First Person

First-person narrative is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves. First-person narrative may be singular, plural or multiple as well as being an authoritative, reliable or deceptive "voice" and represents point of view in the writing.

The narrators explicitly refer to themselves using words and phrases involving "I" (referred to as the first-person singular) and/or "we" (the first-person plural). This allows the reader or audience to see the point of view (including opinions, thoughts, and feelings) only of the narrator, and no o
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
The Fault in Our Stars
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
The Great Gatsby
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Martian
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbDevil's Intern by Jayme PhelpsBlood Song by Anthony Ryan
First Person Fantasy Sci Fi
214 books — 112 voters
The Syrian Virgin by Zack LoveAnissa's Redemption by Zack LoveThe Help by Kathryn StockettLegend by Marie LuA Hill To Die On by Peter Hogenkamp
First Person Dual Narrated Novels
72 books — 28 voters

Stephen Florida by Gabe HabashChemistry by Weike WangSorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patrick CottrellBy Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
Voice-driven novels
4 books — 1 voter
Beautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaWhere She Went by Gayle FormanAnna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Books With Only Male POV, First Person
177 books — 145 voters


Mehmet Murat ildan
When you are in trouble, you are the nearest first person who can help you!
Mehmet Murat ildan

Albert Camus
Who, cher monsieur, will sleep on the floor for us? Whether I am capable of it myself? Look, I'd like to be and I shall be. Yes, we shall all be capable of it one day, and that will be salvation. ...more
Albert Camus, The Fall

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