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Published in 2025 and still in high demand, The Correspondent<\/em><\/a> by Virginia Evans is the story of retired law clerk Sybil Van Antwerp whose life is marked by the loss of loved ones and now, in her 70s, the impending loss of her eyesight and ability to send letters and emails\u2014her preferred form of connection with the world. The appeal of the novel is not just Sybil and her story, but its format as an epistolary novel\u2014one told through letters (or diary entries, emails, texts, documents, etc.)\u2014which, in the absence of a narrator, lends intimacy and rapport. If this format appeals to you, there are so many fantastic epistolary novels to discover including love stories, historical fiction, science fiction, and much more. Here are just a few to try:<\/p>\n\n\n\n