Is the Bible in the fiction section of libraries?

Generally, the Bible will never be found in the Fiction section. Mostly because it is touted as nonfiction by so many people (even if it is debated by others), but all religious texts are found in nonfiction.

What is the purpose of the fiction section in a library?

This includes a variety of well selected stories and novels written by famous local and foreign authors that are available for recreational reading. Titles/books are categorized as classical, condensed and bestsellers.

Are religious texts considered fiction or nonfiction?

Religious books can be either fiction or non-fiction. For instance, most religious people view the holy texts of their religion to be non-fiction. However, there are many poems and novels that have deeply religious themes. There are considered to be fiction.

Which stories in the Bible are fiction?

Biblical Fiction Books

• The Red Tent (Hardcover)
• Pearl in the Sand (Paperback)
• Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)
• Michal (The Wives of King David, #1)
• Counted with the Stars (Out From Egypt, #1)
• In the Field of Grace (Paperback)
• Love Amid The Ashes (Paperback)
• Land of Silence (Hardcover)

Do fiction books have call numbers?

Fiction books are classified by a call number according to its subject. After the book is cataloged and processed, the call number is put on the spine of the book. Books are shelved from left to right by the call number on the spines.

Should the Bible be in the fiction section of the library?

For a library to put a Bible (or any religious literature) into the fiction section would be making an aggressive statement about where the public should be looking for information rather than where it makes sense to put the information in an internally consistent system.

Why don’t libraries have more fiction books?

The reason libraries don’t is to make it easy for people interested in reading fiction to find and browse books.

What is the “nonfiction” section of the library?

The “nonfiction” section is capable of containing everything a library holds. The 800’s in Dewey Decimal are for literature, and if a library wanted to it could easily put everything you find on a “fiction” shelf somewhere in the “nonfiction” 800’s.

Why do libraries categorize religious texts as they do?

As others have noted, as there is a classification section (in the Dewey Decimal system, the 200’s) for religious texts, it makes the most sense to put them Libraries try not to be in the business of critiquing the validity of texts, but categorize them as seems appropriate, leaving for the reader to determine for themselves their accuracy.