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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,189,875 ratings — published 2018
A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 105,776 ratings — published 2010
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.27 — 213,593 ratings — published 2012
Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.44 — 397,756 ratings — published 2017
Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 740,693 ratings — published 2017
Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.01 — 177,301 ratings — published 2001
The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.05 — 236,218 ratings — published 2021
Alias Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.04 — 158,971 ratings — published 1996
The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 649,312 ratings — published 2017
Burial Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.04 — 126,744 ratings — published 2013
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 347,653 ratings — published 2016
The Frozen River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 623,832 ratings — published 2023
The Diamond Eye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 214,766 ratings — published 2022
We Were the Lucky Ones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.42 — 201,995 ratings — published 2017
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.35 — 261,922 ratings — published 2016
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 740,946 ratings — published 1966
In the Time of the Butterflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 80,676 ratings — published
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,206 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,248,275 ratings — published 1947
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 365,967 ratings — published 2013
West with Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 207,229 ratings — published 2021
The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 315,263 ratings — published 2019
Women Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.62 — 68,619 ratings — published 2018
The Librarian of Auschwitz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 65,453 ratings — published 2012
Prisoner B-3087 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.44 — 45,794 ratings — published 2013
Every Man Dies Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.27 — 37,657 ratings — published 1947
Inside Out & Back Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.12 — 67,805 ratings — published 2011
Remarkable Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.90 — 56,269 ratings — published 2009
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 303,613 ratings — published 1935
Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.24 — 214,031 ratings — published 2022
Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 220,458 ratings — published 2019
The Only Woman in the Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.87 — 111,570 ratings — published 2019
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.23 — 125,771 ratings — published 1853
The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.91 — 57,336 ratings — published 1989
The Boy Who Dared (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.03 — 16,187 ratings — published 2008
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,205,302 ratings — published 1996
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.74 — 50,032 ratings — published 2020
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,006,287 ratings — published 2010
The Indigo Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 52,798 ratings — published 2017
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.00 — 768,808 ratings — published 2003
The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.26 — 335,286 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,382,071 ratings — published 2005
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.91 — 236,377 ratings — published 2009
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.07 — 875,625 ratings — published 2012
Yellow Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 16,438 ratings — published 2006
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,381,335 ratings — published 1956
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 288,064 ratings — published 1932
The 57 Bus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,685 ratings — published 2017
The Revenant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.97 — 55,719 ratings — published 2002
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as based-on-a-true-story)
avg rating 3.77 — 33,990 ratings — published 2015
“A Red Riding Hood out of her depths in the woods of socialism”
― The Patriots
― The Patriots
“To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...”
― The Theseus Paradox
― The Theseus Paradox












