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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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Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo is a 21st-century novel employing an epistolary format. It presents a unique interpretation of Abra...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

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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A Visit from the Goon Squad

*A Visit from the Goon Squad* is a 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jennifer Egan, notable for its linked format and...

Music American 21ST Century Literary

8.7 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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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 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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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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My Most Excellent Year

Steve Kluger's 2008 young adult novel My Most Excellent Year explores teenage relationships and family through a series...

American 21ST Century Comedy Ya

7.1 Good

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Love, Aubrey

Suzanne LaFleur's 2009 children's novel Love, Aubrey tells the story of a grieving girl processing her father's death th...

American 21ST Century Grief Children

7.1 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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Dear Dumb Diary

Jim Benton's popular children's book series, launched in 2004, uses the humorous diary entries of middle schooler Jamie...

Comedy Illustrated Children Diary

6.6 Fair

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Popularity Papers

*Popularity Papers* is a 2010 children's novel by Amy Ignatow, structured as a shared scrapbook where two best friends d...

American Notebook 21ST Century Friendship

5.9 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