swap_horiz Popularity Papers Alternatives

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

Night Film

*Night Film* is a 2013 mystery thriller by American author Marisha Pessl that follows an investigative journalist, utili...

American Mystery 21ST Century Thriller

7.4 Good

7

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney's 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You intertwines the romantic lives of two friends through their ema...

21ST Century Literary Friendship Irish

7.2 Good

8

Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher's 2007 young adult novel presents dual narratives as a teenager listens to cassette tapes left by a classmate...

American 21ST Century Suicide Ya

7.1 Good

9

Attachments

Rainbow Rowell's 2011 romantic novel alternates between a security analyst's journal and the illicit company emails of t...

American 21ST Century Romance Workplace

7.1 Good

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

Snail Mail No More

Snail Mail No More is a 1999 young adult epistolary novel by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin, notable for shifting its...

American 2000S Friendship Ya

6.7 Fair

15

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

16

Amelia's Notebook

*Amelia's Notebook* is a 1995 children's book by Marissa Moss designed as a hand-written, illustrated journal detailing...

American Notebook 20TH Century Coming Of Age

6.0 Fair

17

Where Rainbows End

Cecelia Ahern's 2004 epistolary novel traces a lifelong friendship and unspoken romance entirely through exchanged lette...

21ST Century Romance Friendship Irish

5.8 Mediocre

18

Dork Diaries

Rachel Renée Russell launched her popular children's book series Dork Diaries in 2009, using a diary format to chronicle...

American 21ST Century Comedy Children

5.8 Mediocre

19

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

20

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