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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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A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe’s *A Journal of the Plague Year* offers a detailed account of the 1665 outbreak in London through a series...

Journal 18TH Century Classic English

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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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is an epistolary novel by Judy Blume. The story unfolds through a series of letters...

Coming Of Age Religion Ya Prayer Diary

8.4 Great

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When You Reach Me

When You Reach Me is an epistolary novel told through a series of letters and notes exchanged between seventeen-year-old...

Time Travel Mystery Notes Ya

8.4 Great

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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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Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity presents a gripping narrative through letters and documents revealing the story of two British women wo...

War 2010S Documents Ya

8.1 Great

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Last Days of Summer

Published in 1998, Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger is an epistolary novel notable for using letters and newspaper cl...

American Baseball 1990S Ya

7.7 Good

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The Debt to Pleasure

The Debt to Pleasure is a 1996 epistolary novel by John Lanchester, structured as a menu-based memoir by an erudite, unr...

Journal Food Crime British

7.7 Good

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Dear Mr. Henshaw

Beverly Cleary's 1983 children's novel explores a young boy's emotional growth following his parents' divorce through hi...

American 20TH Century Children Ya

7.6 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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Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Sorcery and Cecelia is a 1988 fantasy epistolary novel co-written by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, notable f...

Fantasy 20TH Century Regency Ya

7.6 Good

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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

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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

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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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See You in the Cosmos

See You in the Cosmos is a 2016 children's novel by Jack Cheng, structured as a series of audio recordings made by an el...

American Family 2010S Recordings

7.5 Good

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Letters from the Inside

Letters from the Inside is a 1991 young adult epistolary novel by Australian author John Marsden about two teenage girls...

Australian 1990S Prison Ya

7.4 Good

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The Correspondent

The Correspondent is a contemporary epistolary novel that builds its narrative through written correspondence, exploring...

Contemporary Literary 2020S Letters

7.3 Good

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The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Reif Larsen's 2009 debut novel features extensive maps in its margins, structured as the annotated travel journal of a 1...

Journal Adventure Literary Illustrated

7.3 Good

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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