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The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper is an American novel presented as diary entries detailing the deteriorating mental state of a young...

American 19TH Century Gothic Feminist

9.3 Excellent

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Notes from Underground

Dostoevsky’s *Notes from Underground* offers a profound exploration of human psychology through the form of a confession...

Russian Philosophy 19TH Century Dostoevsky

9.2 Excellent

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A Hero of Our Time

Mikhail Lermontov’s *A Hero of Our Time* is a 19th-century Russian novel presented as a series of letters and diary entr...

Journal Romantic Russian 19TH Century

9.1 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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Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders's 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo uses a collage of historical texts and fictional voices to depict Abra...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

8.8 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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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins's 1859 sensation novel uses multiple character diaries and letters to unravel a complex plot of identity...

19TH Century Suspense Victorian English

8.6 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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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins's 1868 novel is a pioneering work of detective fiction that utilizes a series of letters and journal entr...

19TH Century Detective Mystery English

8.4 Great

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë's 1848 novel uses an epistolary frame and a secret diary to depict a woman's courageous flight from an abusi...

19TH Century Gothic English Feminist

8.4 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 blends a missing-person mystery with chap...

American Mystery 20TH Century Vietnam

8.4 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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84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff's 1970 book is an autobiographical epistolary work compiling twenty years of correspondence between the Ame...

American 20TH Century Correspondence Letters

8.1 Great

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Diary of a Nobody

Written by George and Weedon Grossmith, this 1892 Victorian comic novel details the mundane daily life of a middle-class...

19TH Century Satire Comedy British

8.1 Great

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The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

Ugo Foscolo’s *The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis* presents a poignant narrative through a collection of correspondence. P...

Romantic Italian Classic 19TH Century

8.1 Great

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Up the Down Staircase

Published in 1965, Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman is an epistolary novel notable for its portrayal of an idealisti...

American Comic 20TH Century School

7.9 Good

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Ella Minnow Pea

Published in 2001 by Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel notable for its clever lipogrammatic structure as...

American Satire 2000S Letters

7.9 Good

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Super Sad True Love Story

Super Sad True Love Story is a 2010 dystopian epistolary novel by American author Gary Shteyngart that explores romance...

American 2010S Diary Dystopia

7.5 Good

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Clara Howard

*Clara Howard* is an 1801 epistolary novel by American author Charles Brockden Brown, notable for its psychological expl...

Classic American 19TH Century Sentimental

5.9 Mediocre