literary

Epistolary Books

The story is told through letters, journals, emails, or messages.

9 books
Lincoln in the Bardo
Literary Fiction

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

Abraham Lincoln''s son Willie dies in 1862 Washington, and the president visits the cemetery in secret — while in the bardo (the Buddhist space between death and rebirth), a group of restless spirits …

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Daisy Jones and the Six
Historical Fiction

Daisy Jones and the Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The oral history of a legendary 1970s rock band — told by everyone who was there.

The Astonishing Color of After
young-adult

The Astonishing Color of After

by Emily X.R. Pan

A girl travels to Taiwan after her mother's suicide and discovers a world of impossible color, grief made beautiful, and ancestors who won't let go. Lyrical, heart-shattering, and full of the kind of …

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The Notebook
Romance

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

An elderly man reads a love story to a woman with dementia — the story of young Noah and Allie, kept apart by class, reunited by letters, and tested by time itself.

House of Leaves
Horror

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

A family moves into a house that is, impossibly, larger inside than out — and the labyrinthine corridors that keep appearing seem to shift on their own. A scholarly mystery, a horror story, and a medi…

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Little Women
Literary Fiction

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

The four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — come of age during the Civil War, each discovering what she wants from life, from love, and from herself.

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A Lineage of Grace
Christian Historical Fiction

A Lineage of Grace

by Francine Rivers

Five women — Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary — whose messy, broken stories became the lineage of grace that changed the world.

Conversations with Friends
Literary Fiction

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney

Frances and Bobbi are best friends and former lovers — college students who perform spoken word poetry and meet a glamorous married couple who complicate everything they thought they knew about desire…

The Fault in Our Stars
YA Contemporary

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old cancer patient, falls in love with Gus Waters at a support group. Together they travel to Amsterdam to meet a reclusive author — and reckon with what it means…

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