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Owl Moon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 44,999 ratings — published 1987
Fireflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,197 ratings — published 1985
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,470 ratings — published 2012
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,350,524 ratings — published 1947
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.27 — 594,149 ratings — published 1997
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 325,802 ratings — published 2005
War's Unwomanly Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.51 — 41,600 ratings — published 1983
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 — 561 ratings — published 1992
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,783 ratings — published 1994
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.36 — 947,812 ratings — published 1946
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,991,925 ratings — published 2018
Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.23 — 852 ratings — published 2005
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.77 — 209,331 ratings — published 1854
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,546 ratings — published 1982
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,417,571 ratings — published 2005
The Night Walk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.28 — 771 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 — 51,545 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 — 397 ratings — published 2008
Jabari Jumps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,696 ratings — published 2017
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,632 ratings — published 2015
The Bicycle Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 779 ratings — published 1982
A Chair for My Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.21 — 26,402 ratings — published 1982
Crow Call (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,345 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 — 460,559 ratings — published 1998
Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.72 — 208,243 ratings — published 2010
Saturdays and Teacakes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.42 — 506 ratings — published 2004
Thank You, Mr. Falker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.54 — 17,722 ratings — published 1998
The Relatives Came (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.22 — 16,435 ratings — published 1985
Thunder Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,151 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 — 81,806 ratings — published 1946
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,642,179 ratings — published 2022
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,544 ratings — published 2022
Greenlights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.19 — 496,031 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 4.30 — 18,692 ratings — published 1953
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 64,482 ratings — published 2013
Hello Ocean (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 667 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 — 10,332 ratings — published 1985
All the Places to Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,293 ratings — published 1994
Blackout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,187 ratings — published 2011
Smoky Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,449 ratings — published 1994
Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 319 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 — 893,710 ratings — published 2012
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,006 ratings — published 2017
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.13 — 18,578 ratings — published 2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.83 — 516,648 ratings — published 2016
Booked (The Crossover, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 20,384 ratings — published 2016
Mrs. Mack (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 418 ratings — published 1998
All But My Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 4.34 — 23,557 ratings — published 1959
Shoeless Joe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as personal-narrative)
avg rating 3.97 — 17,245 ratings — published 1982
“Legacy for my daughter matters more than competition, one-upping, or trying to make someone look bad. These pages exist for the long-term endurance of this narrative, so she can see another perspective and a bigger picture, whether I am here or gone.”
― Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current: Clarity over comfort. Transparency over secrecy. Structure over spin. Love over anger.
― Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current: Clarity over comfort. Transparency over secrecy. Structure over spin. Love over anger.
“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
