Beat the Backlist 2021 - hosted by austinedecker

written in letters or diary entries
 yes, we mean books told through letters or diary entries, the word is “epistolary” if you were looking for it 
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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories: The Nose; The Carriage; The Overcoat; Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol, Leon Stilman

The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories: The Nose; The Carriage; The Overcoat; Taras Bulba

Nikolai Gogol, Leon Stilman

236 pages • first pub 1835 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

Illuminae

The Illuminae Files #1

Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

599 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Flight to Freedom

Ana Veciana-Suarez

142 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Peace, Locomotion

Locomotion #2

Jacqueline Woodson

missing page info • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction middle grade poetry young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters #1

Lucinda Riley

460 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield

Diary of a Provincial Lady

The Provincial Lady #1

E.M. Delafield

216 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

Go Ask Alice

Beatrice Sparks

214 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

521 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging emotional medium-paced
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

216 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced