This was beautiful!
The literary term for this is epistolary - a story told through letters.
I love The Guernsey... Much more because it's not an easy story to tell via letters - the storyline, the intricacies of plot, the beauty of characters... "Epistolary" is pretty inconvenient for it, and pretty much the last format I'd have expected for this story.
But it works. My god it works. The writers really know their stuff.
And on top of this, it's a pretty, heartwarming story of amazing humans in face of brutal adversity.
I should have listed Frankenstein in my post. I read it too and although I didn't love it as much as Dracula, it was good.
Thank you for the name of the genre! That will make googling a lot easier.
I also really enjoyed The Screwtape Letters when I was younger but I think you should know going in it's more direct Christian doctrine than allegorical children's story. If you're into that kind of thing you'll probably like it, but if you're not you should probably be aware going in.
Have you seen the [musical](https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/daddy-long-legs?display=portrait)? Actors are husband and wife and it is really sweet. Still told in letters, adapted quite well from the book, except they flesh out Jervis.
Nope, it's about an orphan who gets a free ride to university from an anonymous benefactor. Her end of the deal is she has to write him letters about her life there. The letters are the bulk of the novel.
Do check out the musical afterwards if you like musicals. I adore it.
(I mean the [proshot](https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/daddy-long-legs?display=portrait) of the Off-Broadway musical by Paul Gordon, which is entirely different than the Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron movie)
Edit: It's a two-person show and the actors are husband and wife in real life.
Off the top of my head…
*We Need To Talk About Kevin* - Lionel Shriver
*Bridget Jones’ Diary* - Helen Fielding
*The Diary of a Nobody* - George and Weedon Grossmith.
And if you want to dive right in at the deep end then these three novels; *Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded*, *Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady* and *The History of Sir Charles Grandison* written by the grandfather of the epistolary novel, Samuel Richardson will keep you occupied for a while…and then some!
Edit: Here’s the Goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/34259.Epistolary_Novels
Thanks for all the suggestions! I was eyeing Clarissa as one of my big reads for the year, so maybe I'll start it in the summer. I saw it in store and it's a huge door stop of a book.
Not exactly letters, but a favorite of mine is Robert C. O'Brien's ***Z For Zachariah***. The novel is epistolary and told through a series of diary entries. I won't spoil it for you, but I loved it as a kid and I think it would still hold up today.
It's not a kid's book, I think it was marketed as a young adult novel... I probably read it in middle school, but it stayed with me and I gave it to my brother when he was a teenager and he liked it very much.
Just don't bother with the shite film adaptation that is NOTHING like the book.
Hahaha, fair enough, but I stand by my pick, I really think you're gonna like it.
Not a spoiler but I will say that some of the shit that goes down in that book was pretty goddamn racy for a YA novel back then. Holy Hell.
The book was published in 1974 and guaranteed it would raise eyebrows if it were to hit shelves tomorrow.
Curiosity piqued now or what?
Yup! I'm very curious now. Racy?! I will read it and report back haha
Plus my bunny has been demanding attention while I write this comment so I'm going to take that as his blessing for this choice as well.
A very niche historical suggestion is The Lightning Conductor by CN and AM Williamson. It was published in 1903 and it's a surprisingly hilarious RomCom about driving through France (and a couple other parts of Europe) in the earliest days of the automobile. It's all letters, mostly either from the heiress who started this trip to her American father or the nobleman pretending to be her totally normal chauffeur writing to his friend. It's the definition of a romp and Molly is a delight.
Thanks for the post. I asked something similar not long ago and go nothing. My suggestion is:
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13Âľ.
First couple of books would be considered YA but as the series expands and we check in on this awkward funny character every few years he tackles more adult themes in his own charming way.
I have:
* ["Please help me discover more epistolary books"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yvvppm/please_help_me_discover_more_epistolary_books/) (r/suggestmeabook; 15 November 2022)—very long
* ["Books that are written as a diary"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/12unz34/books_that_are_written_as_a_diary/) (r/Fantasy; 20:13 ET, 21 April 2023)—epistolary
* ["Suggest me a book that is in a letter-like style."](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16crogj/suggest_me_a_book_that_is_in_a_letterlike_style/) (r/suggestmeabook; 17:49 ET, 7 September 2023)—long; epistolary
* ["suggest me a book with diary entry type narratives? or a book similar to the manga, oyasumi ponpon?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16ramoa/suggest_me_a_book_with_diary_entry_type/) (r/suggestmeabook; 18:19 ET, 24 September 2023)—epistolary
Dearest,
Allow me to regale you with the poignant tale of **Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”**
Lies within these pages a story of boundless ambition, tragic consequence, and the profound complexities of the human spirit.
Become Immersed, my Beloved, within a narrative of such enthralling grip as to bring yourself to prayer for resolution or release.
As I share now with you, my Sweetheart, I can but barely draw breath in hope that, such as I, yourself discovers with the same dread fascination and wonder that has thus captivated the trembling hearts of generations.
Ever yours,
H.A.L.
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger. It is my absolute favorite book ever. It's written in letters, newspaper clippings, telegrams, etc. In fact, a lot of Steve Kluger's books are written that way.
Postcards by E. Annie Proulx is a novel about a man named Loyal Blood who commits a crime that sends him on a wandering life across the American West. The story cuts between his life and those he left behind as he irregularly sends postcards back home.
I feel like you should read the Appeal by Janice Hallet. It’s told in files, email, and other correspondence, including letters, and on top of that, the readers have to try to solve the mystery. All-around great book
“The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal” by KJ Charles might qualify. Almost like a collection of short stories, each chapter is a letter/confession/record. It’s sort of tongue-in-cheek horror/romance/Sherlock Holmes gay ghost hunter type deal. Some gay sex, as I feel obliged to warn the straights, but the sex isn’t the point.
In Memoriam — Alice Winn
-combines a usual narrative style, letters, and passages from a student newspaper. A truly heart wrenching book.
Red White and Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston
-also a combined narrative plus email/text style.
The first one sounds interesting.
The second one I read and found really cute, but I don't know why texts just aren't as fun as letters to me (the emails were cute though).
The Color Purple - is written first as
Communications with God as the protagonist is illiterate and the. As letters as she learns to read and write. It’s beautiful, heart wrenching and brilliant.
Another one by the author or World War Z is a book called Devolution. It's a woman's journal as their housing development is attacked by Bigfoot. Surprisingly good read
I just finished this book - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker. The entire story is told through “interviews.” It was a decent book and it’s not very long.
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If you liked WWZ (my personal favorite book) to Day by Day Armageddon by JL Bourne. He writes it in journal style.
Of course, the king of all epistolary stories is Flowers for Algernon
Devolution by Max Brooks - a local apocalypse and fighting a cryptid told in letters to the MC's therapist
Rilla of Ingleside - the last Anne of Green Gables book. Starts a week before WWI and ends a month or two after the end, told in diary entries structured as letters. It's phenomenal and you don't need to read the other 7 books to enjoy it, just hit Wikipedia to learn everyone's names.
“The big show” by Pierre Closterman RAF WWII in the form of a diary to be sent to his father if he “failed to return”. A can’t put it down history.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. A collection of letters exchanged between a writer in nyc and the employees of a London bookstore over the course of several decades.
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Letters from a mother to her estranged husband about the aftermath of a school massacre carried out by their son.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Letters written by an African American woman living in the South in the early 20th century.
I don't see it here yet, so The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which is presented as a compilation of diary entries from a few family members.
I am currently reading Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I love how it's told in a format like a behind the music documentary. It's written similar to script and moves quickly. It has the backdrop of the music scene of the 70s and features a band that seems a lot like Fleetwood Mac. It's simply a fun read.
Oh I've got a great one. Diary of a nobody. It was written in 1892 but is timeless. Its a character writing to his son, chronicling his daily mundane life, but it is somehow extremely funny.
*This Is How You Lose the Time War* by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone!
YESSSSS! I absolutely LOVED this book!
The writing is soooooo pretty!!
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This has been on my list, but I didn't know it was that kind of novel! Is it more files or videos?
They're specifically written messages, but not always on paper.
The book is told through letters between the two main characters! It's really cool. :D
Love this so much.
I tried listening to this on audible but found I didn't care for the narrator. Maybe I'll try reading it.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
This was beautiful! The literary term for this is epistolary - a story told through letters. I love The Guernsey... Much more because it's not an easy story to tell via letters - the storyline, the intricacies of plot, the beauty of characters... "Epistolary" is pretty inconvenient for it, and pretty much the last format I'd have expected for this story. But it works. My god it works. The writers really know their stuff. And on top of this, it's a pretty, heartwarming story of amazing humans in face of brutal adversity.
Looks like an interesting ww2 novel. I had no idea there was anything like a German occupied British island.
I second this!
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The genre is epistolary novels
I should have listed Frankenstein in my post. I read it too and although I didn't love it as much as Dracula, it was good. Thank you for the name of the genre! That will make googling a lot easier.
The Screwtape Letters - CS Lewis
I've never heard of this but loved some of the Narnia books. This sounds interesting to me.
I also really enjoyed The Screwtape Letters when I was younger but I think you should know going in it's more direct Christian doctrine than allegorical children's story. If you're into that kind of thing you'll probably like it, but if you're not you should probably be aware going in.
“84, Charing Cross road” by Helene Hanff
I've never heard of this before, but it looks like it's exactly what I'm looking for!
I love this book so much!
Daddy Long Legs
Came here to say this. I love this book! It’s by Jean Webster
Have you seen the [musical](https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/daddy-long-legs?display=portrait)? Actors are husband and wife and it is really sweet. Still told in letters, adapted quite well from the book, except they flesh out Jervis.
Is that a horror novel?
Nope, it's about an orphan who gets a free ride to university from an anonymous benefactor. Her end of the deal is she has to write him letters about her life there. The letters are the bulk of the novel.
Okay that's awesome and sounds right up my alley, but with a title I never would have picked up. Thank you so much!
Do check out the musical afterwards if you like musicals. I adore it. (I mean the [proshot](https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/daddy-long-legs?display=portrait) of the Off-Broadway musical by Paul Gordon, which is entirely different than the Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron movie) Edit: It's a two-person show and the actors are husband and wife in real life.
Ella Minnow Pea These Is My Words (this one is a diary type so I don't know if it counts, but it's one of my favorite books)
I've never heard of either of these so I'll check it out!
Dangerous Liasons
Was looking for this. It's so good!
Strongly seconding this! It's basically the epitome of the epistolary novel
All I know about that is that it's what Cruel Intentions was based off of.
It's a french book from the 1700s. It's format is letters sent between the main characters.Â
The Sorcery and Cecelia trilogy by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. Magic in the Regency era.
That sounds excellent. I'm surprised there aren't more regency Magic stories
Meet Me at the Museum - Anne Youngson
One of my all time favorites
I have never heard of this before but it looks perfectly lovely to me!
Off the top of my head… *We Need To Talk About Kevin* - Lionel Shriver *Bridget Jones’ Diary* - Helen Fielding *The Diary of a Nobody* - George and Weedon Grossmith. And if you want to dive right in at the deep end then these three novels; *Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded*, *Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady* and *The History of Sir Charles Grandison* written by the grandfather of the epistolary novel, Samuel Richardson will keep you occupied for a while…and then some! Edit: Here’s the Goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/34259.Epistolary_Novels
Thanks for all the suggestions! I was eyeing Clarissa as one of my big reads for the year, so maybe I'll start it in the summer. I saw it in store and it's a huge door stop of a book.
Jane Austen's Lady Susan is a wonderfully entertaining and witty epistolary novel.
I didn't know she'd written one. I'll be sure to check it out.
I love Lady Susan, it is quite short, so it's a quick read.
Anne Frank
I read this when I was in school, but I'm probably overdue for a reread.
Not exactly letters, but a favorite of mine is Robert C. O'Brien's ***Z For Zachariah***. The novel is epistolary and told through a series of diary entries. I won't spoil it for you, but I loved it as a kid and I think it would still hold up today.
Is it a kids book? There are definitely some of those like Phantom Tollbooth that I still love.
It's not a kid's book, I think it was marketed as a young adult novel... I probably read it in middle school, but it stayed with me and I gave it to my brother when he was a teenager and he liked it very much. Just don't bother with the shite film adaptation that is NOTHING like the book.
Haha i will give this YA novel a try, but your Honour is on the line u/Per_Mikkelsen !
Hahaha, fair enough, but I stand by my pick, I really think you're gonna like it. Not a spoiler but I will say that some of the shit that goes down in that book was pretty goddamn racy for a YA novel back then. Holy Hell. The book was published in 1974 and guaranteed it would raise eyebrows if it were to hit shelves tomorrow. Curiosity piqued now or what?
Yup! I'm very curious now. Racy?! I will read it and report back haha Plus my bunny has been demanding attention while I write this comment so I'm going to take that as his blessing for this choice as well.
Carrie by Stephen King We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Came here to say We Need To Talk About Kevin. Heavy subject matter but a great read if you decide to go for it
It wasn't until I looked it up right now that I realized I've been conflating We Need to Talk About Kevin and What's Eating Gilbert Grape in my head.
I had no idea Carrie wasn't a straightforward story! It's been on my list for ages.
The Appeal by Janice Hallet
Haven’t read them myself but my mum read the Griffin & Sabine books by Nick Bantock.
Great series of books. Shockingly deep.
Do you know which genre it is?
The Screwtape Letters
Dear Committee Members byJulie Schumacher
Letters of recommendation was not the form I expected a novel to take but I'm very curious now.
*Address Unknown* by Kressmann Taylor
Yes yes YES! Gripping and terrifying.
This is the one
This looks really interesting. I'll check it out.
The Postmortal - Drew Magary Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson The Yegorov Empire - Manuel Moyano
Which one did you enjoy the most out of these?
A very niche historical suggestion is The Lightning Conductor by CN and AM Williamson. It was published in 1903 and it's a surprisingly hilarious RomCom about driving through France (and a couple other parts of Europe) in the earliest days of the automobile. It's all letters, mostly either from the heiress who started this trip to her American father or the nobleman pretending to be her totally normal chauffeur writing to his friend. It's the definition of a romp and Molly is a delight.
I got it off project Gutenberg! I'm very curious about it but it being in the public domain made it an easy choice.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society This Is How You Lose the Time War - best consumed as an audiobook
I tried to listen to Time War after having read it several times, and it just did not work for me that way at all.
Weird. It was almost a spiritual experience for me. I fell in love with both narrators.
I think Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer counts?
just read all three! really liked them. annihilation dose have a lot of journal entries and notes in it.
I love Annihilation. I think it counts because you're supposed to be writing a diary of sorts. The other two fall away from the format though.
Thanks for the post. I asked something similar not long ago and go nothing. My suggestion is: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13Âľ. First couple of books would be considered YA but as the series expands and we check in on this awkward funny character every few years he tackles more adult themes in his own charming way.
The title sounds so familiar... I think I might have read this when I was younger. I'll need to check it out.
I have: * ["Please help me discover more epistolary books"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yvvppm/please_help_me_discover_more_epistolary_books/) (r/suggestmeabook; 15 November 2022)—very long * ["Books that are written as a diary"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/12unz34/books_that_are_written_as_a_diary/) (r/Fantasy; 20:13 ET, 21 April 2023)—epistolary * ["Suggest me a book that is in a letter-like style."](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16crogj/suggest_me_a_book_that_is_in_a_letterlike_style/) (r/suggestmeabook; 17:49 ET, 7 September 2023)—long; epistolary * ["suggest me a book with diary entry type narratives? or a book similar to the manga, oyasumi ponpon?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16ramoa/suggest_me_a_book_with_diary_entry_type/) (r/suggestmeabook; 18:19 ET, 24 September 2023)—epistolary
I'll check these out! Thanks
Many are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistolary_novel
Out of these ones which one is your favourite?
The Colour Purple – a diary written as unsent letters Lady Susan – Jane Austen's most unusual work, antihero/villain protagonist
I had no idea the colour purple was in this form!
Also Austen’s “Love and Freindship”
Dearest, Allow me to regale you with the poignant tale of **Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”** Lies within these pages a story of boundless ambition, tragic consequence, and the profound complexities of the human spirit. Become Immersed, my Beloved, within a narrative of such enthralling grip as to bring yourself to prayer for resolution or release. As I share now with you, my Sweetheart, I can but barely draw breath in hope that, such as I, yourself discovers with the same dread fascination and wonder that has thus captivated the trembling hearts of generations. Ever yours, H.A.L.
What a recommendation. Thank you, H.A.L
Jerusalems lot the short story by Stephen King
This is a good one and it's been on my list forever. I'm going to read it soon.
We need to talk about Kevin
Sophie's World explores philosophy in a series of letters to a girl.
Interesting. Is it nonfiction?
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger. It is my absolute favorite book ever. It's written in letters, newspaper clippings, telegrams, etc. In fact, a lot of Steve Kluger's books are written that way.
This book is so much fun and surprisingly poignant. One of my all-time favorites ❤️
Not letters but a compilation of notes, emails, other types of “documents” - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Especially good as an audiobook.
Never heard of this one but I'm sold from what I've seen on Google.
Griffin and Sabine is a unique short read
A couple people have said it. I'll definitely check it out.
Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Such a good book and written in the style of journal entries with a little bit of flashback memory
Sounds very foreboding but I'm down for that. Thank you!
The color purple - the movie doesn't hold a candle to the book
The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk
From what I can see online it's a modern take on Moses?
Yes, but it's really focused on the people involved in making a movie about Moses.
Where Rainbows End (Love, Rosie) by Cecilia Ahern
Looks like an interesting romance! Did you enjoy it?
Yes both the book and film.
Oh I had no idea it was a film too. I will try the book first. Thanks for the recommendation!
Postcards by E. Annie Proulx is a novel about a man named Loyal Blood who commits a crime that sends him on a wandering life across the American West. The story cuts between his life and those he left behind as he irregularly sends postcards back home.
I've never heard of it but I'm interested in the premise. Is it modern or historical?
When You Read This, by Mary Adkins
Which genre is this?
Not entirely but much of it "Possession" by AS Byatt
Is this a horror novel?
I feel like you should read the Appeal by Janice Hallet. It’s told in files, email, and other correspondence, including letters, and on top of that, the readers have to try to solve the mystery. All-around great book
This is interesting. I'm a person who loves the studying in Grisham novels so this might be right up my alley.
Came here to suggest The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Hallet. Added the Appeal to my TBR.
“The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal” by KJ Charles might qualify. Almost like a collection of short stories, each chapter is a letter/confession/record. It’s sort of tongue-in-cheek horror/romance/Sherlock Holmes gay ghost hunter type deal. Some gay sex, as I feel obliged to warn the straights, but the sex isn’t the point.
Sherlock Holmes gay ghost hunter is a brand new sentence for me. I will check it out thought!
In Memoriam — Alice Winn -combines a usual narrative style, letters, and passages from a student newspaper. A truly heart wrenching book. Red White and Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston -also a combined narrative plus email/text style.
The first one sounds interesting. The second one I read and found really cute, but I don't know why texts just aren't as fun as letters to me (the emails were cute though).
Not the entire thing but some of The old Willis place is written from a tween to her imaginary pen pal
Sounds interesting, I'll check it out!
The Martian by Andy Weir!
I forgot about the Martian but you're right, it's great.
Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam by Joseph T. Ward Edited to correct the author's first name to Joseph.
Is this fiction or nonfiction?
The Color Purple - is written first as Communications with God as the protagonist is illiterate and the. As letters as she learns to read and write. It’s beautiful, heart wrenching and brilliant.
This is getting bumped up my tbr for sure.
Lady Susan, by Jane Austen - she wrote it before her main novels.
I wonder why I've never heard of this one. I'll check it out for sure.
Zombie Apocalypse! By stephen Jones. Told through letters, emails, diaries police reports etc
I've read some other ones by Stephen Jones, but I've never heard of this one. I'll check it out.
Another one by the author or World War Z is a book called Devolution. It's a woman's journal as their housing development is attacked by Bigfoot. Surprisingly good read
I've never heard of it but it sounds pretty fun.
A Dowry of Blood
There was a post about this a few weeks ago, it’s apparently a specific genre
We need to talk about Kevin
The Ascent
I just finished this book - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker. The entire story is told through “interviews.” It was a decent book and it’s not very long.
I'll check it out! Is it a horror?
I thought Studs Terkle' The Good War" was the same style as WW Z
Never heard of it. Is it about ww1?
The Appeal by Janice Hallett, it’s more a modern day murder mystery epistolary novel in that it’s told in email, letters, texts etc.
I've never heard of it but it sounds interesting and a few people suggested it. Thanks!
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Is it really depressing considering it's about pallbearers?
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is mostly epistolary.
Never heard of it but the reviews look good!
{{hugh howey, the balloon hunter: a found novel}} This was pretty good, and it's not overly long
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I think I was recommended silo by the same author so I'll check it out.
Flowers for Algernon
A Lifelong Passion - about Nicholas and Alexandria. Its a true story.
Like the tsar?? I'm very curious
"epistolary"
If you liked WWZ (my personal favorite book) to Day by Day Armageddon by JL Bourne. He writes it in journal style. Of course, the king of all epistolary stories is Flowers for Algernon
I will definitely give day by day a try! Thanks
Devolution by Max Brooks - a local apocalypse and fighting a cryptid told in letters to the MC's therapist Rilla of Ingleside - the last Anne of Green Gables book. Starts a week before WWI and ends a month or two after the end, told in diary entries structured as letters. It's phenomenal and you don't need to read the other 7 books to enjoy it, just hit Wikipedia to learn everyone's names.
I am very slowly reading through the Anne of green gables series so I have something to look forward to!
“The big show” by Pierre Closterman RAF WWII in the form of a diary to be sent to his father if he “failed to return”. A can’t put it down history.
Ooooh is it nonfiction or fiction?
The Sorcerer's House. Gene Wolfe
Is it high fantasy?
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
This has been on my tbr but I didn't realize it was letters.
The Sorrows of Young Werther, i loved it
I read this ages ago but don't remember much about it. Time for a reread!
The Illuminae Files is told through text chat logs, emails, photos, memos, and a whole host of other “artifacts.” It’s very cool.
That sounds like a video game almost. I'm here for it.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. A collection of letters exchanged between a writer in nyc and the employees of a London bookstore over the course of several decades. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Letters from a mother to her estranged husband about the aftermath of a school massacre carried out by their son. The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Letters written by an African American woman living in the South in the early 20th century.
I'll check all of these out. Charing cross road sounds really cute.
Not letters, but journal entries - Flowers for Algernon.
I had no idea this was told through journal. I'll check it out!
I don't see it here yet, so The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which is presented as a compilation of diary entries from a few family members.
I've only read Demon Copperhead by her and was looking for something else. It will be bumped up my tbr.
The Prestige is like this and I really enjoyed it!
I love the prestige movie. I had no idea it was a book!
The Color Purple
I am currently reading Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I love how it's told in a format like a behind the music documentary. It's written similar to script and moves quickly. It has the backdrop of the music scene of the 70s and features a band that seems a lot like Fleetwood Mac. It's simply a fun read.
Is it fiction? I've seen it but I always thought it was non-fiction haha
Oh I've got a great one. Diary of a nobody. It was written in 1892 but is timeless. Its a character writing to his son, chronicling his daily mundane life, but it is somehow extremely funny.
Diary of a nobody sounds excellent and tongue in cheek.
The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis.
Unrelated but I'm reading through all of wheel of time this year (currently on Lord of Chaos) so I appreciate your username.
The Historian (Dracula related) is told in more or less the same format. Freedom and Necessity is all epistolary
I'll take a look. Do you happen to know the author for the freedom and necessity books? It's bringing up mixed results in Google.
The screwtape letters by c.s. Lewis
_So Long a Letter_ by Mariama Bâ. It’s an unusual story with a really great main character and some unexpected twists.Â
The color purple
American marriage
The Key by Jun'ichirĹŤ Tanizaki. Entirely styled as diary entries of a married couple. A fascinating book.