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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
4.12 average rating, · 46k ratings
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Alexander Chee
4.37 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Christopher Vogler
4.10 average rating, · 10.5k ratings
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Capote
Gerald Clarke
4.17 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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The Hero's Adventure: Power of Myth 1
Joseph Campbell
4.37 average rating, · 3.9k ratings
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The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
Joseph Campbell
4.29 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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El viaje inútil
Camila Sosa Villada
4.30 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Burn After Writing
Sharon Jones
4.01 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Morphology of the Folktale
Vladimir Propp
4.00 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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Healing Through Words
Rupi Kaur
4.24 average rating, · 1.9k ratings
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The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By
Carol S. Pearson
4.03 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
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How Poetry Can Change Your Heart
Andrea Gibson
4.19 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence and Grief
Victoria Chang
4.47 average rating, · 959 ratings
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The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
Edwidge Danticat
4.15 average rating, · 1k ratings
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Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
Louise DeSalvo
4.16 average rating, · 1k ratings
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Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World
Carol S. Pearson
4.20 average rating, · 868 ratings
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Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions
James W. Pennebaker
4.03 average rating, · 892 ratings
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Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
Andrew Wilson
4.03 average rating, · 891 ratings
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The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories on the Cycles of Creativity
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
4.51 average rating, · 765 ratings
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On Fairy-Stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.13 average rating, · 830 ratings
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The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon
Donald Hall
4.21 average rating, · 699 ratings
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For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story
Steve Leder
4.08 average rating, · 579 ratings
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