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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 — 44,596 ratings — published 1987
Fireflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,182 ratings — published 1985
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,358,721 ratings — published 1956
War's Unwomanly Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.51 — 38,855 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 — 565,676 ratings — published 1997
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 298,386 ratings — published 2005
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,172,002 ratings — published 1947
Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.03 — 555 ratings — published 1992
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,764 ratings — published 1994
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,356,549 ratings — published 2005
Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.23 — 842 ratings — published 2005
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.77 — 203,851 ratings — published 1854
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.37 — 870,429 ratings — published 1946
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,490 ratings — published 1982
The Night Walk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 745 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 — 44,224 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 4.15 — 394 ratings — published 2008
Jabari Jumps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 5,502 ratings — published 2017
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,846,457 ratings — published 2018
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.40 — 365,351 ratings — published 2015
The Bicycle Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 764 ratings — published 1982
A Chair for My Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.21 — 26,288 ratings — published 1982
Crow Call (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,311 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 — 444,337 ratings — published 1998
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.72 — 205,890 ratings — published 2010
Saturdays and Teacakes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.42 — 498 ratings — published 2004
Thank You, Mr. Falker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.54 — 17,644 ratings — published 1998
The Relatives Came (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 16,377 ratings — published 1985
Thunder Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,033 ratings — published 1990
The Leaving Morning (Orchard Paperbacks)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 128 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 4.25 — 80,440 ratings — published 1946
Hijab Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.46 — 18,661 ratings — published 2023
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,444,746 ratings — published 2022
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,150 ratings — published 2022
Beautiful Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 38,474 ratings — published 2021
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.20 — 453,972 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 — 17,641 ratings — published 1953
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 62,658 ratings — published 2013
Hello Ocean (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.89 — 651 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 4.50 — 9,676 ratings — published 1985
All the Places to Love: A Lyrical Picture Book About Siblings and Welcoming a Baby Sister for Children (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,272 ratings — published 1994
Blackout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,123 ratings — published 2011
Smoky Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,429 ratings — published 1994
Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.14 — 312 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 — 864,924 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 — 112,908 ratings — published 2019
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.37 — 290,509 ratings — published 1965
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 5,819 ratings — published 2017
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 121,060 ratings — published 2017
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.14 — 18,356 ratings — published 2017
“The essay becomes an exercise in the meaning and value of watching a writer conquer their own sense of threat to deliver themself of their wisdom.”
― The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
― The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
“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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