I finished reading Ella Minnow Pea and now I need a book in the same genre where the whole novel is told through letters. No traditional narration, you piece the story together like a puzzle.
The Correspondent. There are a couple of mysteries but kind of low stakes. More of a reflection on the main character’s life. It’s so good though
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I loved the Correspondent too! Another great one is This is How You Lose the Time War. The plot spools out through the letters while the relationship between the writers changes and it’s pretty perfect.
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons). It’s quite scandalous, even now!
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Dreambound and The Future is Yours by Dan Frey
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We need to talk about Kevin
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society. Just finished it last month and adored it.
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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher.
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84 Charing cross road
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The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society!! It’s both dramatic, hilarious, tender, encouraging… one of my top 5 favourites ever!!
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Griffin and Sabine is a really neat book from the 90s told in postcards and letters — you can actually pull physical letters out of envelopes. It kind of defies genre categorization, but graphic novel may be the closest.
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A letter from the luminous deep by Sylvie cathrall
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Dracula by Bram Stoker is really good. I read it when I was a teenager. I think it was the first book I ever read that was structured like this.
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The Appeal, Janice Hallett
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Piranesi – Susannah Clarke
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir – Jennifer Ryan
Meet Me at the Museum – Anne Youngson
Clara Callen – Richard B Wright
The Incident Report – Martha Baille
Last Days of Summer – Steve Klugman
Where’d You Go Bernadette – Maria Semple
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Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
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Everything by Janice Hallett. Puzzles upon puzzles!
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Love Letters by Gurney
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This is How You Lose the Time War
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The Illuminae Files is, well, more like a file dump than just an exchange of letters, but it’s really fun if you are up to expanding your definition.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This one is, if I’m remembering right, all letters.
Also Dracula by Bram Stoker. Mainly journal entries with some letters and newspaper articles mixed in.
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Augustus by John Williams! Everybody always talks about Stoner, and deservedly so, but his other novels are gems too. Augustus is a treat, and told via letters and other fragments.
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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans!
The Correspondent. There are a couple of mysteries but kind of low stakes. More of a reflection on the main character’s life. It’s so good though
I loved the Correspondent too! Another great one is This is How You Lose the Time War. The plot spools out through the letters while the relationship between the writers changes and it’s pretty perfect.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons). It’s quite scandalous, even now!
Dreambound and The Future is Yours by Dan Frey
We need to talk about Kevin
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society. Just finished it last month and adored it.
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher.
84 Charing cross road
The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society!! It’s both dramatic, hilarious, tender, encouraging… one of my top 5 favourites ever!!
Griffin and Sabine is a really neat book from the 90s told in postcards and letters — you can actually pull physical letters out of envelopes. It kind of defies genre categorization, but graphic novel may be the closest.
A letter from the luminous deep by Sylvie cathrall
Dracula by Bram Stoker is really good. I read it when I was a teenager. I think it was the first book I ever read that was structured like this.
The Appeal, Janice Hallett
Piranesi – Susannah Clarke
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir – Jennifer Ryan
Meet Me at the Museum – Anne Youngson
Clara Callen – Richard B Wright
The Incident Report – Martha Baille
Last Days of Summer – Steve Klugman
Where’d You Go Bernadette – Maria Semple
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Everything by Janice Hallett. Puzzles upon puzzles!
Love Letters by Gurney
This is How You Lose the Time War
The Illuminae Files is, well, more like a file dump than just an exchange of letters, but it’s really fun if you are up to expanding your definition.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This one is, if I’m remembering right, all letters.
Also Dracula by Bram Stoker. Mainly journal entries with some letters and newspaper articles mixed in.
Augustus by John Williams! Everybody always talks about Stoner, and deservedly so, but his other novels are gems too. Augustus is a treat, and told via letters and other fragments.