Favorite Epistolary Fiction

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Het Literaire Aardappelschiltaart Genootschap van Guernsey

door Mary Ann Shaffer

19,376 leden

1,246 besprekingen

4.2

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Charing Cross Road 84

door Helene Hanff

5,844 leden

348 besprekingen

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
Verklaringen: 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.

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Dracula

door Bram Stoker

35,401 leden

624 besprekingen

4

25 Members: hipdeep, Caramellunacy, anglemark, paradoxosalpha, jeshakespeare, yoyogod, Cecrow, WildMaggie, burneyfan, Heather39, eronn, WordMaven, Porua, eclbates, gypsysmom, miller.max, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, msemmag, Julie_in_the_Library, Yuki-Onna, DoomLuz, slimikin, feanor451, harleyyd

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Frankenstein

door Mary Shelley

42,613 leden

709 besprekingen

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 ,
Verklaringen: Cecrow : Noting, this is a duplicate list entry and lower ranked than the other.

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Ella Minnow Pea

door Mark Dunn

3,942 leden

259 besprekingen

3.9

19 Members: magid, reader517, lulaa, paradoxosalpha, knerd.knitter, raidergirl3, wester, amanda4242, cbl_tn, AnnieMod, MDGentleReader, cej1027, 3lilreds, ahef1963, msjudy, sapphire525, KeithChaffee, Sissalou, jaybak,

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Brieven uit de hel

door C. S. Lewis

7,859 leden

89 besprekingen

4.1

17 Members: hipdeep, cpg, Eat_Read_Knit, merrystar, EMS_24, WordMaven, IceCurler, cej1027, 3lilreds, gypsysmom, ahef1963, AnneSteph, msemmag, yourCLYA, petk0616, jaybak, JamesAFarson

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De kleur paars

door Alice Walker

19,714 leden

335 besprekingen

4.1

18 Members: Aquila, librookian, reader517, SandSing7, lahochstetler, jeshakespeare, mbyrne, ejj1955, WildMaggie, kac522, WordMaven, Tess_W, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, madhatter73, ManWithAnAgenda, LenaGibson15

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Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

door Patricia C. Wrede

3,246 leden

135 besprekingen

4.1

16 Members: tardis, trollsdotter, Caramellunacy, lizzy50usa, NorthernStar, LutheranSouthUnity, merrystar, Heather39, Maddz, eclbates, 3lilreds, barefootsong, shefferstroke, sqr3cls3, slimikin, jaybak

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

door Amal El-Mohtar

4,086 leden

212 besprekingen

3.9

15 Members: Aquila, paperkingdoms, karenb, anglemark, Ling.Lass, merrystar, passion4reading, lavaturtle, msjudy, msemmag, sqr3cls3, skid0612, sapphire525, yourCLYA, jaybak,Osbaldistone

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Griffin & Sabine

door Nick Bantock

2,879 leden

68 besprekingen

4.2

14 Members: hipdeep, Osbaldistone, librookian, DetailMuse, lizzy50usa, Heather39, IceCurler, Verkruissen, madhatter73, TWaits, petk0616, Laura.a, jaybak, MarigoldJackiFitz

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De historicus

door Elizabeth Kostova

21,441 leden

756 besprekingen

½ 3.7

16 Members: Caramellunacy, librookian, Eat_Read_Knit, WildMaggie, WordMaven, Porua, vwinsloe, Tess_W, eclbates, gypsysmom, ahef1963, passion4reading, kara.shamy, Brandy1411, LenaGibson15, jaybak

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Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd

door Margaret Atwood

42,254 leden

1,138 besprekingen

4.1

16 Members: librookian, c_why, Cecrow, WildMaggie, birder4106, tina1969, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, madhatter73, timetunnel, UseHerName, pnppl, ManWithAnAgenda, maschi, LenaGibson15,kaulsu ,
Verklaringen: kaulsu : It’s an awful book, and not too original at that!

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De vrouw in het wit

door Wilkie Collins

12,800 leden

336 besprekingen

4.1

15 Members: anglemark, cpg, charl08, Cecrow, WildMaggie, burneyfan, Heather39, EMS_24, kac522, perennialreader, Porua, gypsysmom, miller.max, ahef1963, Yuki-Onna,WordMaven
Verklaringen: 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.

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Gilead

door Marilynne Robinson

10,821 leden

363 besprekingen

3.9

13 Members: Osbaldistone, reader517, cbl_tn, perennialreader, Porua, gypsysmom, AnneSteph, kara.shamy, msjudy, larocco, loulourevisited, mirryi, yourCLYA

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Riskante relaties

door Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

6,472 leden

87 besprekingen

4.1

11 Members: languagehat, Bookmarque, librookian, jburlinson, burneyfan, EMS_24, kara.shamy, HelgeM, Yuki-Onna, loulourevisited, theofaurez

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Mars

door Andy Weir

18,136 leden

1,241 besprekingen

½ 4.3

13 Members: Aquila, tardis, Caramellunacy, librookian, NorthernStar, ejj1955, SylviaC, 2wonderY, timetunnel, maschi, theofaurez, LenaGibson15, jaybak,Laura.a
Verklaringen: Laura.a : This is half diary, half third person. It is not written in letter format.

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Vadertje Langbeen

door Jean Webster

3,337 leden

107 besprekingen

4.1

10 Members: Aquila, tardis, lulaa, LittleTaiko, NorthernStar, ejj1955, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader, AbigailAdams26

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De puike postbode, of: Briefgeheimpjes

door Janet Ahlberg

2,471 leden

49 besprekingen

½ 4.5

9 Members: knerd.knitter, charl08, WildMaggie, SylviaC, EMS_24, 2wonderY, cej1027, Michael.Rimmer, barefootsong

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The Moonstone

door Wilkie Collins

10,817 leden

251 besprekingen

4

10 Members: anglemark, cpg, WildMaggie, burneyfan, cbl_tn, Heather39, kac522, Porua, ManWithAnAgenda, theofaurez

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Ank van "De Ruischende Peppels"

door L. M. Montgomery

8,454 leden

78 besprekingen

3.9

9 Members: Aquila, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader, SpaceStationMir, AbigailAdams26, AnneSteph, slimikin, LenaGibson15

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Lady Susan

door Jane Austen

1,960 leden

100 besprekingen

½ 3.6

8 Members: Aquila, amanda4242, cbl_tn, kac522, madhatter73, barefootsong, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou

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Parable of the Sower

door Octavia E. Butler

8,104 leden

239 besprekingen

4.1

8 Members: Aquila, miller.max, timetunnel, msemmag, pnppl, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, DoomLuz

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Dear Mr. Henshaw

door Beverly Cleary

7,999 leden

147 besprekingen

3.8

7 Members: reconditereader, ehousewright, SpaceStationMir, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, KeithChaffee, yourCLYA

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Het genie in de muizeval

door Daniel Keyes

15,788 leden

381 besprekingen

4.1

8 Members: hipdeep, magid, lulaa, kaulsu, Cecrow, timetunnel, msemmag, LenaGibson15

25

Obsessie

door A.S. Byatt

12,960 leden

289 besprekingen

4

8 Members: reader517, charl08, cbl_tn, kac522, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, madhatter73, LenaGibson15

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The Grand Tour, or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia

door Patricia C. Wrede

1,616 leden

50 besprekingen

½ 3.7

7 Members: tardis, kittytm, lizzy50usa, LutheranSouthUnity, Heather39, Maddz, eclbates

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Waar is Bernadette?

door Maria Semple

7,491 leden

541 besprekingen

3.9

7 Members: magid, librookian, DetailMuse, raidergirl3, perennialreader, Brandy1411, BFK_Library

28

The Mislaid Magician, or, Ten Years After

door Patricia C. Wrede

1,081 leden

39 besprekingen

½ 3.7

7 Members: tardis, kittytm, NorthernStar, LutheranSouthUnity, Heather39, Maddz, eclbates

29

Up the Down Staircase

door Bel Kaufman

1,355 leden

40 besprekingen

3.9

6 Members: languagehat, hipdeep, magid, lahochstetler, SylviaC, MarigoldJackiFitz

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The Documents in the Case

door Dorothy L. Sayers

1,564 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 3.7

6 Members: Aquila, tardis, Eat_Read_Knit, NorthernStar, SylviaC, Nikkimf88

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We moeten het even over Kevin hebben

door Lionel Shriver

7,805 leden

396 besprekingen

4.1

6 Members: librookian, knerd.knitter, DetailMuse, tina1969, kara.shamy, madhatter73

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Dear Committee Members

door Julie Schumacher

1,160 leden

91 besprekingen

3.8

6 Members: librookian, charl08, eclbates, noveltea, kara.shamy, KeithChaffee

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Freedom and Necessity

door Steven Brust

1,079 leden

19 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, lizzy50usa, merrystar, Heather39, Maddz

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Aan de schitterende rand van de wereld

door Eowyn Ivey

1,119 leden

80 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: terran, vwinsloe, passion4reading, kara.shamy, msjudy

35

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean

door Nick Bantock

692 leden

11 besprekingen

½ 4.3

5 Members: perennialreader, Verkruissen, madhatter73, TWaits, Laura.a

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Het John Grierhuis

door Jean Webster

652 leden

30 besprekingen

3.8

5 Members: tardis, NorthernStar, merrystar, SylviaC, MDGentleReader

37

Meet Me at the Museum

door Anne Youngson

600 leden

46 besprekingen

4

5 Members: raidergirl3, terran, perennialreader, msjudy, larocco

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Het dagboek van Bridget Jones

door Helen Fielding

16,957 leden

264 besprekingen

½ 3.6

7 Members: Caramellunacy, charl08, raidergirl3, ejj1955, IceCurler, tina1969, LenaGibson15,noveltea ,passion4reading ,Yuki-Onna ,KeithChaffee
Verklaringen: Yuki-Onna : Fictional diary, not epistolary.
KeithChaffee : This isn't epistolary; it's a series of diary entries.

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Evelina

door Frances Burney

2,481 leden

39 besprekingen

½ 3.7

4 Members: SandSing7, burneyfan, kac522, Porua

40

Het geheime dagboek van Adriaan Mole 13 3/4 jaar

door Sue Townsend

3,575 leden

65 besprekingen

3.8

5 Members: karenb, librookian, lulaa, NorthernStar, Verkruissen,

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Brieven van Skye

door Jessica Brockmole

809 leden

78 besprekingen

3.8

4 Members: gmathis, cbl_tn, perennialreader, Tosta

42

Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front, 1939-1942

door Joyce Dennys

349 leden

21 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: tardis, lizzy50usa, SylviaC, MDGentleReader

43

Brieven van de Kerstman

door J. R. R. Tolkien

2,963 leden

64 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Ella_Jill, msjudy, lcl999

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Het lijden van de jonge Werther

door Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

8,062 leden

127 besprekingen

½ 3.6

4 Members: Cecrow, Michael.Rimmer, maschi, HelgeM

45

The Time Wanderers

door Arkady Strugatsky

213 leden

4 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: languagehat, larocco, HelgeM

46

Roomies

door Sara Zarr

284 leden

36 besprekingen

½ 3.6

3 Members: dara85, c_why, eshoug

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Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945

door Joyce Dennys

173 leden

32 besprekingen

4

4 Members: tardis, lizzy50usa, SylviaC, MDGentleReader

48

Humphrij Klinker's reizen

door Tobias Smollett

1,531 leden

25 besprekingen

½ 3.6

3 Members: lulaa, amanda4242, dpakala

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The Prestige

door Christopher Priest

3,477 leden

136 besprekingen

3.8

3 Members: karenb, paradoxosalpha, TWaits

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De Duivelsbrieven

door Mark Twain

2,779 leden

37 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: karenb, paradoxosalpha, skid0612

51

Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

door Samuel Richardson

1,501 leden

29 besprekingen

½ 3.5

3 Members: Cecrow, burneyfan, kac522

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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

door Helene Hanff

1,167 leden

43 besprekingen

4

4 Members: Osbaldistone, kaulsu, MDGentleReader, Tosta,Laura.a
Verklaringen: Laura.a : Like her other book in the series, lovely, but not fiction.

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Last Christmas in Paris

door Hazel Gaynor

396 leden

35 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SandSing7, perennialreader, Tosta

54

She Vol. 1

door H. Rider Haggard

2,928 leden

73 besprekingen

½ 3.4

3 Members: Cecrow, lcl999, loulourevisited

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The Appeal

door Janice Hallett

1,014 leden

42 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: Caramellunacy, EMS_24, passion4reading
Verklaringen: passion4reading: Epistolary fiction brought into the 21st century in the shape of emails, texts and WhatsApp messages

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