swap_horiz The Pigman Alternatives

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The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood's 2000 novel The Blind Assassin won the Booker Prize, framing its 20th-century family saga through memoi...

Canadian 21ST Century Historical Literary

8.7 Great

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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

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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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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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Armadale

Wilkie Collins's 1866 novel Armadale is notable for its complex plot and mixed format, utilizing diary entries and lette...

19TH Century Mystery Victorian English

7.9 Good

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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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Sophie's World

Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder published Sophie's World in 1991, framing its comprehensive history of philosophy throu...

Norwegian Philosophical 20TH Century Ya

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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The Raw Shark Texts

*The Raw Shark Texts* is a 2007 British novel by Steven Hall that uses letters, unpunctuated streams of consciousness, a...

21ST Century Experimental British Thriller

7.4 Good

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Griffin & Sabine's Correspondence

*Griffin & Sabine's Correspondence* refers to the 1991 interactive epistolary art book by Nick Bantock, which invites re...

Mystery 21ST Century Correspondence Illustrated

7.3 Good

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Sue Townsend's 1999 comedic novel Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years resumes the diary format, following its protagonist...

Satire 20TH Century Comedy British

7.2 Good

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Sabine's Notebook

*Sabine's Notebook* is a 1992 illustrated epistolary novel by Nick Bantock that uses removable postcards and letters to...

Mystery 20TH Century Correspondence Illustrated

6.9 Fair

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The Coquette

Hannah Webster Foster's 1797 novel The Coquette uses a series of letters to dramatize the true story of a woman's tragic...

18TH Century American Tragedy Seduction

6.4 Fair

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My Darling, My Hamburger

Paul Zindel's 1969 young adult novel My Darling, My Hamburger explores teenage relationships and pregnancy, incorporatin...

American 20TH Century Coming Of Age Ya

6.3 Fair

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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

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Popularity Papers

*Popularity Papers* is a 2010 children's novel by Amy Ignatow, structured as a shared scrapbook where two best friends d...

American Notebook 21ST Century Friendship

5.9 Mediocre

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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

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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

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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

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The Power of Sympathy

Written by William Hill Brown in 1789, The Power of Sympathy is widely recognized as the first novel published in the Un...

18TH Century American Early American Epistolary

4.8 Poor