Bibliography Style Storytelling

I'll make it apparent in this subject - I'm a sucker for bibliography narratives. Something about the main character's recollection or looking back at past travels adds a sense of humanity to them, and more interestingly allows for personalization of their perspective, allowing for interesting details you wouldn't find in a third person omniscient narration. I've been a huge fan of that style of writing for ages, and personally I've seen it succeed so many times in conveying a story and learning more of the main character, allowing levels of depth it would take chapters to explain to a reader or viewer. Historical pieces much like Persepolis are incredibly intriguing. It's one thing to read or hear a person's struggle, but to hear them talk about it, how they felt, what they thought, or how they came up with a solution or dealt with it is far more interesting, story motivating, and free to generate character development for readers and viewers alike. Something about someone reading from their journal or telling how they escaped [insert name here] is more intriguing because they spin the tale with their experience, rather than weaving from someone else's shoes. To me, that's powerful, both in realistic and fictional settings.