Another book I was recently sad to learn was at fabricated is The Salt Path, which was great but apparently based on lies, the author was fleeing debt and lawsuits and stole $86,000 from their previous employer prior the walk. What is super sad is they didn't pay the people back they stole money from after their book became a best seller:

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-p...

It's also became a movie staring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin similarly:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cups_of_Tea#Controversy>

Specific allegations and refutations were raised by 60 Minutes and The Daily Beast:

<https://web.archive.org/web/20110416212133/http://www.cbsnew...>

<https://web.archive.org/web/20110424154702/https://news.yaho...>

Wow. Fascinating.