How to Use nonfiction in a Sentence

nonfiction

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  • He reads a lot of nonfiction.
  • Scorsese had long wanted to make the film, based on David Grann’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Best Books of 2023 Read our reviews of the year’s notable new fiction and nonfiction.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it is based on on David Grann’s nonfiction book of the same name.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The nonfiction book is the result of hundreds of interviews with boys between the ages of 13 and 18.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Check out reviews for the latest in fiction and nonfiction.
    — Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • First, the Holocaust Film Fund, which will provide funding for nonfiction work about the Holocaust.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a fictional thriller in a nonfiction disguise.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Chron, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Two nonfiction books that drew a lot of well-deserved attention stand out.
    — Ali Shahbaz, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Poniewozik: There are things that fiction can do that journalism and nonfiction can’t.
    — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The company, based in New York City, where the couple lives, has more than 15 docs in the pipeline, including a nonfiction project about the Rust shooting.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Jamison’s mode of nonfiction is compassionate but lets no one off the hook, least of all herself.
    — Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
  • That nonfiction debut was filled with starts and stops and empty space; sometimes a page contained only a line, or a question.
    — Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Her memoir about cancer and care, ‘‘The Undying,’’ won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.
    — Cedar Sigo Anne Boyer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Like many nonfiction authors, Ms. Land turned to speaking.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Becca Rothfeld is the nonfiction book critic for The Washington Post.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Connell’s nonfiction works in much the same way, unraveling myths rather than weaving them.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The union’s eastern branch, meanwhile, has made inroads at specific nonfiction shops in a push to organize the sector that has lasted over a decade.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The list spans genres, from literary fiction to mystery to nonfiction.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Women in science are trending in fiction as well as nonfiction.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The Times gathered five contributing critics to recommend 15 works of fiction and 15 more of nonfiction.
    — Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Great nonfiction stories don't always make for good TV drama.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • That’s certainly the case with celebrity author Walter Isaacson, whose new 600-pager on Elon Musk is all but guaranteed to be one of the bestselling nonfiction titles of the year.
    — Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The announcement comes two months after Spare's initial release last January, when the memoir broke records as the fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Awards may also be given out to film not in the English language, nonfiction film, production design and film heritage.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2024
  • It’s been a busy month for the Duke of Sussex: releasing the fastest-selling nonfiction book in history, doing rounds on talk shows and now confirming his first public speech since ‘Spare’ hit the shelves.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Vogue has curated this list of nonfiction films that go far beyond educational purposes and revel in the full majesty of the outdoors and the wonder of wildlife.
    — Carolina Dalia Gonzalez, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For the writer of nonfiction, reading Janet Malcolm has a similar effect.
    — Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The best in upcoming fiction and nonfiction, from big-name novelists to provocative newbies.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The podcast also offers the perspective of a man and woman, along with Zaleski’s love of fiction, and her preference for nonfiction.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023

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