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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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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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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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In the Lake of the Woods

*In the Lake of the Woods* is a 1994 novel by American author Tim O'Brien that blends a missing-person mystery with chap...

American Mystery 20TH Century Vietnam

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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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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Fair and Tender Ladies

Lee Smith’s *Fair and Tender Ladies* presents a poignant story through a collection of letters. The novel explores the e...

American Appalachian 20TH Century Literary

8.2 Great

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84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff's 1970 book is an autobiographical epistolary work compiling twenty years of correspondence between the Ame...

American 20TH Century Correspondence Letters

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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Up the Down Staircase

Published in 1965, Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman is an epistolary novel notable for its portrayal of an idealisti...

American Comic 20TH Century School

7.9 Good

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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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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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Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel

Published in 1991 by the American author Avi, Nothing but the Truth is a young adult epistolary novel utilizing memos an...

American 20TH Century School Documents

7.2 Good

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The Pigman

*The Pigman* is a 1968 young adult novel by Paul Zindel narrated through the alternating diary entries of two teenagers...

American 20TH Century Friendship Ya

7.0 Good

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My Darling, My Hamburger

Paul Zindel's 1969 young adult novel My Darling, My Hamburger explores teenage relationships and pregnancy, incorporatin...

American 20TH Century Coming Of Age Ya

6.3 Fair