@LT 4Mats: Books told through letters, diaries, texts, emails, and more!

Looking for something different to read? If you like stories that are told through letters, diaries, text messages, instant messages, or even poetry, try one of these books out.

If you don't see it on shelf, ask at the reference desk. Links go to our catalog record so you can place a hold on it with your library card number from home.

These books are most appropriate for high school students.


Stolen by Lucy Christopher (Letter)

Scrawl by Mark Shulman (Journal)

Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick (Tweets and journal entries)

Top 8 by Katie Finn (Facebook, instant messaging, texts, and emails)

TTYL and TTFN by Lauren Myracle (instant messaging)

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Diary and drawings)

Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (Diaries)

Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (Diaries)

Impulse, Tricks, or any other title by Ellen Hopkins (told in poetry)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Diary)

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Diary)

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Diary/letter)

24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley (instant messages)

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (letters)

Terrier and Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (Diary)

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Diary)

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (Diary)