Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 18
2014 | π After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones | United States | 310 pages | πππ | @stephengrahamjones 2014 | π The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili | Georgia / Germany | 944 pages | ππππ | 2020 | π When These Mountains Burn by David Joy | United States | 272 pages | π | @davidjoy_author 2025 | π The Friendship List by Beth Miller | United Kingdom | 342 pages | 2025 | π Coelia Concordia: The Last Vestal Virgin of Rome by Debra May Macleod | United Kingdom | 506 pages | 2026 | π How to Find a Romance in a Bookshop by Poppy Alexander | United Kingdom | 352 pages | @poppyalexanderbooks 2026 | π The Breakup by Kurt Andersen | United States | 576 pages | @kurtbandersen 2026 | π The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty | United States | 336 pages | 2026 | π Better Than Revenge by Bea Fitzgerald | United Kingdom | 448 pages | @chaosonolympus 2026 | π Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan | United States | 352 pages | @malavika.kannan 2026 | π The S...