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Fiction in the Form of Letters & Diaries
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February 2001
Compiled by Mary Rindfleisch
of Ridgefield (CT) Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Anniversay Michael Adams
Marienbad; Adventures of Menahem-Mendel Sholom Aleichem
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
Love and Friendship; Lady Susan Jane Austen
A Visit to Highbury Joan Austen-Leigh
Nothing But the Turth Avi
Griffin and Sabine Nick Bantock (and the sequels)
Vox Nicholson Baker
The Voyage of the Narwhal Andrea Barrett
Letters John Barth
Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend Laney Becker
A Winding Path Carrie Bender
The Pull of the Moon Elizabeth Berg
A World of Love Elizabeth Bowen
Freedom and Necessity Emma Bull
Evelina Fanny Burney
Possession A.S. Byatt
Princess Diaries Meg Cabot
Dialogues with the Devil Taylor Caldwell
Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach
The Count of Eleven Ramsey Campbell
Love Letters Eli Cantor
The Fruit Cocktail Diaries Brian Carmody
Thus Was Adonis Murdered Sarah Caudwell
Loves Children Judith Chernaik
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
The Archivist Martha Cooley
Johanna Claire Cooperstein
Ironman Chris Crutcher
The Diary of Mattie Spenser; Alice's Tulips Sandra Dallas
Free City Eric Darton
The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks Robertson Davies
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Choderlos De Lados
Night Letters Robert Dessaix
The Death of A King P.C. Doherty
To My Ex-Husband Susan Dondon
Poor Folk Fyodor Dostoevsky
My Dear Alex: Letters from the KGB Dinesh D'Souza
Secret Lives Max Egremont
The Sevigne Letters William Eisner
Inconceivable Ben Elton
The Mycroft Holmes mystery series Quinn Fawcett
One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding
Shamela Henry Fielding
E-Mail Stephanie Fletcher
The Trick of It Michael Frayn
The Diary of Emily Dickinson Jamie Fuller
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
To Love and to Cherish Patricia Gaffney
The Queen of the Tamborine Jane Gardam
The Journal of Mrs. Pepys Sara George
The City and the House Natalia Ginzburg
Beauty Queen Linda Glovach
The Sorrows of Young Werther Johann Goethe
Dog Years Gunter Grass
Where the Road Goes Joann Greenberg
Love from Elizabeth Meredith Gregg
The Fleetwood Correspondence William Griffin
Joanna's Husband and David's Wife Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
A Woman of Independent Means Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
The Diary of William Harvey Jean Hamburger
Disobedience Jane Hamilton
The Chess Garden Brooks Hansen
Lying in Bed Mark Harris
Living Proof John Harvey
Cells of Knowledge Sian Hayton
White Lies Jonellen Heckler
The Conspiracy John Hersey
The Perfect Murder Jack Hitt
The Tattooed Map Barbara Hodgson
Primrose Past Caroline Rose Hunt
The Last Voyage Hammond Innes
Molly Nancy Johnson
Love Enter Paul Kafka
Covenant With the Vampire Jeanne Kalogridis
A Light in the Window Jan Karon
Sinatraland Sam Kashner
Up the Down Staircase Bel Kaufman
The Lost Diaries of Frans Hals Michael Kernan
Jerusalem's Lot (in Night Shift) Stephen King
My Sweet Folly Laura Kinsale
Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger
Ring Around the Bases & You Know Me Al Ring Lardner
Guiding Elliott Robert Lee
The Love Letters Madeleine L'Engle
Guide for the Perplexed Jonathan Levi
Shadow-Box Antonia Logue
The Unloved Arnoest Lustig
Nightlines John Lutz
Burden of Desire Robert MacNeil
Zenzele J. Nozipo Nkosana Maraire
Letters from the Inside; Checkers John Marsden
Long Distances Fabienne Marsh
The Journalist Harry Mathews
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Robin Maxwell
Lovely in her Bones Sharyn McCrumb
Buffalo Girls Larry McMurtry
Acts of Love Judith Michael
The Journal of Callie Wade Dawn Miller
Time Like an Ever-Rolling Stream Judith Moffett
Emily of New Moon; Emily CLimbs; Emily's Quest L.M. Montgomery
Feeling Sorry for Celia Jaclyn Moriarty
Carried Away (in the collection Open Secrets) Alice Munro
Fan Mail Ronald Munson
An Accidental Man Iris Murdoch
Dear Digby Carol Muske-Dukes
Virtual Love Avodah Offit
The Goddess Letters Carol Orlock
Between Earth and Sky Karen Osborn
Black Box Amos Oz
Home Thoughts Tim Parks
Youth in Revolt; Revolting Youth C.D. Payne
Dear Diego Elena Poniatowska
The Fan Bob Randall
@ Expectations Kit Reed
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison
Clarissa Samuel Richardson
Pamela Samuel Richardson
The Turnabout Shop Colby Rodowsky
Diary of a Cat Leigh Rutledge
Dear Sarah Bernhardt Francoise Sagan
Letters from Vinnie Maureen Sappey
The Documents in the Case (in Busman's Honeymoon) Dorothy L. Sayers
The Love Letter Cathleen Schine
Raising My Titanic Mary Sheldon
H Elizabeth Shepard
The Weight of Water Anita Shreve
Letters from Yellowstone Diane Smith
New Orleans Beat Julie Smith
The Christmas Letters Lee Smith
Fair and Tender Ladies Lee Smith
Expedition of Humphrey Clinker Tobia Smollett
Annie's Baby Beatrice Sparks
Message in a Bottle Nicholas Sparks
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Mrs. Tim of the Regiment D.E. Stevenson
Dracula Bram Stoker
Follow your Heart Susanna Tamaro
Address Unknown Kressman Taylor
Dark Deeds, Sweet Songs Margot Tenney
The Father Christmas Letters JRR Tolkien
The Adrian Mole Diaries Sue Townsend
Thursdays 'Til 9 Jane Trahey
These Is My Words Nancy Turner
S John Updike
The Memory Book of Starr Faithful GLoria Vanderbilt
The Book of Secrets M.G. Vassanji
Travers Corners Scott Waldie
The Color Purple Alice Walker
Letter to Lord Liszt Martin Walser
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear Katharine Weber
Daddy Long-Legs Jean Webster
Over What Hill? Effie Leland Wilder
Ides of March Thornton Wilder
The Train to Estelline Jane Roberts Woods
Sorcery and Cecelia Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
The Ginger Tree Oswald Wynd
Other People's Mail: An Anthology of Letter Stories -- edited by Gail Pool
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