This book has been on my TBR for what feels like forever. I’ve even stuck it on a couple of readathon TBRs and, yet, it remains firmly unread. It’s told through a series of emails and all different types of documents, which is what originally caught my interest. The fact that everyone seems to love it has kept it around this long. I am going to read this, and hopefully soon!

This is one of those books I’m embarrassed I haven’t read yet. I gotta be in the right headspace to read the journal of this young Jewish girl hiding in Holland during WWII. To think what she and her family must have endured… it’s a tragic but important story and I will read it one day. I even have a copy on one of these bookshelves, so I’ll hopefully be picking this one up sooner rather than later.

I feel like this book has made quite a few of my 5 On My TBR lists, but it’s honestly the first one I thought of when I saw the theme was epistolary! Well… this and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but I’ve already read that. (Great book, btw). Anyways! Though the latter book is a work of fiction, this one actually contains the real letters the author wrote to a used book dealer in London! It sounds fascinating and I can’t wait to give it a try.

Now, I actually didn’t know this book was written in the form of letters until very recently. Finding that out has definitely bumped it up the TBR! Besides that fact, though, this is a classic coming-of-age story and I’ve always been a little bit curious about it. Hopefully I can find a copy without this particular cover because… dear lord…

To round out the list, we’ll end with another book I didn’t know was epistolary! At least, as far as I know, the first half is. This is another TBR vet that’s been around for quite some time. I’ve heard great things about it, though, and I’ve always wanted to give it a read. The story of young Black family torn apart by an unjust incarceration, it sounds like it’ll be a hard-hitting and interesting read.