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Universality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.20 — 12,397 ratings — published 2025
Trieste (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,491 ratings — published 2007
No God but Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 753 ratings — published 2026
Wild People Quiet: A Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,007 ratings — published 2026
Taipei Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.60 — 19,498 ratings — published 2026
Eliza Sunshine (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 704 ratings — published 2026
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 345,382 ratings — published 2023
Wandering Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 40,829 ratings — published 2024
The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,978 ratings — published 2026
Shadowplay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,016 ratings — published 2019
Sitt Marie Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,233 ratings — published 1977
Deep River Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.62 — 196 ratings — published 2018
The Books of Jacob (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,535 ratings — published 2014
How Beautiful We Were (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 19,906 ratings — published 2021
Painting Beyond Walls: A Novel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.31 — 185 ratings — published
The Spinoza Problem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 20,096 ratings — published 2012
Fierceland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 977 ratings — published 2025
Come Knocking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,224 ratings — published 2025
News of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 115,339 ratings — published 2016
Simon the Fiddler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,156 ratings — published 2020
A Good American (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,059 ratings — published 2012
Soumission (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.65 — 54,726 ratings — published 2015
Will There Ever Be Another You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 2.94 — 3,048 ratings — published 2025
Driftless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,262 ratings — published 2008
Thunderstruck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 59,186 ratings — published 2006
The Maniac (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 32,200 ratings — published 2023
The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.47 — 58,255 ratings — published 2005
The Lion Women of Tehran (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 291,996 ratings — published 2024
The Occupation Trilogy: La Place de l'Étoile – The Night Watch – Ring Roads (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.39 — 735 ratings — published 1972
The Escape Game (The Escape Game #1)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 14,370 ratings — published 2026
Questions of Travel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.08 — 3,076 ratings — published 2012
Real Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,707 ratings — published
A Burning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 56,179 ratings — published 2020
All the Broken Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.48 — 113,715 ratings — published 2022
Forge (Seeds of America, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 18,043 ratings — published 2010
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 60,099 ratings — published 2008
The Elements (The Elements, #1-4)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 32,460 ratings — published 2025
The Water Dancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 122,293 ratings — published 2019
Flashlight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 33,866 ratings — published 2025
A Long Petal of the Sea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,536 ratings — published 2019
You'll Enjoy It When You Get There: The Selected Stories of Elizabeth Taylor (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 273 ratings — published 2014
Murder on Sex Island (Luella van Horn #1)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.45 — 9,505 ratings — published 2025
Land of Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.25 — 783 ratings — published 2009
Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,704 ratings — published 1978
The Paris Hours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 15,687 ratings — published 2020
Escape! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.54 — 7,788 ratings — published 2026
The Last Days of Café Leila (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,066 ratings — published 2017
The Paris Express (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.27 — 15,305 ratings — published 2025
The Little Liar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 4.55 — 115,672 ratings — published 2023
Twist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as documentary-fiction)
avg rating 3.68 — 10,056 ratings — published 2025
“How much of the person behind the camera can be seen in the works? Is one hidden behind them or on the contrary do they unveil you? I think they do. The narrator is the real main character.”
― Vivian
― Vivian