Top Epistolary Novels You Need to Have on Your TBR List

The evolution of our methods of communication paralleled the development of the epistolary novel. To create narratives in the style of "found footage," various forms of electronic communication such as telegrams, emails, voice recordings, and other forms have been utilized. It doesn't matter what documents are used to tell a story; what matters is that dozens of authors have taken advantage of this structure to write their stories because it adds an additional layer of realism and suspense to the narrative. Recently, another powerful tool has emerged in the realm of storytelling: video chat. With the ability to capture and transmit live video and audio, video chat adds a dynamic element to the narrative structure.

American Dairy of Japanese Girl by Naoko Takeuchi

is not only an enjoyable read, but also one that ought to be accorded a unique position in the annals of the literary history of the United States. It was the first long work of prose fiction written by a person of Japanese descent in the United States. Additionally, it was written to combat the even more harmful depiction of the Japanese as a "yellow peril".

The author Ferdinand Oyono's Houseboy

Toundi Ondoua, the protagonist of Houseboy who lives in a rural part of Africa, comes across a world full of prisms that cast beautiful but unattainable glimmers. This is especially true for a young black man living in colonial Cameroon at the time. Toundi's awe of the white world and a web of unpredictable experiences are revealed in the book Houseboy.

Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon is an award-winning novel

It is possible to categorize "Flowers for Algernon" as a piece of disability literature due to the fact that the novel's explorations delve into fundamental questions regarding the position of disabled people in contemporary American society. Charlie and the other customers, including the other patrons, laugh at the retarded young man after he breaks a plate.

The Novel Carrie, written by Stephen King

Stephen took elements from two different girls he knew in high school to create the character of "Carrie." "Carrie White is a sadly mis-used teenager, an example of the sort of person whose spirit is so often broken for good in that pit of man- and woman-eaters that is your normal suburban high school," the author writes. "The story is largely about how women find their own channels of power, as well as what men fear about women and women's sexuality."

Alice Walker's masterpiece, "The Color Purple"

The Color Purple, which depicts the lives of African American women in rural Georgia at the turn of the twentieth century, is widely regarded as an important cultural touchstone in contemporary American literature. Sisters Celie and Nettie were separated when they were young, but despite the passage of time, distance, and silence, they have maintained their undying loyalty to and hope in each other.

A Letter for My Daughter, Written by J. Nozipo Maraire and titled "Zenzele"

J. Nozipo Maraire's book, which is written in the form of a letter from a mother in Zimbabwe to her daughter, who is a student at Harvard, evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons that life has taught her and bring the two closer than they have ever been. Her father was an outspoken activist lawyer; her aunt was a schoolteacher by day and a secret guerrilla fighter by night.