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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,224,520 ratings — published 1947
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 143 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 462,491 ratings — published 1995
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,002,729 ratings — published 2010
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,180,393 ratings — published 2018
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 110 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,199,895 ratings — published 1996
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,886,930 ratings — published 2018
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.26 — 573,687 ratings — published 1997
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,373,981 ratings — published 1956
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,373,745 ratings — published 2005
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 735,796 ratings — published 1966
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.00 — 764,618 ratings — published 2003
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.98 — 358,966 ratings — published 2019
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
by (shelved 75 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.12 — 72,421 ratings — published 1997
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.13 — 810,295 ratings — published 2010
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,216,916 ratings — published 1997
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.48 — 359,582 ratings — published 1971
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,508,138 ratings — published 2022
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,850,094 ratings — published 2006
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.28 — 10,121 ratings — published
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.07 — 872,309 ratings — published 2012
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,208,879 ratings — published 2018
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,275 ratings — published 2012
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 364,228 ratings — published 2013
A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3)
by (shelved 53 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.93 — 35,528 ratings — published 1999
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 452,302 ratings — published 2017
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,753 ratings — published 2016
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 477,418 ratings — published 2005
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.11 — 265,997 ratings — published 2018
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.46 — 169,212 ratings — published 1959
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.41 — 817,774 ratings — published 2016
A Stolen Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.97 — 147,938 ratings — published 2011
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 660,704 ratings — published 1996
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.37 — 892,329 ratings — published 1946
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 189,181 ratings — published 2016
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 8,604 ratings — published 2014
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 39 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 239,077 ratings — published 2012
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.06 — 154,695 ratings — published 1974
Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.30 — 17,115 ratings — published 2018
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 82,411 ratings — published 1974
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.84 — 507,283 ratings — published 2016
Not Without My Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.19 — 39,331 ratings — published 1987
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 35 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,842 ratings — published 2011
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 283,463 ratings — published 2018
Twelve Years a Slave (ebook)
by (shelved 34 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.23 — 125,672 ratings — published 1853
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 90,998 ratings — published 1973
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as true-story)
avg rating 3.83 — 581,803 ratings — published 2023
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.17 — 216,160 ratings — published 2023
A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 104,812 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,451 ratings — published 1997
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as true-story)
avg rating 4.01 — 226,825 ratings — published 2003
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“Sometimes when I’ve felt despondent for several days, it helps to discipline myself by saying, ‘I’m going to think only positive thoughts.’ Enough is enough!”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
