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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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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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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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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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An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost is a British historical mystery told through a complex series of letters excha...

Mystery Historical British 1990S

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 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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The Debt to Pleasure

The Debt to Pleasure is a 1996 epistolary novel by John Lanchester, structured as a menu-based memoir by an erudite, unr...

Journal Food Crime British

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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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

Published in 1984 by British author Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole continues the comedic diary entries o...

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.5 Good

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Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Elizabeth von Arnim's 1898 novel Elizabeth and Her German Garden uses a semi-autobiographical diary format to detail a w...

Nature 19TH Century British Domestic

7.5 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 Fox Woman

The Fox Woman is a 2000 fantasy epistolary novel by American author Kij Johnson, notable for adapting a classic Japanese...

Fantasy Japanese Historical 1990S

7.3 Good

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Freedom and Necessity

Co-authored by Emma Bull and Steven Brust, Freedom and Necessity is a 1997 historical fantasy novel notable for using le...

Fantasy Historical 1990S Diary

7.3 Good

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True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole

Written by British author Sue Townsend, True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole is a 1989 epistolary novel continuing the...

Comic British 1980S Diary

7.2 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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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is a 1999 comedic epistolary novel by British author Louise Rennison that presen...

Comic British 1990S Diary

7.2 Good

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Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years

Published in 1993, Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend is a notable epistolary novel that follows the diar...

Comic British 1990S Adult

7.0 Good