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Personal Narrative Books
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Owl Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.23 — 44,780 ratings — published 1987
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,378,208 ratings — published 1956
Fireflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,188 ratings — published 1985
War's Unwomanly Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.51 — 39,833 ratings — published 1983
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 575,835 ratings — published 1997
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 308,137 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,238,181 ratings — published 1947
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,378,460 ratings — published 2005
Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.03 — 557 ratings — published 1992
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,775 ratings — published 1994
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,897,976 ratings — published 2018
Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.23 — 845 ratings — published 2005
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.77 — 205,704 ratings — published 1854
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.37 — 898,325 ratings — published 1946
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,519 ratings — published 1982
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,525,747 ratings — published 2022
The Night Walk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 753 ratings — published 2018
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.72 — 45,428 ratings — published 2019
Kitchen Dance: A Charming Picture Book About Family, Music, and Bedtime Joy for Kids (Ages 4-7)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.16 — 396 ratings — published 2008
Jabari Jumps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 5,565 ratings — published 2017
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.40 — 370,415 ratings — published 2015
The Bicycle Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 769 ratings — published 1982
A Chair for My Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.21 — 26,337 ratings — published 1982
Crow Call (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,323 ratings — published 2009
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.07 — 449,488 ratings — published 1998
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.72 — 206,741 ratings — published 2010
Saturdays and Teacakes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.42 — 502 ratings — published 2004
Thank You, Mr. Falker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.54 — 17,679 ratings — published 1998
The Relatives Came (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 16,386 ratings — published 1985
Thunder Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,072 ratings — published 1990
The Leaving Morning (Orchard Paperbacks)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.82 — 129 ratings — published 1992
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 80,916 ratings — published 1946
Hijab Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.46 — 19,809 ratings — published 2023
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,297 ratings — published 2022
Beautiful Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.16 — 39,208 ratings — published 2021
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.20 — 471,068 ratings — published 2020
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,024 ratings — published 1953
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 63,261 ratings — published 2013
Hello Ocean (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.90 — 652 ratings — published 2001
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.49 — 9,883 ratings — published 1985
All the Places to Love: A Lyrical Picture Book About Siblings and Welcoming a Baby Sister for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,282 ratings — published 1994
Blackout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,159 ratings — published 2011
Smoky Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,435 ratings — published 1994
Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 316 ratings — published 2019
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.07 — 874,217 ratings — published 2012
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.86 — 114,453 ratings — published 2019
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.37 — 294,181 ratings — published 1965
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,904 ratings — published 2017
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,153 ratings — published 2017
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.13 — 18,431 ratings — published 2017
“at the end of the day, the narratives, myths, and frameworks you use to make sense of the world are only approximations, they are never the truth. If you are able to pick the most suitable one for the moment or your situation , by reframing, this is an essential skill for survival in a fast changing and uncertain world.”
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“The story of the self is simply the insight into the emotions of the protagonist and how he interacts with the outside world.”
― Learn Creative Writing: A guide to writing perfect drafts
― Learn Creative Writing: A guide to writing perfect drafts
