swap_horiz The Antagonist Alternatives

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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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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 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo tells the story of a legendary actress revealed through a series of intensely personal...

Interview Literary Lgbtq+ Hollywood

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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Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity presents a gripping narrative through letters and documents revealing the story of two British women wo...

War 2010S Documents Ya

8.1 Great

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Daisy Jones and The Six

The novel Daisy Jones and The Six reconstructs the story of a wildly popular 1970s rock band using an innovative epistol...

Music 1970S Literary Oral History

8.1 Great

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Last Words from Montmartre

Qiu Miaojin’s *Last Words from Montmartre* presents a poignant story through a series of letters exchanged between two y...

Literary 1990S Queer Taiwanese

8.0 Great

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The Journal of Jules Renard

*The Journal of Jules Renard* is a posthumously published collection of diary entries by the French author, notable for...

French 19TH Century Literary Autobiographical

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 Correspondent

The Correspondent is a contemporary epistolary novel that builds its narrative through written correspondence, exploring...

Contemporary Literary 2020S Letters

7.3 Good

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The Gum Thief

Written by Canadian author Douglas Coupland in 2007, The Gum Thief is an epistolary novel notable for its structure of l...

Journal Canadian Workplace 2000S

6.7 Fair

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Every Blade of Grass

Every Blade of Grass is a contemporary epistolary novel that uses a series of intimate letters to explore deep human con...

Nature Canadian Romance 2010S

6.7 Fair

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The Lawgiver

The Lawgiver is a 2012 epistolary novel by American author Herman Wouk that explores the making of a film about Moses th...

American Comic 2010S Emails

6.5 Fair

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The Boy Is Back

The Boy Is Back is a 2016 romantic epistolary novel by Meg Cabot, notable for utilizing modern digital formats like text...

American Romance 2010S Texts

6.1 Fair

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Life Form

Life Form is a 2010 epistolary novel by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb that details an unusual and increasingly bizarre c...

French Literary War 2010S

5.8 Mediocre