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Epistolary Novels & Such

Here is a small list of epistolary novels: some I have read, others I will read; it includes a bit of everything, children's novels, young adult novels, classics... Like a grab bag to choose from, I hope you enjoy this type of novel, which is quite scarce. I also know that not all of them are epistolary novels; there are diaries and some that only have fragments of diaries and letters, but I include them.
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos, Trans. Douglas Parmée)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1
Choderlos De Laclos, Trans. Douglas Parmée
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
2
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
4
Anne Frank
Evelina (Fanny Burney)
Evelina
5
Fanny Burney
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
6
Jane Austen
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
7
Anne Brontë
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
8
Mary Ann Shaffer
Daddy Long Legs (Jean Webster)
Daddy Long Legs
9
Jean Webster
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
10
Alice Walker
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
11
Goethe
Letter to His Father (Franz Kafka)
Letter to His Father
12
Franz Kafka
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
13
Nikolai Gogol
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
14
Helen Fielding
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
15
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
16
Stephen King
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
17
Helene Hanff
Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot)
Princess Diaries
18
Meg Cabot
Sorcery & Cecelia: Or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Patricia C Wrede)
Sorcery & Cecelia: Or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
19
Patricia C Wrede
Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Harriet the Spy
20
Louise Fitzhugh
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
21
Sue Townsend
Address Unknown (Kathrine Kressmann Taylor)
Address Unknown
22
Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Letters of Two Brides (Aka Memoirs of Two Young Married Women) (Balzac)
Letters of Two Brides (Aka Memoirs of Two Young Married Women)
23
Balzac
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
24
Samuel Richardson
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
25
Daniel Keyes
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
26
Lionel Shriver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
27
Mark Haddon
El Diario De Tita (Laura Esquivel)
El Diario De Tita
28
Laura Esquivel
La Tesis De Nancy (Ramón J. Sender)
La Tesis De Nancy
29
Ramón J. Sender
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
30
Stephen Chbosky
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
31
Wilkie Collins
Armadale (Penguin Classics)
Armadale
32
Penguin Classics
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
33
Wilkie Collins
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
34
Rainer Maria Rilke
Diary of a Provincial Lady (E M Delafield)
Diary of a Provincial Lady
35
E M Delafield
The Diary of a Superfluous Man (Turgenev; Trans. by Garnett)
The Diary of a Superfluous Man
36
Turgenev; Trans. by Garnett
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Sue Kaufman)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
37
Sue Kaufman
The Diaries of Adam and Eve (Mark Twain)
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
38
Mark Twain
Winter Journal (Paul Auster)
Winter Journal
39
Paul Auster
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
40
Nicholas Sparks
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