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The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood's 2000 novel The Blind Assassin won the Booker Prize, framing its 20th-century family saga through memoi...

Canadian 21ST Century Historical Literary

8.7 Great

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie's 2007 novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian uses journal entries and drawings to depict...

American 21ST Century Native American Diary

8.7 Great

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

*A Visit from the Goon Squad* is a 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jennifer Egan, notable for its linked format and...

Music American 21ST Century Literary

8.7 Great

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Riddley Walker

*Riddley Walker* is a 1980 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Russell Hoban, written as a first-person chronicle...

20TH Century Experimental Dystopian British

8.6 Great

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The Journal of Jules Renard

*The Journal of Jules Renard* is a posthumously published collection of diary entries by the French author, notable for...

French 19TH Century Literary Autobiographical

7.9 Good

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Sophie's World

Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder published Sophie's World in 1991, framing its comprehensive history of philosophy throu...

Norwegian Philosophical 20TH Century Ya

7.6 Good

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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

Published in 1984 by British author Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole continues the comedic diary entries o...

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.5 Good

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The Raw Shark Texts

*The Raw Shark Texts* is a 2007 British novel by Steven Hall that uses letters, unpunctuated streams of consciousness, a...

21ST Century Experimental British Thriller

7.4 Good

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Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Published anonymously in 1669, Letters of a Portuguese Nun is a classic work of French literature detailing the intense...

French Literary 17TH Century Letters

7.3 Good

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Griffin & Sabine's Correspondence

*Griffin & Sabine's Correspondence* refers to the 1991 interactive epistolary art book by Nick Bantock, which invites re...

Mystery 21ST Century Correspondence Illustrated

7.3 Good

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Sue Townsend's 1999 comedic novel Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years resumes the diary format, following its protagonist...

Satire 20TH Century Comedy British

7.2 Good

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The Morning Star

*The Morning Star* is a 2020 novel by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård that uses multiple perspectives, including a p...

Mystery 21ST Century Correspondence Illustrated

7.1 Good

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The Mislaid Magician

Co-authored by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer in 2006, The Mislaid Magician uses letters between two magicians...

Fantasy 21ST Century Sequel Regency

7.0 Good

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The Pigman

*The Pigman* is a 1968 young adult novel by Paul Zindel narrated through the alternating diary entries of two teenagers...

American 20TH Century Friendship Ya

7.0 Good

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Sabine's Notebook

*Sabine's Notebook* is a 1992 illustrated epistolary novel by Nick Bantock that uses removable postcards and letters to...

Mystery 20TH Century Correspondence Illustrated

6.9 Fair

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Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction

Published in 2004 by Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction uses the protagonist's diary to explo...

Satire 21ST Century Comedy British

6.8 Fair

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The Coquette

Hannah Webster Foster's 1797 novel The Coquette uses a series of letters to dramatize the true story of a woman's tragic...

18TH Century American Tragedy Seduction

6.4 Fair

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My Darling, My Hamburger

Paul Zindel's 1969 young adult novel My Darling, My Hamburger explores teenage relationships and pregnancy, incorporatin...

American 20TH Century Coming Of Age Ya

6.3 Fair

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Amelia's Notebook

*Amelia's Notebook* is a 1995 children's book by Marissa Moss designed as a hand-written, illustrated journal detailing...

American Notebook 20TH Century Coming Of Age

6.0 Fair

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The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy

*The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy* is a 1751 epistolary novel by British author Eliza Haywood detailing the social...

18TH Century Romance English Letters

5.4 Mediocre