Based on True Stories

Adult Fiction - Based on True Stories

Updated April 10, 2023
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Z : a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Fowler, Therese.
Paper Book
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TELEVISION DRAMA Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING With brilliant insight and imagination, Therese Anne Fowler's New York Times bestseller Z brings us Zelda's irresistible story as she herself might have told it. ...
Monticello : a daughter and her father
Gunning, Sally
Audiobook
From the critically acclaimed author of The Widow's War comes a captivating work of literary historical fiction that explores the tenuous relationship between a brilliant and complex father and his devoted daughter--Thomas Jefferson and Martha Jefferson Randolph. After the death of her...
The secret book of Frida Kahlo : a novel
Haghenbeck, F. G.
Paper Book
Now in Spanish: one of Mexico's most celebrated new novelists, F. G. Haghenbeck offers a beautifully written reimagining of Frida Kahlo's fascinating life and loves. Entre los objetos personales de Frida Kahlo había una pequeña libreta negra a la que llamaba "El Libro...
Burial rites : a novel
Kent, Hannah
Paper Book
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the...
Euphoria : a novel
King, Lily.
Paper Book
From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30's caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives. English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the...
The wives of Los Alamos : a novel
Nesbit, TaraShea.
Paper Book
Finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, an Indies Choice Debut Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and winner of two New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. The "haunting...
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
Rooney, Kathleen
Paper Book
A National Indie BestsellerShe took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up at R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian is on her way to a party. On a 10-mile walk through the city she reviews her life, illuminating all...
Mary Coin
Silver, Marisa.
Paper Book
*An NPR Best Book of 2013* *A BBC Best Book of 2013*   In her first novel since The God of War, the critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” photograph as inspiration for a breathtaking reinvention—a...

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