Non-fiction novel

The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. The non-fiction novel is an otherwise loosely defined and flexible genre. The genre is sometimes referred to using the slang term "faction",^[1] a portmanteau of the words fact and fiction.

Wild Colonial Boys (1948) by , covering Australian bushrangers of the 19th century.

Frank Clune

(1953) by Arthur Miller, covering the Salem witch trials of 17th century.^[14]

The Crucible

(1968), by Norman Mailer, a narrative which is split into a history and a novel, about the 1967 March on the Pentagon; and The Executioner's Song (1979).

The Armies of the Night

(1976) by Alex Haley, which relates the story of the author and his family history for nine generations

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

(1994) by John Berendt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

(2001) by Beryl Bainbridge, which describes the last few years of Samuel Johnson's life as seen through the eyes of Queeney Thrale.

According to Queeney

(1977), by Michael Herr which reflects on the journalist's reporting from Vietnam.

Dispatches

(1971) by Frederick Forsyth describes the attempt by the OAS to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, who they believe is a traitor to France after he declares independence to Algeria. Although the opening depiction of the assassination attempt as planned by Bastien-Thiry is true, the subsequent plot is totally fictional.

The Day of the Jackal

by George Plimpton