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The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJourney to the West by Biao WangThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie Neville
Best Narrative Nonfiction
185 books — 164 voters
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen HouckCat Land by Keith NicholsInto the Wild by Erin HunterCat Spraying No More - The Easy Cat Potty Training by Sarah RichardsTailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
The Cat's Meow
222 books — 151 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinA Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronA Dog's Journey by W. Bruce CameronDog on It by Spencer QuinnRoam by Alan Lazar
Dog's Eye View
162 books — 142 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
52 Book Club 2025: #40 - Stream Of Consciousness Narrative
158 books — 101 voters

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel PuigEl lugar sin límites by José DonosoTengo miedo torero by Pedro LemebelLas malas by Camila Sosa VilladaLa sangre del árbol azul by J.C. Mora
Narrativa LGBT en castellano / LGBT fiction in Spanish
140 books — 65 voters
The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Absolute Awesome Motivational Books
40 books — 44 voters

Heroes in Good Company by Skyler BaileyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonThe Damned Balkans by John FarebrotherFearless by Eric Blehm
Non-Fiction War Stories
91 books — 37 voters
The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine HoweThe Penguin Book of the Undead by Scott G. BruceThe Penguin Book of Ghost Stories by Michael NewtonThe Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina BacchilegaThe Penguin Book of English Folktales by Neil Philip
The Penguin Book of…
153 books — 19 voters

Storage Shed by Rich MurphyThe Boundary Stone by Christopher HassettAyame's Love by Thomas C. HewittHermead Volume 2 by Surazeus AstariusThe Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Modern Epic Poetry
10 books — 14 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorGraceling by Kristin CashoreSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Third-person YA
60 books — 14 voters

Fear of Flying by Erica JongWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesConflict of Intrigues by ML YostComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Most memorable minor character in books you've read?
15 books — 11 voters
The Alchemy of Letting Go by Amber MorrellInga's Amazing Ideas by Ann RubinoEmmet's Storm by Ann RubinoBeauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee RoseThe Magic Mixer by Justine Laismith
Best Current STEM Books for Middle School Readers
11 books — 10 voters

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda JanzenPeace Shall Destroy Many by Rudy WiebeSweeter Than All the World by Rudy WiebeBetween 2 Gods by Trudy Harder MetzgerTremors of Doubt by Lael Harrelson
Authentic Books about Mennonites
11 books — 9 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingRelativity by Albert EinsteinA Compassionate Guide For Social Robots by Marcel Heerink
Why Are We Here?: A Comprehensive Reading List
22 books — 9 voters

The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. BoothAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Cambridge Introduction to Narrative by H. Porter AbbottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Narrative Theory
17 books — 8 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Song Below Water by Bethany C. MorrowThe Mothers by Brit BennettThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Elevate Black Voices
19 books — 6 voters

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault RiveraSoul Mountain by Gao XingjianBlink & Caution by Tim Wynne-JonesYou Let Me In by Camilla BruceFor Monks Only by Ralph-Michael Chiaia
Second Person Narrative
6 books — 5 voters
Wishing Bone Cycle by Howard NormanOur Southern Highlanders by Horace KephartNarrative Corpse by Robert SikoryakThe Early Comic Strip by David KunzleA Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English G... by John Zephaniah Holwell
Thrilling And Authentic 'Narratives'
252 books — 5 voters

Casa De Islandia by Luis Hernán CastañedaLa soledad de los aviones by Sergio GalarzaCrisis Respiratoria by Susanne NolteniusEl pez que aprendió a caminar by Claudia Ulloa DonosoLos inocentes by Oswaldo Reynoso
Cuadernos Esenciales de Estruendomudo
59 books — 4 voters
Las edades de Lulú by Almudena GrandesUn ángel disfrazado de fantasma by Jesse Gray
Narrativa erótica en castellano
2 books — 3 voters

Second Hand Curses by Drew HayesThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeRedshirts by John ScalziThe Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley
Breaking the Narrative
4 books — 2 voters
Crooked House by Agatha ChristieRedwall by Brian JacquesAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMossflower by Brian JacquesThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Plot Forward
17 books — 2 voters

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research by Gary BarkhuizenNarrative Research in Applied Linguistics by Gary BarkhuizenEngaging in Narrative Inquiry by D. Jean ClandininNarrative Inquiry by D. Jean ClandininNarrative Methods for the Human Sciences by Catherine Kohler Riessman
Narrative Inquiry
7 books — 1 voter
Sex and the City by Candace BushnellSex and Desperate Hearts by S. Aksah
Long form journalism
2 books — 1 voter

Walk with a Wolf by Janni HowkerChewing the Cud by Dick King-SmithThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Necklace and Other Stories by Guy de MaupassantA Small, Good Thing by Raymond Carver
Narrative Writing
8 books — 1 voter

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