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24 alternatives to This American Life - 566: The land of make believe

A father constructs an fantasy to occupy his 11 children

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - 566: The land of make believe launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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This American Life - 556: Same Bed, Different Dreams▲66
People that imagine radically different futures.
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
2
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66
The story of Barack Obama
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Infinite Home: A Novel▲60
An unlikely mix of people bond to form a quasi family
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The House of Stone▲71
Anthony Shadid's moving reflections on war, family, hope
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Train Dreams▲55
An American epic in miniature
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
This American Life - Invisible Made Visible, Act One May 18, 2012▲56
A man trying to get his daughter to understand his blindness
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
7
This American Life - 583: It'll Make Sense When You're Older▲66
Stories about growing up and gathering knowledge.
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
8
This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76
Stories of people climbing to be number one.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
9
Longform - Ira Glass▲107
Ira Glass, creator of This American Life
2015 · longform.org · its alternatives →
10
Land of Mislaid▲65
An interactive children's story for iPad
2015 · dropcatch.com · its alternatives →
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Storytailor®▲95
A personal world built around your child’s imagination
Sep 2026 · storytailor.com · its alternatives →
12
Sandcastle Kings▲70
Meeting Jesus in a spiritually bankrupt world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Minor King▲64
American Fiction
2016 · minorking.com · its alternatives →
14
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success▲65
The life of 11-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲78
Entrepreneurship and electric kites in colonial times
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
16
The Act of Creation▲54
A great examination of creativity
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Nest▲61
4 dysfunctional adult siblings work their way through life
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The God Delusion▲56
The irrationality of belief in God
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Pedro Paramo ▲61
A man goes to find his evil father in a town of ghosts...
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
American Gods by Neil Gaiman▲87
Shadow is a man with a past...
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89
First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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Lawrence▲82
A point-and-click story about a son's final days w/ his dad
2015 · lawraclark.itch.io · its alternatives →
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Days with My Father ▲55
A son's photo journal of his aging father's last years
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Boys Among Men▲67
How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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