Diaries or book in short sections.

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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?

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.

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

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

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

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.

Will have to get Love Nina now!

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

Might be worth a look.

That link is brilliant @RozHuntleysStump. Thank you.

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

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.

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

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.

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