First Person

First-person narrative is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves. First-person narrative may be singular, plural or multiple as well as being an authoritative, reliable or deceptive "voice" and represents point of view in the writing.

The narrators explicitly refer to themselves using words and phrases involving "I" (referred to as the first-person singular) and/or "we" (the first-person plural). This allows the reader or audience to see the point of view (including opinions, thoughts, and feelings) only of the narrator, and no o
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
The Fault in Our Stars
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
The Great Gatsby
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
The Martian
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbBlood Song by Anthony RyanAssassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
First Person Fantasy Sci Fi
214 books — 108 voters
Where She Went by Gayle FormanBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaAnna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Books With Only Male POV, First Person
177 books — 143 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryExit the Actress by Priya ParmarI, Claudius by Robert GravesTales of Passion, Tales of Woe by Sandra GullandThe Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland
Best First Person Historical Fiction
148 books — 85 voters
Tall, Tatted and Tempting by Tammy FalknerTangled by Emma ChaseLiliana by Neva Squires-RodriguezWith You by Nashoda RoseFriend-Zoned by Belle Aurora
first person
80 books — 20 voters

Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. EskewJernigan by David GatesPost Office by Charles BukowskiMart of Darkness by Phil GranchiThe Traveling Man by Michael P. King
Best First-Person Satire
9 books — 8 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensMoby Dick by Herman Melville
"Dear Reader" The Involved Narrator
63 books — 18 voters

Jasper Fforde
I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!
Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book

Julian Barnes
And first love always happens in the overwhelming first person. How can it not? Also, in the overwhelming present tense. It takes us time to realise that there are other persons, and other tenses.
Julian Barnes, The Only Story

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