresescapist literature
Reading for mental retreat
pulp fiction · page-turners · leisure reading · guilty pleasures · potboilers
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