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* ''[[{{Rant}} Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey]]'' by Creator/ChuckPalahniuk consists entirely of fake interviews (one of the last chapters includes material from a few ''actual people,'' and also a completely unexpected ShoutOut to ''FightClub''). For added verisimilitude, [[spoiler:it's implied at one point that the events of the book might alter the timeline so that the universe becomes the "real world" and the book becomes a work of fiction.]] It's also loosely implied that the book itself was written by that world's Chuck Palahniuk (nighttimer).

->''The Serbian writer Milorad Pavic may win the prize: he has attempted novels disguised as a crossword puzzle, a tarot book and even a clepsydra, an ancient water clock (at least conceptually; the pages are dry).''
-->''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/books/05cata.html The New York Times]]'' review of ''Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris'' (not by Pavic).

-->''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/books/05cata.html The New York Times]]'' review of ''Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And HaroldMorris'' (not by Pavic).

-->''[[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/books/05cata.html The New York Times]]'' review of ''ImportantArtifactsAndPersonalPropertyFromTheCollectionOfLenoreDoolanAndHaroldMorris'' (not by Pavic).

* ''Film/TheFactsInTheCaseOfMisterHollow'' is presented as a collection of case documents, but is mostly a long examination of one particular photo of four figures at a campsite, viewed by an unseen OccultDetective viewpoint character looking for signs of a MysteryCult.

* ''WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin'' is composed entirely of letters from Kevin's mother to his father.

* An ''AeonFlux'' graphic novel called ''The Heroditus File'' was released in this format, as a variety of historical texts, letters to and from Trevor Goodchild, interview transcripts, photographs and other fictional sources that document the first encounter between Trevor and Aeon. Or, at least, [[MultipleChoicePast one of the first]].

* Many of GeneWolfe's first-person narratives use this device, combining it with the fact that the writers always [[UnreliableNarrator distort, mistake or falsify]] their accounts.

* The narration of the comic ''SupermanSecretIdentity'' is written as a never-published autobiography of the main character.

* The DanielPinkwater story ''Literature/SlavesOfSpiegel'' is mostly made up of fictional diaries, reports, speeches and the like, but also includes a short chapter memorably titled "An Unnamed Third Person Who Knows Everything That Happens In This Story Speaks."

* ''[[{{Rant}} Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey]]'' by ChuckPalahniuk consists entirely of fake interviews (one of the last chapters includes material from a few ''actual people,'' and also a completely unexpected ShoutOut to ''FightClub''). For added verisimilitude, [[spoiler:it's implied at one point that the events of the book might alter the timeline so that the universe becomes the "real world" and the book becomes a work of fiction.]] It's also loosely implied that the book itself was written by that world's Chuck Palahniuk (nighttimer).

* The ''BigFinishDoctorWho'' Companion Chronicles story "Tales from the Vault" has a FramingStory of a U.N.I.T. officer showing a newbie around U.N.I.T.'s MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual. Captain Matheson plays recordings that describe the history of some of the objects, including a report on cassette by Jo Grant, an audio file of Matheson interviewing Romana, an alien memory crystal that recorded Zoe's personality, and a century old phonograph recording of a warning by Steven Taylor. The final story leads back to the first one, and the FramingStory ties in the other two as well.

* Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu is written in this style, which Creator/HPLovecraft [[FridgeBrilliance did to emphasize his point, that Humans ''cannot comprehend'' the Old Ones]].

* In StephenKing's novel ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', there are two newspaper excerpts at the end.

* MargaretAtwood's ''Literature/TheBlindAssassin'' contains excerpts from the eponymous novel and various newspapers. It also turns out that in the end, Iris is actually writing all this down and intends for it to be given to her granddaughter after she dies.

Compare LiteraryAgentHypothesis, {{Mockumentary}} and ApocalypticLog. See {{Diary}}

* ''FanFic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' is...well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin made up entirely of diary entries written by the title character]].

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* The ''Literature/SoldierOfTheMist'' novels by GeneWolfe consist almost entirely of the 'translated' journals of Latro, the soldier of the title, who has to read them daily to make up for the loss of his long-term memory. Likewise, ''The Wizard Knight'' is a pair of novels purporting to be very long letters from the protagonist to a friend. In fact almost all of Wolfe's first-person narratives use this device, combining it with the fact that the writers always [[UnreliableNarrator distort, mistake or falsify]] their accounts.

Compare LiteraryAgentHypothesis, {{Mockumentary}}. See {{Diary}}