swap_horiz Voltaire's Heart Alternatives

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March

March presents a poignant account of the American Civil War through a series of letters. The novel details the experienc...

American Historical 2000S Civil War

8.5 Great

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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins's 1868 novel is a pioneering work of detective fiction that utilizes a series of letters and journal entr...

19TH Century Detective Mystery English

8.4 Great

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In the Lake of the Woods

*In the Lake of the Woods* is a 1994 novel by American author Tim O'Brien that blends a missing-person mystery with chap...

American Mystery 20TH Century Vietnam

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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When You Reach Me

When You Reach Me is an epistolary novel told through a series of letters and notes exchanged between seventeen-year-old...

Time Travel Mystery Notes Ya

8.4 Great

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This 2003 British novel by Mark Haddon is written as the first-person diary of a teenage boy with autism investigating t...

Mystery 21ST Century British Diary

8.3 Great

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An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost is a British historical mystery told through a complex series of letters excha...

Mystery Historical British 1990S

8.1 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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Ella Minnow Pea

Published in 2001 by Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel notable for its clever lipogrammatic structure as...

American Satire 2000S Letters

7.9 Good

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Gut gegen Nordwind

Gut gegen Nordwind is a 2006 Austrian epistolary novel by Daniel Glattauer that narrates a modern romantic relationship...

German Romance 2000S Digital

7.6 Good

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The Sluts

The Sluts is a 2004 epistolary novel by American author Dennis Cooper that explores dark psychological themes through in...

Experimental 2000S Queer Emails

7.0 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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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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Girls of Riyadh

Girls of Riyadh is a 2005 debut novel by Saudi Arabian author Rajaa Al-Sanea, notable for its epistolary format where an...

Contemporary 2000S Women Saudi

6.7 Fair

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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

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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

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Eleven

Eleven is a contemporary epistolary novel that utilizes written correspondence to intimately explore the personal strugg...

British 2000S Digital Workday

6.4 Fair

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Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl is a 2004 romantic epistolary novel by American author Meg Cabot, notable for telling its workplace roman...

American Comic Romance 2000S

6.3 Fair

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Every Boy's Got One

Published in 2005, Every Boy's Got One is a romantic epistolary novel by Meg Cabot, notable for using journal entries an...

American Comic Romance 2000S

6.2 Fair

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Who Moved My Blackberry?

Who Moved My Blackberry? is a 2005 comedic epistolary novel by Martin Kihn that satirizes modern corporate culture throu...

Satire Workplace British 2000S

5.8 Mediocre