Based On True Stories Books
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,150,007 ratings — published 2018
Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.40 — 716,969 ratings — published 2017
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,147,980 ratings — published 1947
Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.40 — 213,710 ratings — published 2019
The Rose Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.44 — 361,019 ratings — published 2021
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.43 — 100,666 ratings — published 2014
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,183,111 ratings — published 1996
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,618 ratings — published 2007
Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.28 — 152,360 ratings — published 2022
My Mother's Secret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.20 — 19,574 ratings — published 2013
Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,830,058 ratings — published 2018
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.84 — 499,592 ratings — published 2016
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.30 — 188,314 ratings — published 2020
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,381,238 ratings — published 2016
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,199,157 ratings — published 1963
The Librarian of Auschwitz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 63,530 ratings — published 2012
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.88 — 390,393 ratings — published 2010
Dreamers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.43 — 7,006 ratings — published 2018
I Am Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,375 ratings — published 2014
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,349,469 ratings — published 2005
One Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.28 — 15,969 ratings — published 1980
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.16 — 955,697 ratings — published 2006
Murphy's Boy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 5,646 ratings — published 1983
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,192 ratings — published 2002
And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,755 ratings — published 1983
Ghost Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 10,760 ratings — published 1991
Eat, Pray, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,835,336 ratings — published 2006
We the Jury: Deciding the Scott Peterson Case (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.60 — 399 ratings — published 2007
Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.04 — 407 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.58 — 251,438 ratings — published 1980
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,488,768 ratings — published 2024
Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.88 — 302 ratings — published 2000
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,062 ratings — published 2016
The Silver Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.81 — 328 ratings — published 2025
I'm In The Tub, Gone (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.48 — 40 ratings — published 2004
A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.93 — 35,231 ratings — published 1999
The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story (Dave Pelzer #2.5)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,294 ratings — published 2004
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.14 — 458,847 ratings — published 1995
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.12 — 71,782 ratings — published 1997
Yellow Wife (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 83,632 ratings — published 2021
With Love, Wherever You Are (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 4.35 — 654 ratings — published 2017
Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as based-on-true-stories)
avg rating 3.34 — 902 ratings — published 2019
The Invitation (Arlington Hall, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 7,286 ratings — published 2025
What Could Go Wrong? (Audiobook)
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avg rating 3.82 — 413 ratings — published
You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip
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avg rating 3.64 — 7,181 ratings — published 2025
From Here to the Great Unknown (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 98,856 ratings — published 2024
The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 6,478 ratings — published 2025
Welcome to the World of Paranormal Investigations (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.53 — 662 ratings — published
Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,050 ratings — published
“To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...”
― The Theseus Paradox
― The Theseus Paradox
