An autobiographical novel, also known as a autobiographical fiction, fictional autobiography, or autobiographical fiction novel, is a type of novel which uses autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from a typical autobiography or memoir by being a work of fiction presented in the same fashion as a typical non-fiction autobiography by "imitating the conventions of an autobiography." Because an autobiographical novel is partially fiction, the author does not ask the reader to expect the text to fulfill the "autobiographical pact". Names and locations are often changed and events are recreated to make them more dramatic but the story still bears a close resemblance to that of the author's life. While the events of the author's life are recounted, there is no pretense of exact truth. Events may be exaggerated or altered for artistic or thematic purposes. Novels that portray settings and/or situations with which the author is familiar are not necessarily autobiographical. Neither are novels that include aspects drawn from the author's life as minor plot details. To be considered an autobiographical novel by most standards, there must be a protagonist modeled after the author and a central plotline that mirrors events in their life. Novels that do not fully meet these requirements or are further distanced from true events are sometimes called semi-autobiographical novels. Many novels about intense, private experiences such as war, family conflict or sex, are written as autobiographical novels. Some works openly refer to themselves as "non-fiction novels". The definition of such works remains vague. The term was first widely used in reference to the non-autobiographical In Cold Blood by Truman Capote but has since become associated with a range of works drawing openly from autobiography. The emphasis is on the creation of a work that is essentially true, often in the context of an investigation into values or some other aspect of reality. The books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig and The Tao of Muhammad Ali by Davis Miller open with statements admitting to some fictionalising of events but state they are true "in essence". Source: Wikipedia (en)
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La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
The Luck of Barry Lyndon
Jane Eyre
Omoo
David Copperfield
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Lorenzo Benoni, or Passages in the Life of an Italian
Notes and Opinions of Mr. Frederick-Graindorge
The Child
The Bachelier
The insurrectionist
The Son of a Servant
Inferno
Tonio Kröger
The Hill of Dreams
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Not George Washington
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
Confession sexuelle d'un anonyme russe
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A Night of Death
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Enormous Room
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
The Outlaws
Blue boy
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Save Me the Waltz
Tender Is the Night
Tropic of Cancer
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
Death on Credit
Tropic of Capricorn
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