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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,153,045 ratings — published 2018
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 718,739 ratings — published 2017
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Burial Rites Burial Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.04 — 123,742 ratings — published 2013
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A Long Walk to Water A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 102,505 ratings — published 2010
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The Diamond Eye The Diamond Eye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 199,188 ratings — published 2022
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,156,013 ratings — published 1947
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Never Fall Down Never Fall Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,331 ratings — published 2012
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The Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.05 — 223,810 ratings — published 2021
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1) The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
by (shelved 13 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.27 — 208,847 ratings — published 2012
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Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2) Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 214,208 ratings — published 2019
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,836,586 ratings — published 2018
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.26 — 331,283 ratings — published 2014
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 724,405 ratings — published 1966
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The Frozen River The Frozen River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 506,429 ratings — published 2023
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Bright Young Women Bright Young Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 223,091 ratings — published 2023
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 304,701 ratings — published 2019
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.43 — 384,246 ratings — published 2017
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 339,893 ratings — published 2016
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,351,992 ratings — published 2005
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,187,352 ratings — published 1997
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Horse Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.24 — 202,202 ratings — published 2022
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West With Giraffes West With Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 194,991 ratings — published 2021
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Salt to the Sea Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.35 — 252,856 ratings — published 2016
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 459,261 ratings — published 1995
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The Paris Library The Paris Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.06 — 144,795 ratings — published 2021
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The Alice Network The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 617,674 ratings — published 2017
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.07 — 862,729 ratings — published 2012
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.91 — 231,909 ratings — published 2009
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In the Time of the Butterflies In the Time of the Butterflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 79,038 ratings — published 1994
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 359,375 ratings — published 2013
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The Complete Maus The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.58 — 252,059 ratings — published 1980
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The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.92 — 54,884 ratings — published 1989
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 993,131 ratings — published 2010
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 29,312 ratings — published 1977
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Isola Isola (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.00 — 72,187 ratings — published 2025
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,431,924 ratings — published 2022
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,102,395 ratings — published 1997
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The Indigo Girl The Indigo Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 50,700 ratings — published 2017
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The Other Einstein The Other Einstein (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.86 — 85,467 ratings — published 2016
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My Dear Hamilton My Dear Hamilton (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.30 — 53,048 ratings — published 2018
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.49 — 798,684 ratings — published 2016
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 441,167 ratings — published 2017
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We Were the Lucky Ones We Were the Lucky Ones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.42 — 195,330 ratings — published 2017
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Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.22 — 12,553 ratings — published 1997
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.49 — 91,540 ratings — published 2007
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The Paris Wife The Paris Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.82 — 304,476 ratings — published 2011
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.98 — 349,445 ratings — published 2019
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The Children's Blizzard The Children's Blizzard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 3.95 — 24,644 ratings — published 2021
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Code Name Hélène Code Name Hélène (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.41 — 75,059 ratings — published 2020
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Wonder (Wonder, #1) Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as based-on-true-story)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,188,144 ratings — published 2012
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Shushindren Jayasingham
“Shall one set forth love and kindness, the soul steps onto the righteous path.”
Shushindren Jayasingham, The Heart to Seek Part I

Phillip B. Chute
“On a smoggy spring day, the midday sun baked two California Highway Patrolmen in dark blue uniforms and a bearded dirt biker astride his Yamaha. They stood on a dirt road between the San Andreas barren earthquake faulted hills crisscrossed with biker’s trails. The sergeant stood next to the still body of Eduardo Sanchez, a thirteen-year-old boy clad in a t-shirt and oversized shorts, lying on his back with three bullet wounds and powder burns tattooed on his forehead. An astonished look captured his small immature cold face.”
Phillip B. Chute, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution

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