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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[
* Mary Chesnut's diary of Southern life during [[The American Civil War]], published under various titles
* ''[[
* ''Mein Widerstand'' (My Opposition) 1939-1943 by Friedrich Kellner, life in Nazi Germany
* ''Journal des Goncourt'' (Goncourt Journal), 1851-1896 by brothers Jules and Edmond de Goncourt, about the French Second Empire
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* ''The Reagan Diaries''
* ''[[Prayers for Bobby]]'' has sections of the book that are diary entries of an actual young man who committed suicide.
* ''The Cabin Faced West'' by Jean Fritz, sort of ''[[Little House
== [[Web Original|Web Originals]] ==
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Cassandra Claire's [[The Very Secret Diaries
* [[Tropers/Lady Norbert|Lady Norbert]]'s "[[
* Arabella's excellent (but unfortunately [[Dead Fic]]) [[Harry Potter]] series "Hermione, Queen of Witches" is a variant on this trope; the entire story consists of Hermione writing in her diary, but the diary writes back.
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* ''The [[Bridget Jones]] Diaries''
* ''[[Charlotte Powers]]'' is presented as the journal of a fifteen year-old superhero.
* The ''[[Dear America]]'' book series, and its spinoffs, ''My America'', ''My Name Is America'', and ''[[The Royal Diaries|Royal Diaries]]''. The ''[[The Royal Diaries|Royal Diaries]]'' are fictional diaries "written" by real [[Everything's Better
* The Costa Rican novel ''Pantalones Cortos'' and its sequels ''Verano de Colores'' and ''Pantalones Largos''. It's worth noticing that these are actually "pormediarios" as they are written "de día por medio" (every other day)
* ''The Diary of Adam and Eve'' by [[Mark Twain]]
* [[Stephen King]]'s short story ''Survivor Type'' (collected in the anthology ''Skeleton Crew''). The story is a diary of a man trapped on a [[Deserted Island]].
* Very possibly the entirety of ''[[The Dresden Files]]''; it has been mentioned in the novels that wizards of the White Council are expected to keep journals, which they pass down to their apprentices--as well as the journals of their teachers, and their teacher's teachers, etc, ''ad nauseum.'' What Harry may well eventually receive will include the journals of Merlin. The '''original''' Merlin.
* ''[[Catherine, Called Birdy]]'' by Karen Cushman is written in the form of a diary by a fictional girl living in the Middle Ages.
* The ''Beka Cooper'' trilogy in the [[Tortall]] universe by [[Tamora Pierce]] is written in the form of journal entries by the titular character.
* ''Dear Mr. Henshaw'' by Beverly Cleary, begins as a letter written by Leigh Botts to his favorite author, who encourages him to keep a diary. After the first few letters, the book shifts to the format of a diary (which is still addressed "Dear Mr. Henshaw" because Leigh thought it would make it easier to write).
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* Zoe's diary is part of the story of ''[[Saving Zoe]]''.
* ''[[Colas Breugnon]]''
* In Lawrence Block's suspense novel ''[[Ariel (
* ''[[The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass]]'', a fictional, funny account of Christian life in England.
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Tom Riddle's diary in ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Chamber of Secrets''. Riddle's diary is based on how [[
* Eustace's diary in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]].''
* In ''[[First Riders Call]]'', several entries from the journal of Hadriax el Fex, [[The Dragon]] to an ancient [[Evil Overlord]], break up the chapters and serve to provide backstory for the conflict that is happening now. {{spoiler|It is also revealed to have special significance to the protagonist, who turns out to be his descendant.}}
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== [[Theater]] ==
* Two great quotes from Oscar Wilde's ''[[
{{quote| "I keep a diary in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life. If I didn't write them down, I should probably forget all about them."<br />
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." }}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Each chapter of ''[[
* Valdo, the protagonist of the PC mystery game ''[[Secrets of Da
* Similarly to the above example, the player character in the PC adventure game ''Siege of Avalon'' keeps a diary which the player can read. It's of particular interest as the means of displaying each [[Nonstandard Game Over]] which can occur.
* "Write in diary" is one of the action choices when the player clicks on a bookcase in ''[[The Sims]]''.
* You save your game in ''[[
* There are several diaries in ''[[Calling]]'' which are needed to help the story move along since you're trying to learn about the mysteries of the game.
* April keeps a diary throughout the original ''[[The Longest Journey]]'', which is an important source of her characterization. How she manages to update it even after being pulled into a parallel universe in just her underwear is never explained.
* Luke's diary in ''[[
* In role-playing games, diaries seem to be kept by an inordinate number of people - even those one wouldn't expect to be particularly literate or to have much interest in chronicling their thoughts or day-to-day lives. The real purpose of these diaries, of course, is to conveniently tell the protagonist exactly how to break the curse, find the hidden treasure, or what have you, without too much strain on the player's (or the game designer's) part.
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