What a great post. Thank you so much for taking the time to compile and share your list. Did Letters: A Novel (John Barth) and An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears) make it onto your longlist while you were researching?
I am so glad that you recommended 84, Charing Cross Road here! I know that it is beloved by many book lovers. I enjoyed it myself but I liked the movie version even more (which rarely happens for me), so I mentioned it in the previous Bookishly Delightful post in a section about epistolary movies instead.
I recently ran across a cute, epistolary picture book that I would have included in this post if I had read it earlier: Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places by Katie Frawley, illustrated by Laurie Stansfield. It is about a wild elephant and a domestic cat who decide to swap homes via Lair-BNB. The story is told through their epistolary messages to each other about their experiences as well as through cute illustrations. It is currently available on Kindle Unlimited.
What a great post. Thank you so much for taking the time to compile and share your list. Did Letters: A Novel (John Barth) and An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears) make it onto your longlist while you were researching?
I am so glad that you enjoyed the post. I love epistolary books so much that it was a pleasure doing the reading that went into it.
I can’t recall having come across either of the titles you mentioned before. Thank you for the recommendations!
This is so great. Some books I didn't know of.
I loved Balzac’s Memoirs of Two Young Wives: https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-memoirs-of-two-young-wives. Also, for Austen fans, definitely read “Love and Friendship”! The film adaptation with Kate Beckinsale was a delight, too.
I'll recommend _84, Charing Cross Road_. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84,_Charing_Cross_Road
I vaguely remembered it from when I was younger but found a copy a couple years ago and thought it was just great. Touching and vivid.
I am so glad that you recommended 84, Charing Cross Road here! I know that it is beloved by many book lovers. I enjoyed it myself but I liked the movie version even more (which rarely happens for me), so I mentioned it in the previous Bookishly Delightful post in a section about epistolary movies instead.
Agreed! A brilliant book and absolute classic.
Loved seeing Please Be Advised on this list - thanks for your generous review - it was enormously fun to write this novel!
I recently ran across a cute, epistolary picture book that I would have included in this post if I had read it earlier: Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places by Katie Frawley, illustrated by Laurie Stansfield. It is about a wild elephant and a domestic cat who decide to swap homes via Lair-BNB. The story is told through their epistolary messages to each other about their experiences as well as through cute illustrations. It is currently available on Kindle Unlimited.