swap_horiz 84, Charing Cross Road Alternatives

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Augustus

"Augustus" is a 1972 historical novel by American author John Williams that won the National Book Award for Fiction. The...

American Historical Ancient Rome Letters

9.2 Excellent

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Herzog

Herzog, a 20th-century American novel by Saul Bellow, presents a profound exploration of identity and disillusionment. T...

Classic American 20TH Century Literary

8.9 Great

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The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters is a 1942 satirical epistolary novel by British writer C. S. Lewis. It consists mainly of letters...

20TH Century British Satirical Christian

8.5 Great

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March

March presents a poignant account of the American Civil War through a series of letters. The novel details the experienc...

American Historical 2000S Civil War

8.5 Great

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In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods is a 1994 novel by American author Tim O'Brien that combines elements of mystery, psychological...

American Mystery 20TH Century Vietnam

8.4 Great

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Address Unknown

Kressmann Taylor’s Address Unknown presents a chilling portrayal of escalating tensions in pre-World War II Europe. The...

Classic 20TH Century Political Letters

8.4 Great

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Wieland

Wieland is an 1798 American Gothic novel by Charles Brockden Brown, written in an epistolary format from the perspective...

18TH Century American Gothic Letters

8.3 Great

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Fair and Tender Ladies

Lee Smith’s *Fair and Tender Ladies* presents a poignant story through a collection of letters. The novel explores the e...

American Appalachian 20TH Century Literary

8.2 Great

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Wieland; or, The Transformation

'Wieland; or, The Transformation' is an epistolary Gothic novel written by American author Charles Brockden Brown, first...

American Gothic Letters Eighteenth Century

8.2 Great

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The Tenant of Moonbloom

"The Tenant of Moonbloom" is a 1963 novel written by the American author Edward Lewis Wallant. The narrative centers on...

American Urban Literary Letters

8.1 Great

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Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase is a 1965 novel by Bel Kaufman about Sylvia Barrett, an idealistic young English teacher working i...

American Comic 20TH Century School

7.9 Good

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The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by American author John P. Marquand, presented as a biography assembled from lette...

American Satire 20TH Century Biography

7.9 Good

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Ella Minnow Pea

Ella Minnow Pea is a 2001 epistolary novel by American writer Mark Dunn. Told through letters exchanged by residents of...

American Satire 2000S Letters

7.9 Good

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Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

Written by Mary E. Lyons and published in 1992, *Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs* is a biographic...

American Historical Young Adult Slavery

7.9 Good

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LETTERS

LETTERS is a 1979 epistolary novel by American author John Barth that integrates a complex metafictional structure. The...

American Experimental Postmodern Meta Fiction

7.8 Good

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The Queen of the Tambourine

"The Queen of the Tambourine" is a 1991 novel by English author Jane Gardam that won the Whitbread Book of the Year awar...

Comic 20TH Century British Literary

7.7 Good

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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a science fiction and horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, first published...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Griffin & Sabine

Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence is a 1991 illustrated epistolary novel by Nick Bantock and the first b...

Mystery 20TH Century Correspondence Illustrated

7.1 Good

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Sabine's Notebook

Sabine's Notebook is a 1992 illustrated epistolary novel by Nick Bantock and the second book in the original Griffin and...

Mystery 20TH Century Correspondence Illustrated

6.9 Fair

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The Kempton-Wace Letters

The Kempton-Wace Letters is a 1903 epistolary novel written jointly by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It takes the form...

American 20TH Century Romance Debate

6.6 Fair