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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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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 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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Ella Minnow Pea

Published in 2001 by Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel notable for its clever lipogrammatic structure as...

American Satire 2000S Letters

7.9 Good

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Last Days of Summer

Published in 1998, Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger is an epistolary novel notable for using letters and newspaper cl...

American Baseball 1990S Ya

7.7 Good

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La silla del águila

La silla del águila is a 2003 epistolary novel by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes that explores political power and corrup...

Satire Political 2000S Mexican

7.5 Good

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The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver's 2009 historical novel The Lacuna uses diaries, letters, and clippings to trace a writer's life thro...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

7.4 Good

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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a 1931 science fiction and horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, presented a...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Redgauntlet

*Redgauntlet* is an 1824 historical novel by Scottish author Walter Scott, uniquely structured as an epistolary narrativ...

Classic 19TH Century Historical Scottish

7.4 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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The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After

The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After is a 2006 epistolary fantasy novel co-authored by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline...

Fantasy 2000S Regency Letters

7.3 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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Almost Like Being in Love

Almost Like Being in Love is a 2004 epistolary novel by Steve Kluger that chronicles a multi-decade romance using letter...

American Romance 2000S Documents

6.9 Fair

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P.S. Longer Letter Later

P.S. Longer Letter Later is a 1998 epistolary novel for young adults co-authored by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin, no...

American 1990S Friendship Ya

6.9 Fair

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Dear Everybody

Dear Everybody is a 2007 epistolary novel by American author Michael Kimball that pieces together a man's life and suici...

American 2000S Newspaper Diary

6.7 Fair

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Love Letters to the Dead

Love Letters to the Dead is a 2014 young adult epistolary novel by Ava Dellaira, notable for its narrative structure whe...

American Grief 2010S Ya

6.7 Fair

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Diary

Diary is a 2003 epistolary novel by Chuck Palahniuk, written as a fictional complaint book by an artist documenting the...

American Satire Horror 2000S

6.7 Fair

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Between Friends

Between Friends is an epistolary novel that relies on a series of exchanged letters to intimately explore the enduring c...

American 2000S Friendship Letters

6.6 Fair