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November 2011
Compiled by Karen D. Toonen of the Naperville Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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The prologue of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern started my quest for entire books written in the second person. Here are the results:

Benoit, Charles         You
Bohjalian, Chris         The Night Strangers (alternating chapters in 2nd person)
Calvino, Italo         If On a Winter's Night A Traveler
Egan, Jennifer         A Visit from the Goon Squad
Faulkner, William         Absalom, Absalom
Ferris, Joshua         Then we came to the end
McInerney, Jay         Bright Lights, Big City
Naylor, Gloria         Mama Day
O'Nan, Stewart         A Prayer for the Dying
Robbins, Tom         Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Stross, Charles         Halting State
Trofimuk, Thomas         The 52nd Poem
Trofimuk, Thomas         Doubting Yourself to the Bone
Shin, Kyung-Sook         Please Look After Mom

Links

2nd Person narrative on Wikipedia

www.webrary.org/rs:flbklists/Booksin2ndPerson.html
First published on the Web: 12/5/2011
Last updated: 12/5/2011, 11:39 AM