Adventures in Autofiction
Books that blend the author's reality with fiction on the page. (Created July 2025)
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My Lesbian Novel
The scintillating and unclassifiable latest from Gladman takes the form of an interview with a writer named Renee Gladman about her attempt to write a lesbian romance. (Publishers Weekly)
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Motherhood
A woman in her late thirties seeks guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance as she struggles to make a wise and moral choice about whether or not she will have children. (NoveList)
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All Fours
Ditching her California life for the open road, a restless, semi-famous artist leaves her husband, child and career and reinvents herself in a motel room, embarking on a journey of self-discovery and what it means to be alive and free. (NoveList)
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Eurotrash
It’s autofiction on the autobahn in this incendiary outing from Kracht... A playful tale of reconciliation that never becomes saccharine, this is one readers won’t want to miss. (Publishers Weekly)
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Crudo
A 40-year-old, commitment-phobic artist spends the summer of 2017 adjusting to the idea of getting married against a backdrop of Brexit debates, nuclear presidential tweets and climate change. (NoveList)
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The Topeka School
Straddling a fine line between fiction and memoir, this book reintroduces Adam Gordon, the narrator of Lerner's acclaimed debut novel, Leaving the Atocha Station. (Library Journal)
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No One Is Talking About This
Having suddenly gained fame on social media, a woman traveling worldwide to meet her worshipful fans comes to believe that all the voices bubbling up from this vast portal, as she calls it, are dictating her thoughts. Then she gets an urgent call from her mother, as stark reality and internet-fueled surreality collide. (Library Journal)
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Change
A child of rural poverty recalls his rise to literary fame and the intellectual class. (Kirkus)
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The Hero of This Book
Meandering about London in the summer of 2019, 10 months after the death of her mother, McCracken’s nameless (maybe!) narrator recounts episodes from her mother’s extraordinary life and their quirk-filled family. (Kirkus)
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Hell of A Book
Mott’s stunning fourth novel delves into the complex and fraught African American experience. The protagonist, a nameless Black author on his first book tour, is reeling from his newfound fame and the success of his book, Hell of a Book. (Publishers Weekly)
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