The Bibliophile's Compass

🔴 1885 Ambrose Bierce finishes as editor of "The Wasp" magazine 🔴 1942 Enid Blyton publishes " Five on a Treasure Island " first of her "Famous Five" children's novels, start of one of the best-selling children's series ever with over 100 million sold (UK) 🔴 2025 The Lost Garden by Angela Petch (UK) Italy, 1930s. Tina lives in the crumbling castle of Montesecco with only her strict father and their maid, Allegra, for company. She’s never been allowed to ask questions about her mother, who died in childbirth. But the day Tina discovers a hidden, crumbling door, everything changes. 🔴 2025 The Pieces of Us by Claire Alexander (UK) From the author of Meredith, Alone comes an unforgettable exploration of identity, resilience, and the bonds we can't break. 🔴 2025 The Two Roberts by Damian Barr (UK) Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he’s off to the Glasgow Scho...

2015 Submission  by Michel Houellebecq is published in English The novel imagines a situation in which a Muslim party upholding Islamist and patriarchal values is able to win the 2022 presidential election in France with the support of the Socialist Party. 2019 Novelist Margaret Atwood publishes " The Testaments ", her follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale" More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Winner of The Booker Prize 2024 The Story of a Heart Rachel Clarke (UK) An unforgettable and inspiring true story of how one family’s grief transformed into a lifesaving gift. Winner of the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Bailli...

Title : Babel, or the Necessity of Violence Author : R. F. Kuang Publication Year : 2022 Pages : 544 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Academia Source : Audiobook @storytel.tr Awards : Winner of the Blackwell's Books of the Year, the Nebula Award, the Alex Award, the British Book Award, and the Locus Award; Shortlisted for the New England Book Award, the Waterstones Book of the Year, the Dragon Award, the Ignyte Awards, the RUSA CODES Reading List, Indie Book Award, and the Prix Imaginales Opening Sentence: By the time Professor Richard Lovell found his way through Canton’s narrow alleys to the faded address in his diary, the boy was the only one in the house left alive. R. F. Kuang’s Babel exploers British imperialism, racism, and capitalism, all set against a magical version of Oxford in the 1830s. This is one of those books people either love or hate—there’s not much in-between! Honestly, I’ve been torn about this book from the start, and I’ve got...

1836  Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his influential essay " Nature " in the US, outlining his beliefs in transcendentalism 2014 The Moor's Account  by Laila Lalami is published The story is narrated in the first person by Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori, a Moroccan slave who has been taken by his Spanish master, Andrés de Dorantes, on an expedition to the New World. 2014 Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction Director's Mention 2014 The Wall Street Journal Best Books 2014 NPR Best Books 2014 New York Times Notable Books of the Year 2014 Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist 2015 American Book Award winner 2015 Arab American Book Award winner 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award winner 2014 Station Eleven  by Emily St. John Mandel is published It takes place in the...