15 Captivating Autobiographical Books That Mix Fact and Fiction

There's fiction and non-fiction, and then there are the endless book genres between.

One of these hybrid genres is autobiographical fiction, when an author chooses to tell a real experience, or the full story of their life, as a fictional account. It is usually written like a memoir, featuring first-person narration from the protagonist that is meant to be the author.

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An author might choose autobiographical fiction to distance themselves from the events they're writing about, to make major changes for the sake of the story, or because they don't want to hurt people who appear in their writing. This differs from authors who have been exposed for fabricating books presented as memoir (A Million Little Pieces), or those who deny that their books are based on real events and have gotten into trouble for it (The Help ). Read more...

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