Diaries or book in short sections.

[BikeRunSki]

I had a habit of waking at 4am and need some books written in diary format or short sections to lull me back to sleep. I’ve just read “ This is Going hurt” and am aware he’s got one due next week. I’m a life long Adrian Mole fan. The first 3 Tales of the City books are good, because they were originally written as newspaper columns.

What other (lightweight) diary/letter/column style books are our there?

[Corneysjazzband]

What about the Diary of a Provincial Lady books by E M Delafield? Very old fashioned but entertaining. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff is a book of letters. Again old but just lovely.

[ElizabethinherGermanGarden]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is quite lovely and is epistolary so nice short bits.

[AristotlesTrousers]

Also, 'Love Nina' by Nina Stibbe. Set in the 80s like Adrian Mole. Possibly one of the funniest books ever!

[BikeRunSki]

Oh yes, I’ve read “Love, Nina”. Wil try the Guernsey Potato again, didn’t get on with it when it first came out.

[RozHuntleysStump]

I love epistolary books. I'm also a die hard Adrian Mole fan. I must have read them so many times. The ultimate comfort read for me.

I'm reading at the moment 84 Charing Cross Road which is OK and Diary of a Bookseller which is also acceptable. Also loved the Potato Peel Book. Have you read Diary of a Nobody and Diary of a Provincial Lady? I'll see if I can think of any lesser known ones but I haven't been reading for a long time and just getting back into it now.

[RozHuntleysStump]

Will have to get Love Nina now!

[RozHuntleysStump]

Just found this www.goodreads.com/list/show/304.Epistolary_Fiction

Might be worth a look.

[BikeRunSki]

That link is brilliant @RozHuntleysStump. Thank you.

[DancelikeEmmaGoldman]

If you like fantasy, Garth Nixel’s Newt’s Emerald and Carolyn Stevermer’s Cecelia and Kate trilogy are light-hearted fun.

[DancelikeEmmaGoldman]

I second the Goodreads recommendation of Daddy Long Legs, but I’d avoid reading Perkins-Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper in the wee small hours, unless you’re looking for a Halloween read.

I love Calvin Trillin and James Thurber - collections of their columns and short essays would be good company.

[southeastdweller]

The three volumes of Alan Bennett's diaries are wonderful.

[suffragettski]

Ooh just been talking about diary-style books on another thread! Another vote for Diary of A Nobody and Diary of a Provincial Lady.
Also Sue Limb's Bad Housekeeping series of books. And Raffaella Barker's series beginning with Hens Dancing. All funny/wry.

There's the Smoking Diaries series by Simon Gray too.

[Sadik]

Jill Tweedie's Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist is still funny IMO
The Screwtape Letters is a good one for more serious moods (I'm not religious at all, but still find them thoughtprovoking).
& yy to the Provincial Lady books