#28 in Essays
Stranger than Fiction: True Stories
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Stranger than Fiction” gathers Chuck Palahniuk’s journalism, essays and interviews, and it reads differently from the rest of his work. The pieces fall into three parts: reports on people who find odd ways of coming together, portraits and interviews largely of famous figures, and autobiographical writing. Some readers find most of the pieces interesting yet the whole hard to get through; taking one section at a time is a way round that.
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About the book
Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories is a non-fiction book by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2004. It is a collection of essays, stories, and interviews written for various magazines and newspapers. Some of the pieces had also been previously published on the internet. The book is divided into three sections: "People Together", articles about people who find unique ways of achieving togetherness; "Portraits", interviews and short essays mostly about famous people; and "Personal", autobiographical pieces.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 50 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 25% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Essays average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 50 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Stranger than Fiction: True Stories?
It has 256 pages — longer than 62% of the ranked books in Essays.
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