Fiction (noun)

1. Literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
2. The category of literature comprising works of this kind.

Origin:

Middle english: from old french, from latin fictio(n-), from fingere "form, create".

Examples:

1. The book is a work of fiction.
2. She writes fiction and non-fiction.
3. The movie is based on a work of fiction.
4. The story is pure fiction.
5. Fiction and non-fiction books are shelved separately in the library.