Epistolary Novel Book Recommendations

Love stories told through letters, emails, or journal entries? 💌 In this week’s video, freelance fiction editor Miranda Darrow shares a dozen epistolary novel recommendations — from classics to contemporary favorites — that prove this storytelling form is alive and thriving.

📚 Books Mentioned:
1. The Appeal by Janice Hallett
2. Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
3. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
4. We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun & Susan Mullen
5. The Martian by Andy Weir
6. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. The Lovers’ Dictionary by David Levithan
8. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
9. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
10. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
11. Devolution by Max Brooks
12. The Divorce Papers by Susan Reiger

✨ Whether you love mysteries told through emails, sci-fi told through mission logs, or witty romances built on correspondence, this list has something for every reader (and writer looking for inspiration).

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