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Memoirs of Hadrian

Memoirs of Hadrian is a classic novel presented as a series of letters written by Roman Emperor Hadrian himself. Notewor...

Classic Historical 1950S Roman

9.1 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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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 Blind Assassin

The Blind Assassin is a complex Canadian novel structured as interwoven narratives. It tells the story of Leda Bainbridg...

Canadian 21ST Century Historical Literary

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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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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The Screwtape Letters

C. S. Lewis's 1942 satirical epistolary novel consists of a senior demon instructing his nephew on how to corrupt a huma...

20TH Century British Satirical Christian

8.5 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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The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page is an unusual British novel presented as a series of letters and documents detailing the li...

British 1980S Literary Island

8.5 Great

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong’s *On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* is an epistolary novel presented as a lengthy letter from a young man to...

Family Literary Queer 2010S

8.4 Great

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Any Human Heart

Any Human Heart is a British novel presented entirely through letters and journal entries. It chronicles the intertwined...

British 2000S Literary Journals

8.4 Great

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The Queen of the Tambourine

The Queen of the Tambourine is a 1991 novel by English author Jane Gardam, notable for its fragmented epistolary format...

Comic 20TH Century British Literary

7.7 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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Letter to a Child Never Born

Oriana Fallaci's 1975 Italian novel is structured as a single, emotional letter written by a pregnant woman to her unbor...

Italian Literary Feminist Letter

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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The Trick of It

The Trick of It is a 1989 epistolary novel by English author Michael Frayn that details the romantic and intellectual en...

Comic British 1980S Literary

7.2 Good

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Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

Fay Weldon's 1984 epistolary novel Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen explores literature and female authorsh...

20TH Century British Literary Metafiction

7.0 Good

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Eleven

Eleven is a contemporary epistolary novel that utilizes written correspondence to intimately explore the personal strugg...

British 2000S Digital Workday

6.4 Fair

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Tarzan's Tonsillitis

Tarzan's Tonsillitis is an epistolary novel by Peruvian author Alfredo Bryce Echenique that explores a passionate and tr...

Romance 2000S Literary Peruvian

6.0 Fair

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Who Moved My Blackberry?

Who Moved My Blackberry? is a 2005 comedic epistolary novel by Martin Kihn that satirizes modern corporate culture throu...

Satire Workplace British 2000S

5.8 Mediocre