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Books in (and about) letters, diaries, and correspondence ✉️ 📬

Updated May 19, 2025
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Books in (and about) letters, diaries, and correspondence ✉️ 📬

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The readers of Broken Wheel recommend
Bivald, Katarina
Paper Book
The International Bestseller Sara is 28 and has never been outside Sweden - except in the (many) books she reads. When her elderly penfriend Amy invites her to come and visit her in Broken Wheel, Iowa, Sara decides it's time. But when she arrives, there's a twist waiting for...
Dear committee members
Schumacher, Julie
Paper Book
Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and...
Love, Clancy : diary of a good dog
Cameron, W. Bruce
Paper Book
From W. Bruce Cameron, the internationally bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Way Home, comes Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog, a deeply moving story with a brand-new cast of characters, including one very good dog. You've probably never met...
The Screwtape letters : letters from a senior to a junior devil
Lewis, C. S.
Paper Book
From the author of Mere Christianity, the greatest Christian thinker of our time delivers the most engaging account of temptation - and triumph over it - ever written in this timeless novel. The devil Screwtape, high-up in the Infernal Civil Service, writes to his nephew,...
The secret diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old
Groen, Hendrik
Paper Book
** THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON ** 'There are many laughs in this book but it's so much more than just a comedy. It's a story about how friendship, selflessness and dignity lie at the heart of the human experience. When I'm an old man, I want to be Hendrik Groen'...
Sleeping giants
Neuvel, Sylvain 1973-
Paper Book
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery--and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in...
A tale for the time being
Ozeki, Ruth L.
Paper Book
A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki--shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be."
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir : a novel
Ryan, Jennifer
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A delightful debut."--People    For readers of Lilac Girls and The Nightingale, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir unfolds the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of a village choir during World War II. ...
Emily Wilde's map of the Otherlands : a novel
Fawcett, Heather (Heather M.)
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it's too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series. AN ELLE<...
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Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob) 1966-
Paper Book
This one-of-a-kind bestseller from J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst captures the excitement of solving a mystery like no other book: "Both as literature and as a physical object, S. is a profound and tremendous work of art" (Miami Herald). 
Goodbye, again : essays, reflections, and illustrations
Sun, Jonny
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller  "Truly, there's no shame in taking a break from books during the pandemic. But if you're feeling ready to reach out, try starting with Goodbye, Again. Take my word for it -- let Jonny Sun into your life."---Janet W. Lee,...
To the bright edge of the world
Ivey, Eowyn
Paper Book
An Amazon's Best BookA Washington Post Notable BookA Goodreads Choice Award NomineeA Library Journal Top 10 BookA BookPage Best BookAn atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.In the winter of 1885,...
Pack up the moon
Higgins, Kristan
Paper Book
Joshua Park never expected to be a widower at the age of thirty. Given his solitary job, small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he's always suffered from, he has no idea how to negotiate this new, unwanted phase of life. But Lauren, his wife, had a plan to keep...
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