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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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a 2007 semi-autobiographical novel by Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur...

American 21ST Century Native American Diary

8.7 Great

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2010 novel by Jennifer Egan that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. Structured...

Music American 21ST Century Literary

8.7 Great

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Evidence of the Affair

Evidence of the Affair is an epistolary novella written by American author Taylor Jenkins Reid and published in 2018. Th...

American Romance Novella Seventies

7.6 Good

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Reconstructing Amelia

Reconstructing Amelia is Kimberly McCreight's 2013 debut novel, a mystery thriller centered on the death of Amelia Baron...

American Mystery 21ST Century Texts

7.5 Good

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The Lacuna

*The Lacuna* is a 2009 historical novel by American author Barbara Kingsolver that won the Orange Prize for Fiction. The...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

7.4 Good

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Night Film

Published in 2013, *Night Film* is a mystery thriller novel by American author Marisha Pessl. The plot centers on Scott...

American Mystery 21ST Century Thriller

7.4 Good

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares is a 2010 young adult novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. Set in New York City during t...

American Notebook 21ST Century Ya Romance

7.4 Good

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Penpal

Penpal is a 2012 horror novel by American writer Dathan Auerbach. It developed from a series of interconnected stories o...

American Horror 21ST Century Blog Posts

7.2 Good

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 young adult novel by Jay Asher told through the alternating perspectives of Clay Jensen a...

American 21ST Century Suicide Ya

7.1 Good

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Attachments

Attachments is a 2011 romantic novel by American author Rainbow Rowell. Its story is presented through workplace emails...

American 21ST Century Romance Workplace

7.1 Good

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My Most Excellent Year

My Most Excellent Year is a 2008 young adult novel by Steve Kluger about three ninth-grade friends in Brookline, Massach...

American 21ST Century Comedy Ya

7.1 Good

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Love, Aubrey

Love, Aubrey is a 2009 middle-grade novel by Suzanne LaFleur about a girl coping with the death of her father and younge...

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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Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy is a 1915 epistolary novel by American writer Jean Webster and a sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs. It is presented t...

American Romance Early 20TH Century Sequel

6.6 Fair

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The Kempton-Wace Letters

The Kempton-Wace Letters is a 1903 epistolary novel written jointly by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It takes the form...

American 20TH Century Romance Debate

6.6 Fair

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Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas is a 2001 novel by American author James Patterson that combines a contemporary framing sto...

American Romance Grief 2000S

6.5 Fair

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Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl is a 2004 romantic novel by American author Meg Cabot. It uses an epistolary structure, telling its workp...

American Comic Romance 2000S

6.3 Fair

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PS, I Love You

PS, I Love You is a 2004 epistolary romance novel by Irish writer Cecelia Ahern. The story follows Holly Kennedy after t...

21ST Century Romance Grief Irish

6.2 Fair

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Every Boy's Got One

Every Boy's Got One is a 2005 romantic comedy novel by American author Meg Cabot. It uses an epistolary structure, prese...

American Comic Romance 2000S

6.2 Fair