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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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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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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 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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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 Late George Apley

Written by American author John P. Marquand, The Late George Apley is a 1937 epistolary novel that satirizes upper-class...

American Satire 20TH Century Biography

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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The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain's humorous epistolary novella reimagines Genesis by presenting the contrasting diary perspectives of the firs...

American Humor Twain Parody

7.8 Good

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Goodbye, Vitamin

Goodbye, Vitamin is a 2017 diary-format novel by Rachel Khong, notable for its poignant chronicle of a woman caring for...

American Family Memory 2010S

7.7 Good

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Microserfs

Microserfs is a 1995 epistolary novel by Canadian author Douglas Coupland, notable for using computer journal entries to...

American Tech Workplace 1990S

7.6 Good

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La silla del águila

La silla del águila is a 2003 epistolary novel by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes that explores political power and corrup...

Satire Political 2000S Mexican

7.5 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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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a 1931 science fiction and horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, presented a...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Z213: Exit

Z213: Exit is a modern epistolary novel by Greek author Dimitris Lyacos, notable for its fragmented narrative structure...

Experimental 2000S Literary Greek

7.4 Good

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Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years

Published in 2009, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend is the final epistolary novel in the series, notable...

Comic British 2000S Adult

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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Ibid: A Life

Written by Mark Dunn and published in 2004, Ibid: A Life is an experimental epistolary novel notable for being told enti...

American Satire 2000S Biography

6.7 Fair

18

Dear Everybody

Dear Everybody is a 2007 epistolary novel by American author Michael Kimball that pieces together a man's life and suici...

American 2000S Newspaper Diary

6.7 Fair

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The Book of Renfield

The Book of Renfield is a 2005 epistolary novel by Tim Lucas that serves as a parallel narrative to Bram Stoker's Dracul...

Horror Vampire 2000S Diary

6.6 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