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title: "What is a fiction and non-fiction book?"  
description: "A summary about the friction books and non-friction books"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-14  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2470/what-is-a-fiction-and-non-fiction-book  
category: "book and writing"  
tags: ["friction books", "non-friction books", "books"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a fiction and non-fiction book?

![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/2408541c-2abc-47c9-bca5-267fd7a85dad.jpeg) ![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/0d0e8688-4736-46dd-910c-9c962ad1ffd9.jpeg) Fiction books are created by authors from their imaginations and do not claim that a story is true. It is usually known as novel books. ![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/3fd5b0f5-208c-4422-a59f-80a41479b775.jpeg) Non-fiction books are based on real events, people, and places. It is written to inform and educate readers. ![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/fceda984-b1d7-46cc-a0a3-7985d7e215d5.jpeg) Short stories, novels, myths, legends, and fairy tales are all considered fiction. ![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/6f7a65d3-29f8-4651-b872-655a8b30e8f2.jpeg) History, science, biography, current events, and self-help are known as non-fiction. ![What is a fiction and non fiction book](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4bb658cc-f321-46f6-8a35-64ba756908e2/images/e2bd8f1c-ba1f-4ab0-843c-ed6e3b19f3e9.jpeg) If it is not based on real events, then the book is fiction. If the book educates readers about real people, events, or places, then it is non-fiction

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