True Stories


The Diary of a Young Girl
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Into the Wild
The Glass Castle
Educated
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Night
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
A Stolen Life
In Cold Blood
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia SchultzA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniTouching the Void by Joe Simpson
Lacey's Reading List
101 books — 3 voters
Finding the Rainbow by Rachel McGrathA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootHailey's Story by Hailey GiblinBlack Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Real Stories
234 books — 66 voters

A Unicorn's Childhood by Ripp N. ChazireThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySee Ya, Simon by David   HillMigraine 365 by Elizabeth Roberts-ZibbelThe Promise of Soul Love by Pam Culley-McCullough
Normalize Chronic Illness
10 books — 5 voters
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen LevineA River of Words by Jen BryantHarvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullNoah's Ark by Jacobus ReviusThe Right Word by Jen Bryant
Picture Books About Great Men
136 books — 15 voters


Daniel Nayeri
“ Here is something I would like to tell you—stories get better as they get more true. ”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

Alfred Nestor
“ Many Germans nowadays say they were not Nazi, and many were not, but they were nearly ALL Party members. It was safer ... and if you were not, you could end up in a ‘camp’ for retraining ... so they mostly all paid ‘lip service’ to the Nazi Party. ”
― Alfred Nestor, Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain

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