What the bestselling non-fiction books of the 21st century say about us - IN FOCUS: We’re now a quarter of the way through ...

Non-fiction, on the other hand ... Fiction books are normally written in chapters. Each chapter has a short title. When you read a fiction book you start at the beginning and read the story ...

A non-fiction book is about facts ... Choose a person or animal and write a character description. Write a short story or poem about anything else that you thought was interesting.

rather than niche non-fiction which would only appeal to a smaller group,” says Snow. “[Bill] Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything – another leading bestseller of this period ...