swap_horiz The Screwtape Letters 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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Riddley Walker

Riddley Walker is a 1980 post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban, narrated by a young man living in England long after a...

20TH Century Experimental Dystopian British

8.6 Great

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I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle is a 1948 novel by British author Dodie Smith, written in the form of journal entries by seventeen-...

20TH Century Romance Coming Of Age British

8.4 Great

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Address Unknown

Kressmann Taylor’s Address Unknown presents a chilling portrayal of escalating tensions in pre-World War II Europe. The...

Classic 20TH Century Political Letters

8.4 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

84, Charing Cross Road is an autobiographical epistolary book by the American writer Helene Hanff, published in 1970. It...

American 20TH Century Correspondence Letters

8.1 Great

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" is a comedic epistolary novel written by Sue Townsend and published in 1982....

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.9 Good

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The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by American author John P. Marquand, presented as a biography assembled from lette...

American Satire 20TH Century Biography

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 that won the Whitbread Book of the Year awar...

Comic 20TH Century British Literary

7.7 Good

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Sophie's World

Sophie's World is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder, originally published as Sofies verden. It follows So...

Norwegian Philosophical 20TH Century Ya

7.6 Good

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Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

"Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot" is a 1988 young adult fantasy novel co-authored by Patricia C. Wred...

Fantasy 20TH Century Regency Ya

7.6 Good

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Dear Nobody

Dear Nobody is a 1991 young-adult novel by English author Berlie Doherty about an unplanned teenage pregnancy. Set in Sh...

20TH Century British Diary 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" is an epistolary comedy novel that...

20TH Century Comedy Teenage British

7.5 Good

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Sir Charles Grandison

Sir Charles Grandison is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, first published in 1753. Its central character, Sir C...

18TH Century Romance British Letters

7.5 Good

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Sorcery and Cecelia

*Sorcery and Cecelia*, or *The Enchanted Chocolate Pot*, is a 1988 fantasy novel co-authored by Patricia C. Wrede and Ca...

Fantasy 20TH Century Young Adult Regency

7.4 Good

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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a science fiction and horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, first published...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Meet Me at the Museum

Meet Me at the Museum is a 2018 epistolary novel by British author Anne Youngson. The narrative is constructed entirely...

Romance British Museum 2010S

7.3 Good

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Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars is a 1936 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and the fourth book in the Anne of Green G...

Classic Canadian 20TH Century School

7.2 Good

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The Trick of It

The Trick of It is a 1989 comic novel by English author Michael Frayn, structured as a series of letters from an academi...

Comic British 1980S Literary

7.2 Good

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Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen is a 1984 epistolary novel by British writer Fay Weldon. It presents ficti...

20TH Century British Literary Metafiction

7.0 Good