For a book to be non-fiction in my mind it has to be more correct than non-correct. When writing something such as an autobiography you're not going to remember a conversation word for word when you were a toddler or even from a couple months ago so not everything is totally true but the basic point is true. When I think of a fiction book I think of something that's never happen before or something that is totally unrealistic; that being said not everything has to be totally false for it to be a fiction book.
I think a half-truth book just really isn't a non-fiction or fiction book. It is understandable when telling a story or writing a book you want to make it seem just a little more exciting without completely and flat out lying about something. I also think it really depends on how much you bent the truth and how much it impacts your story overall. If you bent the truth in a very large way and it was something that has major impact then it would be considered a fiction book in my mind, but if it was just something that is kind of irrelevant to the story then it isn't as big of a deal.
To me fiction and non-fiction isn't a really huge deal. I think it is good to have some fiction and some non-fiction books but I don't think there is any harm in having books that are kind of just there and aren't in the non-fiction or fiction genre because there are more genres than just those two so no matter what the book will be classified in some sort of book type.
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