A list for "autobiographical" and "nonfiction" books that have since been revealed to be fictional.
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╟ ♫ Tima ♪ ╣ ♥ I removed The Jungle by Upton Sinclair because that was never falsely advertised as an autobiography. Not, at least, from what I found when double checking..

I'm really surprised that some of these are fakes, if they are. Three Cups of Tea, is it really? When did that one get exposed?


message 2: by Tina (new)

Tina escape from camp 14 isnt a fake memoir....


message 3: by Bill (new)

Bill Steigerwald To your list of works of Fake Nonfiction, please add John Steinbeck's hallowed travel fable, "Travels With Charley." As I documented in my 2012 work of True Nonfiction, "Dogging Steinbeck," though "Charley" was marketed, reviewed and taught as a true account of his 1960 road trip around the USA for 50 years, it was mostly BS (fiction and ies). As many details as anyone needs to know are available for free at http://truthaboutcharley.com

-- Bill Steigerwald


message 4: by Greta G (new)

Greta G Bill wrote: "To your list of works of Fake Nonfiction, please add John Steinbeck's hallowed travel fable, "Travels With Charley." As I documented in my 2012 work of True Nonfiction, "Dogging Steinbeck," though ..."

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