Editing Epistolary novel (section)

=== Twentieth century ===
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* [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] and [[Robert Eustace]]'s ''[[The Documents in the Case]]'' (1930).
* [[E. M. Delafield|E.M. Delafield]]'s ''[[E. M. Delafield#Diary of a Provincial Lady|Diary of a Provincial Lady]]'' (1930).
* [[Kathrine Taylor]]'s ''[[Kathrine Taylor#Address Unknown .281938.29|Address Unknown]]'' (1938) is an anti-Nazi novel in which the final letter is returned marked "Address Unknown", indicating the disappearance of the German character.
* [[C. S. Lewis]] used the epistolary form for ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'' (1942), and considered writing a companion novel from an [[angel]]'s point of view – though he never did so. It is less generally realized that his ''[[Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer]]'' (1964) is a similar exercise, exploring theological questions through correspondence addressed to a fictional recipient, "Malcolm", though this work may be considered a "novel" only loosely in that developments in Malcolm's personal life gradually come to light and impact the discussion.
* [[Thornton Wilder]]'s fifth novel ''[[Ides of March (novel)|Ides of March]]'' (1948) consists of letters and documents illuminating the last days of the Roman Republic.
* [[Saul Bellow]]'s novel ''[[Herzog (novel)|Herzog]]'' (1964) is largely written in letter format. These are both real and imagined letters, written by the protagonist Moses Herzog to family members, friends, and celebrities.
* [[Shūsaku Endō]]'s novel ''[[Silence (Endō novel)|Silence]]'' (1966) is an example of the epistolary form, half of which consists of letters from Rodrigues, the other half either in the third person or in letters from other persons.
* [[Daniel Keyes]]'s short story and novel ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' (1959, 1966) takes the form of a series of lab progress reports written by the main character as his treatment progresses, with his writing style changing correspondingly.
* ''The Anderson Tapes'' (1969, 1970) by [[Lawrence Sanders]] is a novel primarily consisting of transcripts of tape recordings.
* [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]'' (1974) is partially written in an epistolary structure through newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and book excerpts.
* [[Margaret Atwood]]'s ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'', 1985, ends with an epilogue consisting of the minutes from the meeting of a historical society in the future discussing the text of the novel, revealed to have been recently transcribed from a series of [[cassette tape]] recordings made by the [[protagonist]] Offred.
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* [[Alice Walker]] employed the epistolary form in ''[[The Color Purple]]'' (1982).<ref name=Ashworth-Hirst>{{Cite news |last=Ashworth |first=Jenn |author2=Richard V. Hirst |date=14 June 2017 |title=Top 10 Modern Epistolary Novels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/14/top-10-modern-epistolary-novels |location=london |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The 1985 film adaptation echoes the form by incorporating into the script some of the novel's letters, which the actors deliver as monologues.
* [[John Updike]]'s ''S.'' (1988) is an epistolary novel consisting of the heroine's letters and transcribed audio recordings.
* [[Patricia Wrede]] and [[Caroline Stevermer]]'s ''[[Patricia Wrede#Cecelia and Kate|Sorcery and Cecelia]]'' (1988) is an epistolary fantasy novel in a [[Regency era|Regency]] setting from the first-person perspectives of cousins Kate and Cecelia, who recount their adventures in magic and polite society. Unusually for modern fiction, it is written using the style of the letter game.
* [[Edward Irving Wortis|Avi]]'s young-adult novel ''[[Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel|Nothing but the Truth]]'' (1991) uses only documents, letters, and conversation transcripts.
* ''Last Words from Montmartre'' (1995) by [[Qiu Miaojin]] is a novel written in the form of twenty letters that can be read in any order.
* ''[[Last Days of Summer (novel)|Last Days of Summer]]'' (1998) by [[Steve Kluger]] is written in a series of letters, telegrams, therapy transcripts, newspaper clippings, and baseball box scores.
* ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]'' (1999) was written by [[Stephen Chbosky]] in the form of letters from an anonymous character to a secret role model of sorts.<ref name=bustle/>
* ''[[House of Leaves]]'' by [[Mark Z. Danielewski]] (2000) is written as a series of found footage film transcripts, essays, fictitious footnotes, and letters spread over several layers of metafiction.