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Jason Arnopp's 2016 horror novel is framed as the posthumous manuscript of an arrogant journalist who investigates the supernatural and dies mysteriously.
Joseph Knox's 2021 crime novel reconstructs a student's disappearance through interviews and documents, while inserting its author into the investigation.
Gut gegen Nordwind is a 2006 epistolary novel by Austrian author Daniel Glattauer, consisting entirely of emails exchanged between two strangers in Vienna. After Emmi Rothner accidentally sends a message to the wrong address, an extended correspondence develops with Leo Leike. The novel became a bes...
The Antagonist is a 2011 novel by Canadian author Lynn Coady, structured as a series of unsent emails written by the protagonist Gordon Rankin Jr. to an old college friend who has published a novel using Rankin's life as material. The novel explores themes of masculinity, class, friendship, and iden...
I Hope This Finds You Well is Natalie Sue's 2024 office novel about an isolated employee who gains accidental access to her colleagues' private emails.
The Correspondent is a contemporary epistolary novel that builds its narrative through written correspondence, exploring the evolving relationship between its writers.
The Christmas Appeal is Janice Hallett's 2023 novella in The Appeal series, returning to an amateur theatre mystery told through messages and documents.
The Sluts is a 2004 novel by American writer Dennis Cooper, constructed from fictional online reviews, message-board posts, emails, and other digital exchanges. Its shifting accounts concern a male escort and the users who discuss, desire, investigate, and mythologize him, leaving the reliability of...
Almost Like Being in Love is a 2004 epistolary novel by Steve Kluger that chronicles a multi-decade romance using letters, receipts, and various documents.
*Girls of Riyadh* is a 2005 debut novel by Saudi author Rajaa Al-Sanea. The narrative is presented in an epistolary format, structured as a series of weekly emails sent by an anonymous narrator. It details the romantic lives and social challenges of four wealthy young women residing in Riyadh, Saudi...
The Gum Thief is a novel written by Canadian author Douglas Coupland, published in 2007. The book is structured as an epistolary narrative, utilizing letters, diary entries, and fictional manuscripts exchanged between two coworkers at an office supply store. The story explores themes of modern isola...
Snail Mail No More is a 1999 young adult epistolary novel by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin, notable for shifting its format to emails to reflect the characters' changing communication.
Between Friends is an epistolary novel that relies on a series of exchanged letters to intimately explore the enduring complexities and emotional depths of friendship.
The Lawgiver is a 2012 epistolary novel by American author Herman Wouk that explores the making of a film about Moses through a series of letters, emails, and official documents.
Rainbow Rowell's 2011 romantic novel alternates between a security analyst's journal and the illicit company emails of two coworkers that he reads and falls in love with.
The Future Is Yours is Dan Frey's 2021 science-fiction novel, told through emails and transcripts about two friends who build a computer that sees one year ahead.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke is Eric LaRocca's 2021 horror novella, told through emails and chat logs between two women online.
Boy Meets Girl is a 2004 romantic epistolary novel by American author Meg Cabot, notable for telling its workplace romance story entirely through emails, IMs, and journal entries.
Voltaire's Heart is an epistolary novel that uses historical correspondence to explore philosophical themes and the intellectual networks surrounding its titular subject.
Published in 2005, Every Boy's Got One is a romantic epistolary novel by Meg Cabot, notable for using journal entries and texts to chronicle a wedding trip to Italy.
The Boy Is Back is a 2016 romantic epistolary novel by Meg Cabot, notable for utilizing modern digital formats like texts and forum posts to tell its story of returning home.
Goodnight Nobody is Jennifer Weiner's 2005 mystery novel about suburban mother Kate Klein investigating a neighbor's murder in Connecticut.
Who Moved My Blackberry? is a 2005 comedic epistolary novel by Martin Kihn that satirizes modern corporate culture through a struggling executive's emails.
