swap_horiz Charmed Thirds Alternatives

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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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Nausea

Nausea is a 1938 novel by French author Jean-Paul Sartre presented as a series of letters and journal entries. It explor...

Classic French Existential 1930S

8.9 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

4

Julie; or, The New Heloise

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s *Julie; or, The New Heloise* is an 18th-century French epistolary novel presented entirely as a...

18TH Century Classic French Romance

8.6 Great

5

Doctor Glas

Hjalmar Söderberg’s *Doctor Glas* is a 1905 Swedish novel presented entirely through letters and documents. The story ex...

Classic Psychological 20TH Century Swedish

8.6 Great

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I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith's 1948 coming-of-age novel is written as a series of journal entries by a teenage girl living in a crumbling...

20TH Century Romance Coming Of Age British

8.4 Great

7

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This 2003 British novel by Mark Haddon is written as the first-person diary of a teenage boy with autism investigating t...

Mystery 21ST Century British Diary

8.3 Great

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Rose Under Fire

Rose Under Fire is a 2013 young adult epistolary novel by Elizabeth Wein that follows a female pilot's harrowing surviva...

War 2010S Diary Ya

7.6 Good

9

Sloppy Firsts

Megan McCafferty's 2001 young adult novel follows teenager Jessica Darling's struggles with high school and social isola...

Contemporary Romance Diary Ya

7.6 Good

10

Second Helpings

Published in 2003 by Megan McCafferty, this sequel continues to track teenager Jessica Darling's senior year of high sch...

Romance Sequel Diary Ya

7.6 Good

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True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole

Written by British author Sue Townsend, True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole is a 1989 epistolary novel continuing the...

Comic British 1980S Diary

7.2 Good

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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is a 1999 comedic epistolary novel by British author Louise Rennison that presen...

Comic British 1990S Diary

7.2 Good

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Why We Broke Up

Why We Broke Up is a 2011 young adult epistolary novel by Daniel Handler that details a teenage romance's end through a...

Romance Illustrated 2010S Ya

7.0 Good

14

The Bunker Diary

The Bunker Diary is a 2013 young adult epistolary novel by British author Kevin Brooks, notable for winning the Carnegie...

Thriller 2010S Captivity Diary

6.9 Fair

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P.S. I Like You

Kasie West's 2016 young adult romance novel revolves around an anonymous pen-pal relationship sparked by a note left in...

Contemporary West Romance Notes

6.9 Fair

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Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas is a 2001 epistolary novel by James Patterson that tells the story of a woman's marriage an...

American Romance Grief 2000S

6.5 Fair

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Fourth Comings

Megan McCafferty's 2007 novel compresses its narrative into a weekend of frantic journal entries as protagonist Jessica...

Romance Sequel Diary Ya

6.5 Fair

18

Perfect Fifths

Megan McCafferty's 2009 finale to the Jessica Darling series transitions into dialogue and poetry, closing out the popul...

Romance Diary Ya Conclusion

6.5 Fair

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Go Ask Alice

Presented as the actual diary of an anonymous teenager, this 1971 novel depicts the tragic descent into drug addiction a...

American 20TH Century Diary Drugs

5.9 Mediocre

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Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries

Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries is a 2016 epistolary novel by British author Helen Fielding, notable as the third inst...

Comedy Romance Sequel Diary

5.6 Mediocre