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100 Must-Read Epistolary Novels From the Past and Present - Page 2

There is something pleasantly, innocently voyeuristic about reading an epistolary novel. They give you the feeling of stumbling on a box of letters left in an attic, but there are no consequences or hurt feelings if you read them. Actually, the author prefers that you read them. Epistolary novels, books told through diaries or letters, have a way of making you feel even closer to story's characters than the average first-person point-of-view story. You're not in the character's head, but you're reading words that they are writing for the eyes of only one or two other people. You're seeing a version of the story that has been edited by the fictional people living it.
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
41
Alice Walker
The Adrian Mole Diaries (Sue Townsend)
The Adrian Mole Diaries
42
Sue Townsend
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen (Fay Weldon)
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
43
Fay Weldon
The Jolly Postman (Allan Ahlberg)
The Jolly Postman
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Allan Ahlberg
Juletane (Myriam Warner-Vieyra)
Juletane
45
Myriam Warner-Vieyra
The Facts (Philip Roth)
The Facts
46
Philip Roth
Absolutely Normal Chaos (Sharon Creech)
Absolutely Normal Chaos
47
Sharon Creech
Letters From the Inside (John Marsden)
Letters From the Inside
48
John Marsden
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
49
A.S. Byatt
Griffin and Sabine
Griffin and Sabine
50
Letters From Rifka (Karen Hesse)
Letters From Rifka
51
Karen Hesse
Microserfs
Microserfs
52
Zenzele: A Letter to My Daughter (J. Nozipo Maraire)
Zenzele: A Letter to My Daughter
53
J. Nozipo Maraire
The Pull of the Moon (Elizabeth Berg)
The Pull of the Moon
54
Elizabeth Berg
Going Solo (Hope Keshubi)
Going Solo
55
Hope Keshubi
Jazmin's Notebook (Nikki Grimes)
Jazmin's Notebook
56
Nikki Grimes
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
57
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
58
Stephen Chbosky
Feeling Sorry for Celia (Jaclyn Moriarty)
Feeling Sorry for Celia
59
Jaclyn Moriarty
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
60
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot)
The Princess Diaries
61
Meg Cabot
Tarzan's Tonsillitis (Alfredo Bryce Echenique)
Tarzan's Tonsillitis
62
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
63
Mark Dunn
The Year of Secret Assignments (Jaclyn Moriarty)
The Year of Secret Assignments
64
Jaclyn Moriarty
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
65
Lionel Shriver
The Egyptologist (Arthur Phillips)
The Egyptologist
66
Arthur Phillips
Love, Rosie (Cecelia Ahern)
Love, Rosie
67
Cecelia Ahern
Ttyl (Lauren Myracle)
Ttyl
68
Lauren Myracle
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
69
Marilynne Robinson
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
70
Elizabeth Kostova
Upstate (Kalisha Buckhanon)
Upstate
71
Kalisha Buckhanon
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
72
Max Brooks
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
73
Sherman Alexie
Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale)
Book of a Thousand Days
74
Shannon Hale
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
75
Aravind Adiga
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
76
Mary Ann Shaffer
Overqualified (Joey Comeau)
Overqualified
77
Joey Comeau
Richard Yates
Richard Yates
78
Attachments (Rainbow Rowell)
Attachments
79
Rainbow Rowell
Frances & Bernard (Carlene Bauer)
Frances & Bernard
80
Carlene Bauer
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