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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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Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady

Samuel Richardson’s *Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady* is an 18th-century English novel presented entirely as l...

18TH Century Classic Tragedy English

9.2 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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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 Setting Sun

The Setting Sun, or Shayō, is a 1947 Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai about the decline of an aristocratic family after Wor...

Japanese 20TH Century Tragedy Diary

8.9 Great

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Riddley Walker

Riddley Walker is a 1980 post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban, narrated by a young man living in England long after a...

20TH Century Experimental Dystopian British

8.6 Great

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So Long a Letter

So Long a Letter is a 20th-century novel told entirely through letters. Senegalese author Mariama Bâ crafts a poignant s...

Classic 20TH Century Feminist Senegalese

8.5 Great

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I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle is a 1948 novel by British author Dodie Smith, written in the form of journal entries by seventeen-...

20TH Century Romance Coming Of Age British

8.4 Great

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Address Unknown

Kressmann Taylor’s Address Unknown presents a chilling portrayal of escalating tensions in pre-World War II Europe. The...

Classic 20TH Century Political Letters

8.4 Great

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Diary of a Provincial Lady

E.M. Delafield’s *Diary of a Provincial Lady* offers a realistic portrayal of life in rural England during the early 20t...

Classic Comic 20TH Century English

8.3 Great

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" is a comedic epistolary novel written by Sue Townsend and published in 1982....

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.9 Good

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Dear Nobody

Dear Nobody is a 1991 young-adult novel by English author Berlie Doherty about an unplanned teenage pregnancy. Set in Sh...

20TH Century British Diary Ya

7.6 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" is an epistolary comedy novel that...

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.5 Good

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Houseboy

Houseboy is a 1956 novel by Cameroonian writer Ferdinand Oyono, originally published in French as Une vie de boy. Presen...

Classic 1950S Colonial Diary

7.5 Good

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is a 1999 comic epistolary novel by English author Sue Townsend and the fifth publishe...

Satire 20TH Century Comedy British

7.2 Good

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Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars is a 1936 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and the fourth book in the Anne of Green G...

Classic Canadian 20TH Century School

7.2 Good

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The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is an English-language novel published in 1902 and written by Yone Noguchi. It is...

Travel Satire 20TH Century Diary

6.5 Fair

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But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1927 novel by American writer Anita Loos and a sequel to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. It...

Satire 20TH Century Comedy Diary

6.4 Fair

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Go Ask Alice

Go Ask Alice is a 1971 American young-adult book presented as the diary of an anonymous teenage girl. It describes her m...

American 20TH Century Diary Drugs

5.9 Mediocre

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Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman

Published anonymously in 1773, *Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman* is an epistolary novel that critiq...

Classic Indian 20TH Century Colonial

5.6 Mediocre