Favorite Epistolary Fiction

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A bringer of news, or of messages of love and affection; a means of fostering connection, of staying in touch—a letter can be a powerful thing. Our List of the Month this March is devoted to our favorite works of epistolary fiction—stories told through letters. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,846 membres
348 ressenyes
4.2
27 Members
magid, Osbaldistone, lulaa, jeshakespeare, charl08, LittleTaiko, mbyrne, Cecrow, burneyfan, merrystar, eronn, kac522, endaclon, MDGentleReader, dpakala, 3lilreds, gypsysmom, miller.max, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, msjudy, barefootsong, MaryMcCloskey, Tosta, sapphire525, jaybak, MarigoldJackiFitz, ,anglemark ,paradoxosalpha ,Eat_Read_Knit , ,Laura.a
Explicacions
anglemark : This isn't fiction.
Eat_Read_Knit : An amazing book which I love dearly and highly recommend - but it's a collection of real letters, not fiction.
Laura.a : Agree with the others. I love this book, but it is not fiction.
4
Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
42,636 membres
709 ressenyes
3.8
24 Members
Aquila, knerd.knitter, jeshakespeare, kaulsu, gmathis, ejj1955, WildMaggie, burneyfan, kac522, WordMaven, eclbates, gypsysmom, miller.max, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, kara.shamy, timetunnel, ManWithAnAgenda, Julie_in_the_Library, HelgeM, DoomLuz, loulourevisited, Nookary, harleyyd,Cecrow ,
Explicacions
Cecrow : Noting, this is a duplicate list entry and lower ranked than the other.
6
The Screwtape Letters
de C. S. Lewis
7,862 membres
89 ressenyes
4.1
17 Members
hipdeep, cpg, Eat_Read_Knit, merrystar, EMS_24, WordMaven, IceCurler, cej1027, 3lilreds, gypsysmom, ahef1963, AnneSteph, msemmag, yourCLYA, petk0616, jaybak, JamesAFarson
12
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,281 membres
1,139 ressenyes
4.1
16 Members
librookian, c_why, Cecrow, WildMaggie, birder4106, tina1969, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, madhatter73, timetunnel, UseHerName, pnppl, ManWithAnAgenda, maschi, LenaGibson15,kaulsu ,
Explicacions
kaulsu : It’s an awful book, and not too original at that!
13
La dona de blanc
de Wilkie Collins
12,805 membres
336 ressenyes
4.1
15 Members
anglemark, cpg, charl08, Cecrow, WildMaggie, burneyfan, Heather39, EMS_24, kac522, perennialreader, Porua, gypsysmom, miller.max, ahef1963, Yuki-Onna,WordMaven
Explicacions
WordMaven : It became a quest to finish this novel. Wilkie Collins never wrote a sentence he couldn't stretch to 4 times its natural length, and I hate him for it. Took me 9 months to finish this beast, and when I read the Big Reveal, all I could think was, "that's it? That's the big shocker?" Pardon my French but bitch, please.
14
Gilead
de Marilynne Robinson
10,828 membres
363 ressenyes
3.9
13 Members
Osbaldistone, reader517, cbl_tn, perennialreader, Porua, gypsysmom, AnneSteph, kara.shamy, msjudy, larocco, loulourevisited, mirryi, yourCLYA
15
Les relacions perilloses
de Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
6,476 membres
87 ressenyes
4.1
11 Members
languagehat, Bookmarque, librookian, jburlinson, burneyfan, EMS_24, kara.shamy, HelgeM, Yuki-Onna, loulourevisited, theofaurez
16
The Martian
de Andy Weir
18,150 membres
1,241 ressenyes
½ 4.3
13 Members
Aquila, tardis, Caramellunacy, librookian, NorthernStar, ejj1955, SylviaC, 2wonderY, timetunnel, maschi, theofaurez, LenaGibson15, jaybak,Laura.a
Explicacions
Laura.a : This is half diary, half third person. It is not written in letter format.
17
Daddy-Long-Legs
de Jean Webster
3,335 membres
107 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
Aquila, tardis, lulaa, LittleTaiko, NorthernStar, ejj1955, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader, AbigailAdams26
18
El carter joliu : o unes cartes especials
de Janet Ahlberg
2,471 membres
49 ressenyes
½ 4.5
9 Members
knerd.knitter, charl08, WildMaggie, SylviaC, EMS_24, 2wonderY, cej1027, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong
19
La Pedra lunar : una narració amorosa
de Wilkie Collins
10,824 membres
251 ressenyes
4
10 Members
anglemark, cpg, WildMaggie, burneyfan, cbl_tn, Heather39, kac522, Porua, ManWithAnAgenda, theofaurez
20
Anne of Windy Poplars
de L. M. Montgomery
8,459 membres
78 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
Aquila, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader, SpaceStationMir, AbigailAdams26, AnneSteph, slimikin, LenaGibson15
21
Lady Susan
de Jane Austen
1,961 membres
100 ressenyes
½ 3.6
8 Members
Aquila, amanda4242, cbl_tn, kac522, madhatter73, barefootsong, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou
22
Parable of the Sower
de Octavia E. Butler
8,108 membres
239 ressenyes
4.1
8 Members
Aquila, miller.max, timetunnel, msemmag, pnppl, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, DoomLuz
23
Dear Mr. Henshaw
de Beverly Cleary
8,004 membres
147 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
reconditereader, ehousewright, SpaceStationMir, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, KeithChaffee, yourCLYA
24
Flowers for Algernon
de Daniel Keyes
15,801 membres
381 ressenyes
4.1
8 Members
hipdeep, magid, lulaa, kaulsu, Cecrow, timetunnel, msemmag, LenaGibson15
25
Possession
de A.S. Byatt
12,960 membres
289 ressenyes
4
8 Members
reader517, charl08, cbl_tn, kac522, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, madhatter73, LenaGibson15
26
The Grand Tour, or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia
de Patricia C. Wrede
1,615 membres
50 ressenyes
½ 3.7
7 Members
tardis, kittytm, lizzy50usa, LutheranSouthUnity, Heather39, Maddz, eclbates
27
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
de Maria Semple
7,493 membres
541 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
magid, librookian, DetailMuse, raidergirl3, perennialreader, Brandy1411, BFK_Library
28
The Mislaid Magician, or, Ten Years After
de Patricia C. Wrede
1,080 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 3.7
7 Members
tardis, kittytm, NorthernStar, LutheranSouthUnity, Heather39, Maddz, eclbates
29
Up the Down Staircase
de Bel Kaufman
1,356 membres
40 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
languagehat, hipdeep, magid, lahochstetler, SylviaC, MarigoldJackiFitz
30
The Documents in the Case
de Dorothy L. Sayers
1,564 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.7
6 Members
Aquila, tardis, Eat_Read_Knit, NorthernStar, SylviaC, Nikkimf88
31
We Need to Talk About Kevin
de Lionel Shriver
7,799 membres
396 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
librookian, knerd.knitter, DetailMuse, tina1969, kara.shamy, madhatter73
32
Dear Committee Members
de Julie Schumacher
1,160 membres
91 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
librookian, charl08, eclbates, noveltea, kara.shamy, KeithChaffee
33
Freedom and Necessity
de Steven Brust
1,079 membres
19 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
anglemark, lizzy50usa, merrystar, Heather39, Maddz
34
To the Bright Edge of the World
de Eowyn Ivey
1,120 membres
80 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
terran, vwinsloe, passion4reading, kara.shamy, msjudy
36
Dear Enemy
de Jean Webster
652 membres
30 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
tardis, NorthernStar, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader
37
Meet Me at the Museum
de Anne Youngson
601 membres
46 ressenyes
4
5 Members
raidergirl3, terran, perennialreader, msjudy, larocco
38
El diari de Bridget Jones
de Helen Fielding
16,960 membres
264 ressenyes
½ 3.6
7 Members
Caramellunacy, charl08, raidergirl3, ejj1955, IceCurler, tina1969, LenaGibson15,noveltea ,passion4reading ,Yuki-Onna ,KeithChaffee
Explicacions
Yuki-Onna : Fictional diary, not epistolary.
KeithChaffee : This isn't epistolary; it's a series of diary entries.
39
Evelina
de Frances Burney
2,483 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
SandSing7, burneyfan, kac522, Porua
40
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
de Sue Townsend
3,574 membres
65 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
karenb, librookian, lulaa, NorthernStar, Verkruissen,
41
Letters from Skye
de Jessica Brockmole
809 membres
78 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
gmathis, cbl_tn, perennialreader, Tosta
42
Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front, 1939-1942
de Joyce Dennys
349 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
tardis, lizzy50usa, SylviaC, MDGentleReader
43
Letters From Father Christmas
de J. R. R. Tolkien
2,967 membres
64 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
Ella_Jill, msjudy, lcl999
44
Les Desventures del jove Werther
de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,060 membres
127 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
Cecrow, Michael.Rimmer, maschi, HelgeM
45
The Time Wanderers
de Arkady Strugatsky
213 membres
4 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
languagehat, larocco, HelgeM
46
Roomies
de Sara Zarr
284 membres
36 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
dara85, c_why, eshoug
47
Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945
de Joyce Dennys
173 membres
32 ressenyes
4
4 Members
tardis, lizzy50usa, SylviaC, MDGentleReader
48
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
de Tobias Smollett
1,534 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
lulaa, amanda4242, dpakala
49
The Prestige
de Christopher Priest
3,478 membres
136 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
karenb, paradoxosalpha, TWaits
50
Cartes des de la Terra
de Mark Twain
2,778 membres
37 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
karenb, paradoxosalpha, skid0612
51
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
de Samuel Richardson
1,501 membres
29 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
Cecrow, burneyfan, kac522
52
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
de Helene Hanff
1,166 membres
43 ressenyes
4
4 Members
Osbaldistone, kaulsu, MDGentleReader, Tosta,Laura.a
Explicacions
Laura.a : Like her other book in the series, lovely, but not fiction.
53
Last Christmas in Paris
de Hazel Gaynor
397 membres
35 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
SandSing7, perennialreader, Tosta
54
She
de H. Rider Haggard
2,928 membres
73 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
Cecrow, lcl999, loulourevisited
55
The Appeal
de Janice Hallett
1,018 membres
42 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
Caramellunacy, EMS_24, passion4reading
Explicacions
passion4reading: Epistolary fiction brought into the 21st century in the shape of emails, texts and WhatsApp messages
56
Regarding the Fountain
de Kate Klise
660 membres
24 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
trollsdotter, merrystar, shefferstroke
57
The Weight of Ink
de Rachel Kadish
1,257 membres
57 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
magid, Tess_W, msjudy
58
Thus Was Adonis Murdered
de Sarah Caudwell
1,092 membres
38 ressenyes
4
2 Members
lizzy50usa, Sarielle
59
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
de Jennifer Ryan
1,254 membres
194 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
raidergirl3, perennialreader, Tosta
60
Dear Mrs Bird
de AJ Pearce
1,192 membres
79 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
terran, Tosta, yourCLYA
61
Poor Folk
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
1,175 membres
30 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
languagehat, HelgeM, loulourevisited
62
Code Name Verity
de Elizabeth Wein
4,815 membres
387 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
Caramellunacy, cbl_tn, yourCLYA
63
A Woman of Independent Means
de Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
644 membres
12 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
maddogish, MarigoldJackiFitz
64
Silence
de Shūsaku Endō
3,791 membres
100 ressenyes
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, Tess_W
65
Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence
de L. M. Montgomery
262 membres
4 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
princessgarnet, lulaa
66
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
de Rachel Cohn
1,989 membres
192 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
trollsdotter, lulaa
67
Cartes perses
de Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu
1,751 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, theofaurez
68
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
de Max Brooks
15,475 membres
713 ressenyes
4
2 Members
Tosta, slimikin
69
Illuminae
de Amie Kaufman
3,823 membres
228 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
Caramellunacy, ManWithAnAgenda
70
Last Days of Summer
de Steve Kluger
710 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
magid, lulaa
71
Texts from Jane Eyre and Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
de Daniel M. Lavery
723 membres
64 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
karenb, sqr3cls3
Explicacions
karenb: Funny as hell. (Odysseus: Circe, where did my men go?)
72
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan
de Jane Rubino
101 membres
12 ressenyes
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, Sissalou
73
The Beatrice Letters
de Lemony Snicket
1,432 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
Heather39, shefferstroke
74
Among Others
de Jo Walton
2,944 membres
250 ressenyes
4
2 Members
Cecrow, timetunnel
75
The Day the Crayons Quit
de Drew Daywalt
6,103 membres
536 ressenyes
½ 4.5
2 Members
Tess_W, slimikin
76
Hiperió o l'eremita a Grècia
de Friedrich Hölderlin
654 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.3
2 Members
HelgeM, loulourevisited
77
Yours Cheerfully
de AJ Pearce
238 membres
28 ressenyes
4
2 Members
terran, Tosta
78
La Monja
de Denis Diderot
1,380 membres
22 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
burneyfan, HelgeM
79
Miss Lonelyhearts
de Nathanael West
775 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
lulaa, ManWithAnAgenda
80
Julie, or, The New Héloise
de Jean-Jacques Rousseau
455 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.3
2 Members
burneyfan, HelgeM
81
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
de Louise Rennison
4,214 membres
194 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Jenson_AKA_DL
Explicacions
Jenson_AKA_DL: This book made me laugh so hard. The main character is absolutely ridiculous in every way.
82
Inversions
de Iain M. Banks
3,396 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
pnppl
83
Fanny Hill
de John Cleland
3,324 membres
58 ressenyes
3.2
Member
amanda4242
84
Letters from Rifka
de Karen Hesse
2,509 membres
60 ressenyes
4
Member
nrmay
85
Adreça desconeguda
de Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
1,259 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
Moloch
86
Mr. Darcy's Diary
de Amanda Grange
1,119 membres
46 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
al.vick
87
Dancer from the Dance
de Andrew Holleran
1,009 membres
11 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
E
de Matt Beaumont
572 membres
17 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
89
Heroides
de Publius Ovidius Naso
564 membres
5 ressenyes
3.9
Member
loulourevisited
90
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life
de Nina Stibbe
468 membres
27 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
paulmdh
91
The Chess Garden
de Brooks Hansen
395 membres
6 ressenyes
4.2
Member
paradoxosalpha
92
De pianostemmer
de Pascal Mercier
248 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
EMS_24
Explicacions
EMS_24: Der Klavierstimmer. Letters between the son and the daughter, trying to understand: Why?
93
Don't Cry for Me
de Daniel Black
234 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
eshoug
94
Last Words from Montmartre
de Miaojin Qiu
221 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
PeanutNoir
95
The Trick of It
de Michael Frayn
213 membres
5 ressenyes
3.2
Member
deb80
96
Technically, You Started It
de Lana Wood Johnson
133 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
slimikin
97
Dear Miss Kopp
de Amy Stewart
115 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
Member
MDGentleReader
98
Purple and Black
de K. J. Parker
110 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
Member
feanor451
99
The Fan
de Bob Randall
94 membres
2 ressenyes
3
Member
terriks
100
The 13th Day of Christmas
de Wright Jason F.
79 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
dara85