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I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for this prompt, and I enjoyed it a lot! I can be SUCH a grump about the awkward twisting of a story to fit into a formal conceit, so my friend had to press the book into my hands before I would agree to read another epistolary novel. I'm glad she insisted! It's a very sweet, fun, heartwarming read, and the form suits it very well.
Another friend highly recommended In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, which looks charming, if anyone's still looking for nonfiction options.

For task #1, I read The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red. Fictional based on Stephen King book/mini series.

Do you think Lincoln in the Bardo would count as an epistolary novel?

Teresa wrote: "I narrowed down my choices to Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 because I like pioneer books (I've read the Little House series 13 times in t..."

You cannot go wrong with Sorcery & Cecelia, which is amazing.

Laura,
I agree. In fact, I read the whole Sorcery and Cecilia series 😀.

For this challenge, I am currently reading Primavera con una esquina rota. It is not entirely letters (which might be cheating), but I needed to read it for my Spanish class

I went lowbrow and read (actually listened to) FantasticLand. Enjoyed muchly. Florida amusement park cut off during hurricane. Lord of the Flies - like mayhem ensues among the mostly 20-something employees.

Does The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides count? Part of the book is her diary entries and the rest of it is told by the doctor who at one point says something about “that’s why I’m writing this down� like it’s his diary or something. It’s an excellent book by the way. I read it without intending to count it as anything in this challenge but then realized it might count for this.

I read Padma Venkatraman's fantastic MG novel The Bridge Home for Challenge #1. It's written as a long letter by the protagonist to her sister. There's a huge twist at the end. The Bridge Home

I've been wanting to join a book club for some time, but I'm in such a small town, the options are limited and don't fit into my schedule. So I was happy to find this challenge, and I'm going to start by reading House of Leaves, which has been on my Amazon wishlist for over a year. Can't wait to dig into it. Although, I am starting halfway through the year, so I'll have to do double time to catch up!

Niranjana wrote: "I read Padma Venkatraman's fantastic MG novel The Bridge Home for Challenge #1. It's written as a long letter by the protagonist to her sister. There's a huge twist at the end. [book:The Bridge Hom..."

Wow. That looks like a great book. There goes my TBR...exploding yet again! :) Thanks for the recommendation...

I was reading the Tensorate series by nonbinary author J.Y. Yang. It turns out the 3rd book in the series is written in epistolary form - diary entries, reports to officials, etc. One could read The Descent of Monsters on its own, but I recommend reading the previous two books for better appreciation & understanding of the world. They are all quite short, & not only are they written by a queer author of color, they include queer characters &/or characters of color. If you like speculative fiction I highly recommend this series.

Ocean Vuong's On earth we're briefly gorgeous is also an epistolary. The whole book is a letter to his mother

I just discovered that De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde while he was in prison. He was irked at his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. My understanding is that it's not quite a collection of letters, as much as it is one very long letter, but a 50,000 word letter written over several months seems like it ought to count as a collection! :)

An edition of this book was published by Project Guttenberg, as so is available for free wherever one seeks books that have passed out of copyright (library, iBooks, google books, etc.)

I've found two (one from a neighbor's free library and one from a friend) that I'm considering for this. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary and Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy.

Would Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid work? I believe it’s told in interviews and articles

Niranjana wrote: "I read Padma Venkatraman's fantastic MG novel The Bridge Home for Challenge #1. It's written as a long letter by the protagonist to her sister. There's a huge twist at the end. [book:The Bridge Hom..."

Argh! Don't give away that books have twists! that's the whole point; you don't see them coming!

I finished Conviction yesterday and I'm wondering if it fits this task. It's a thriller where the bulk of the book is meant to be the main character's memoir, and it also has transcripts of a podcast. It's not a collection of letters, but the story is entirely conveyed through the characters' written word rather than through more traditional prose. Does this count?

Yup, as would interviews, diaries, e-mails, text messages, lists, even.

Would a book that was a collection of blogposts count?

I read "Flowers for Algernon" for this prompt!

For anyone who enjoys folk / gothic horror, I recommend Wylding Hall. It's told in the form of interviews decades after the events at the heart of the book took place. A multi-cast recording makes this an especially good audiobook.

I'll add my voice to the chorus of support for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's an extremely well-written book that you won't soon forget. I typically do not go for historical fiction, but this one was worth making an exception for.

I just read Letters to My Younger Self: An Anthology of Writings by Incarcerated Men at S.C.I. Graterford for this task and the task it was recommended for, #20, a book written in prison. It is incredibly poignant and I highly recommend it!

Does the new Margaret Atwood count for this one? I've read a few reviews to try to tell, but I'm scared to run into spoilers.

I just read Into The Water by Paula Hawkins which contains collection of letters! Hope that counts.

Katie, I haven't read it, but according to a review one of the 3 points of view in The Testaments is that of someone writing their memoirs. So I would say it counts, if you want it to. :)

I read The Night Diary