See: footnotes or excerpts (vulpix, 2026)
Fictional books where the author uses footnotes or excerpts to build out the world they’ve created.
created by vulpix
last updated July, 2026
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Oh that is so niche, ohhhh it's scratching a very specific itch inside my little reader heart.. Yummy!
vulpixOP
I LOVE when an author does this. I also find myself often wanting to read books about the little footnotes
You mean help by suggesting more things for your lists, right? 🙂↕️ Chain gang all stars and mad sisters of Esi both have footnotes, I believe.
vulpixOP
Oooooh I’ll add them! They’re both on my TBR already
vulpixOP
Help I can’t stop making lists
I remeber this book called Bartimeaus that i tried to read as a kid that had a ton of footnotes. Had to give it back to the library before i finished it tho and never picked it back up
This might not fit here specifically, but The Pallbearers Club is written as a manuscript from the MC and "edited" by the other MC through their footnotes and annotations that end up telling a whole story through both. It is technically the author adding footnotes but they're included as if a character wrote them
