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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

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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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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

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The Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody is an epistolary novel by W.G. Grossmith detailing the unremarkable existence of Charles Pooter. T...

Satire Comedy Victorian Diary

8.3 Great

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The Diary of a Provincial Lady

The Diary of a Provincial Lady is an epistolary novel by E.M. Delafield offering a sharp satirical look at British socie...

Comedy British 1930S Diary

8.2 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 Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

Sue Townsend's 1982 comedic diary novel chronicles the everyday struggles and intellectual pretensions of a British teen...

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.9 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 Provincial Lady Goes Further

Published in 1932 by E.M. Delafield, this comedic sequel follows the titular British protagonist's relocation to London,...

Comedy Sequel 1930S Diary

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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Big Nate

Lincoln Peirce's 2010 children's novel series, expanding on his famous comic strip, uses a diary and comic format to det...

Comedy Peirce Illustrated Children

7.0 Good

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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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Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life is a 2009 children's epistolary novel by Rachel Renée Russell that chron...

Comic School 2000S Children

6.4 Fair

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Dork Diaries

Rachel Renée Russell launched her popular children's book series Dork Diaries in 2009, using a diary format to chronicle...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.8 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

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I Funny

*I Funny* is a 2012 middle-grade novel by James Patterson, written as the first-person manuscript of a wheelchair-bound...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.2 Mediocre

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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

*Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life* is a 2011 illustrated novel by James Patterson, presented as the diary and s...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.1 Mediocre