Books In DMs/Emails/Letters/Notes Format

These are books about dms/emails or books told largely in dm/email/letter format. Recommendations welcomed.

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last updated January, 2026

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A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices

A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices

Sara Sinclair

A Letter to the Luminous Deep (The Sunken Archive, #1)

A Letter to the Luminous Deep (The Sunken Archive, #1)

Sylvie Cathrall

This is How You Lose the Time War

This is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar

The Pull of the Moon

The Pull of the Moon

Elizabeth Berg

The Pallbearers Club

The Pallbearers Club

Paul Tremblay

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

The Appeal (The Appeal, #1)

The Appeal (The Appeal, #1)

Janice Hallett

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Mark Dunn

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Forbidden Notebook

Forbidden Notebook

Alba de Céspedes

Attachments

Attachments

Rainbow Rowell

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter

Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter

Alice Kuipers

I Hope This Finds You Well

I Hope This Finds You Well

Natalie Sue

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

Several People Are Typing

Several People Are Typing

Calvin Kasulke

Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

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leylines

a letter to the luminous deep is told entirely through letters!

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cubicleOP

added!

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jkay404

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is written in letters!

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cubicleOP

added!

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aliyahmk

hey! ella minnow pea is a novel in letters, and i’m currently reading the appeal which is told in emails/texts :)

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cubicleOP

added!

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Bulle

You also have Dangerous liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos, they exhange letters.

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cubicleOP

added!

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Mofteratu

Super interesting! Looking forward to reading these

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cubicleOP

glad u think so

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leafystars
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A Steady Brightness of Being, if non-fiction is applicable!

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cubicleOP

ofc it does! added to the list and to my interested list asw!

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rachellandryberdan

The Pull of the Moon and This is How You Lose the Time War are both predominantly told in letters.

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rachellandryberdan
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I had started a shelf of my own, but so glad you have created this list. I love this format.

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cubicleOP

me too! glad u like it. added the book

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homeofcedar

What a cool list!! I also recommend The Pallbearers Club, it's written as a memoir manuscript by the main character that is annotated in the margins by the other main character ☺️

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cubicleOP

thanks! added

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arixayo

Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes is written in the form of journal entries and Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke is written Slack messages!

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cubicleOP

several people are typing is already on here but adding forbidden notebook. thanks!!

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arixayo

Oh, I didn’t notice! I don’t believe I’ve seen that cover before.

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cubicleOP

the other cover is def prettier

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