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Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 5

πŸ“š 1952 Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan | UK | 128 | πŸ“š 2015 The Disappeared by Roger Scruton | UK | 292 | πŸ“š 2020 The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel | UK | 883 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2024 Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon | US | 320 | πŸ“š 2024 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez | US | 352 | πŸ“š 2024 The Great Divide by Cristina HenrΓ­quez | US | πŸ“š 2024 My Heavenly Favorite by Lucas Rijneveld | Dutch | 288 | πŸ“š 2024 The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft | US | 309 | πŸ“š 2024 Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman | US | 304 | πŸ“š 2024 Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi | UK | 272 | πŸ“š 2024 Ghost Pains by Jessi Jezewska Stevens | Swiss | 304 | πŸ“š 2024 Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine CapΓ³ Crucet | US | 304 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for March: https://fable.co/list/b46e5f96-a49b-430a-a3a7-b892ccefcf63/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 4

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πŸ“š 2021 Eurotrash by Christian Kracht | Swiss | 224 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2021 The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex | UK | 358 | πŸ“š 2024 The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji | Iran - US | 384 | πŸ†πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ( My review ) πŸ“š 2024 The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov | Ukrain | 288 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2025 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy | AUS | 320 | πŸ“š 2025 Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Nigeria | 416 | πŸ“š 2025 Universality by Natasha Brown | UK | 320 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2025 The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami | Morocco - US | 336 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2025 The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica | Argentina | 192 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2025 Allegro by Ariel Dorfman | Argentine - Chile | 272 | πŸ“š 2025 Doggerel: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts | US | 96 | πŸ“š 2025 The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir by Sophie Strand | US | 272 | πŸ“š 2025 Motherdom: Breaking Free of Bad Science and Good Mother Myths by Alex Bollen | UK | 304 | πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for March: https://fable.co/list/b46e5f96-a49b-430a-a3a7-b892ccefcf...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 3

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πŸ“š 1832 The Duc de L'Omelette by Edgar Allan Poe | US | 25 | ⭐ ( My Review ) πŸ“š 1924 Juno & the Paycock by Sean O'Casey | Ireland | 106 | πŸ“š 2015 The Sellout  by Paul Beatty | US | 304 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2015 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro | UK | 345 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ πŸ“š 2020 How a Woman Becomes a Lake by Marjorie Celona | US CAN | 272 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 Deacon King Kong by James McBride | US | 384 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich | US | 646 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 Fiebre Tropical by JuliΓ n Delgado Lopera | Colombia | 240 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo | CAN | 336 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 The Exhibition of Persephone Q by Jessi Jezewska Stevens | Switzerland | 224 | πŸ“š 2020 Writers & Lovers by Lily King | US | 320 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry | US | 386 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card | US | 271 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 Temporary by Hilary Leich...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 2

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πŸ“š 1989 The Man Who Wasn't There by Pat Barker | UK | 288 | πŸ“š 1992 Where Are the Snows by Maggie Gee | UK | 378 | πŸ“š 1995 Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson | UK | 381 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 200 Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson | UK | 352 | πŸ“š 2011 Night Road by Kristin Hannah | US | 416 | πŸ“š 2020 Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo | US | 88 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2021 The Scapegoat by Sara Davis | US | 224 | πŸ“š 2021 Infinite Country by Patricia Engel | US | 208 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2021 Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews | US | 336 | πŸ“š 2021 The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen | US - Vietnam | 368 | πŸ“š 2021 Later by Stephen King | US | 272 | πŸ“š 2021 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | UK | 320 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2021 A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine | US | 493 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2023 White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link | US | 272 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2023 Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin | FR | 256 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2023 All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow | UK |...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 1 🌹

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πŸ“š 1834 The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin | RUS | 52 | ⭐⭐⭐ ( My Review ) πŸ“š 1890 A Study in Scarlet by by Arthur Conan Doyle (1st US edition) | UK | 176 | πŸ“š 1997 Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson | UK | 448 | πŸ“š 1999 On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah | US | 334 | πŸ“š 2004 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | UK | 528 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2018 The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey | UK | 306 | πŸ“š 2019 More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman | Israel | 288 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2020 Boulder by Eva Baltasar | Spain | 104 | πŸ“š 2022 Sundial by Catriona Ward | UK-US | 304 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2022 Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 by Margaret Atwood | CAN | 784 πŸ“š 2022 The Doloriad by Missouri Williams | UK | 240 | πŸ†πŸ† πŸ“š 2022 Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra | India | 338 | πŸ“š 2022 Groundskeeping by Lee Cole | US | 336 | πŸ“š 2022 Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire | UK | 96 | πŸ† πŸ“š 2022 Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett | U...