52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by trishthedish86

A book based on a real person
A book based on a real person

There are so many incredible and fascinating people throughout history. This prompt is for a book based on a real person. You could choose a fiction or non-fiction read about a person at any point in history, who lived anywhere on the globe! This could be a memoir, biography, or fictionalized account of a real person.

Examples of fictionalized stories based on real people: The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Her Hidden Genius, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, The Perfect Nanny, Circling the Sun

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Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

Ordinary Girls

Jaquira Díaz

321 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine

To Throw Away Unopened

Viv Albertine

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography biography memoir music emotional reflective slow-paced
The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle

The Dinner List

Rebecca Serle

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Life & Laughing: My Story by Michael McIntyre

Life & Laughing: My Story

Michael McIntyre

294 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams

423 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Don't Cry, Daddy's Here by Brinda Carey

Don't Cry, Daddy's Here

Brinda Carey

256 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
None of This Rocks by Joe Trohman

None of This Rocks

Joe Trohman

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle

169 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical poetry young adult emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Seventh Victim by Joanne Froggatt, Michael Wood, Mathew Horne

The Seventh Victim

Joanne Froggatt, Michael Wood, Mathew Horne

9 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction crime dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

7 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced