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Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady

Samuel Richardson’s *Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady* is an 18th-century English novel presented entirely as l...

18TH Century Classic Tragedy English

9.2 Excellent

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Augustus

"Augustus" is a 1972 historical novel by American author John Williams that won the National Book Award for Fiction. The...

American Historical Ancient Rome Letters

9.2 Excellent

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A Tale for the Time Being

A Tale for the Time Being is Ruth Ozeki's 2013 novel that connects a Japanese teenager's diary with a Japanese-American...

Japanese Literary Diary Letters

8.9 Great

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo is a 21st-century novel employing an epistolary format. It presents a unique interpretation of Abra...

American 21ST Century Historical Literary

8.8 Great

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2010 novel by Jennifer Egan that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. Structured...

Music American 21ST Century Literary

8.7 Great

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Persian Letters

Montesquieu’s *Persian Letters* presents a satirical critique of 18th-century France through a series of fabricated lett...

18TH Century Classic French Satire

8.7 Great

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Address Unknown

Kressmann Taylor’s Address Unknown presents a chilling portrayal of escalating tensions in pre-World War II Europe. The...

Classic 20TH Century Political Letters

8.4 Great

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Fair and Tender Ladies

Lee Smith’s *Fair and Tender Ladies* presents a poignant story through a collection of letters. The novel explores the e...

American Appalachian 20TH Century Literary

8.2 Great

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84, Charing Cross Road

84, Charing Cross Road is an autobiographical epistolary book by the American writer Helene Hanff, published in 1970. It...

American 20TH Century Correspondence Letters

8.1 Great

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The Tenant of Moonbloom

"The Tenant of Moonbloom" is a 1963 novel written by the American author Edward Lewis Wallant. The narrative centers on...

American Urban Literary Letters

8.1 Great

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The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by American author John P. Marquand, presented as a biography assembled from lette...

American Satire 20TH Century Biography

7.9 Good

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The Queen of the Tambourine

"The Queen of the Tambourine" is a 1991 novel by English author Jane Gardam that won the Whitbread Book of the Year awar...

Comic 20TH Century British Literary

7.7 Good

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The Sorrows of an American

The Sorrows of an American is a 2008 novel by American novelist Siri Hustvedt. It follows psychiatrist Erik Davidsen as...

American Family Literary Letters

7.5 Good

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The Whisperer in Darkness

*The Whisperer in Darkness* is a science fiction and horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, first published...

American Horror 20TH Century Lovecraftian

7.4 Good

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Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars is a 1936 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and the fourth book in the Anne of Green G...

Classic Canadian 20TH Century School

7.2 Good

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Dear Fahrenheit 451

Dear Fahrenheit 451 is a 2017 non-fiction book by librarian Annie Spence that blends memoir with literary criticism thro...

American Comic Literary Books

7.2 Good

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Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen is a 1984 epistolary novel by British writer Fay Weldon. It presents ficti...

20TH Century British Literary Metafiction

7.0 Good

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The Kempton-Wace Letters

The Kempton-Wace Letters is a 1903 epistolary novel written jointly by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It takes the form...

American 20TH Century Romance Debate

6.6 Fair

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Clara Howard

Clara Howard is an epistolary novel published in 1801 by the American writer Charles Brockden Brown. Told through letter...

Classic American 19TH Century Sentimental

5.9 Mediocre

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Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman

Published anonymously in 1773, *Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman* is an epistolary novel that critiq...

Classic Indian 20TH Century Colonial

5.6 Mediocre