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Today in Bookish and Literary History, June 1

1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Ireland | 304 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1981 The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan | UK | 128 | 1983 The Wrestling Match by Buchi Emecheta | UK-Nigeria | 74 | ⭐⭐ 1986 Wanderlust by Danielle Steel | US | 512 | 1994 Barrel Fever and Other Stories by David Sedaris | US | 208 | 2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris | US | 272 | πŸ† 2006 My Animal Life by Maggie Gee | UK | 232 | 2016 Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang | China | 608 | 2021 The Locked Door by Freida McFadden | US | 320 | 2021 Assembly by Natasha Brown | UK | 112 | πŸ† 2021 Find Us by Benjamin Stevenson | AUS | 159 | 2021 The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin | US | 288 | πŸ†πŸ† 2021 The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris | US | 368 | 2021 With Teeth by Kristen Arnett | US | 304 | 2021 The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien | US | 416 | πŸ† 2021 Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford | US | 224 | πŸ† 2026 Westerly by Susan Donovan Bernhard | US | 386 | 2026 Two L...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 31

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2018 All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy | IND | 336 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2022 Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris | US | 272 | 2022 Planes by Peter Baker | US | 256 | 2022 Rainbow Rainbow: Stories by Lydia Conklin | US | 256 | πŸ†πŸ† 2025 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver | US | 546 | πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 30

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1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez | COL | 422 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1991 Regeneration by Pat Barker | UK | 256 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2017 Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977–2002) by David Sedaris | US | 528 | 2023 Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood | CAN | 384 | 2023 Witch King by Martha Wells | US | 432 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2023 Drowning by T. J. Newman | US | 304 | 2023 Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir In Archives by Amelia Possanza | US | 288 | πŸ† 2023 Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott | US | 304 | 2023 Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea | US-Mex | 416 | πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 29

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2009 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami | JAP | 944 | πŸ†πŸ† 2018 Calypso by David Sedaris | US | 272 | 2018 The Death of Mrs. Westaway By Ruth Ware | UK | 384 | πŸ† πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 28

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1858 Foul Play by Dion Boucicault | Ireland | 412 | 2019 Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson | UK | 352 | πŸ† 2024 Fool Me Twice by Benjamin Stevenson | AUS | 320 | 2024 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden | Dutch | 272 | πŸ†πŸ† 2024 The Utopia of Us by Teika Marija Smits | UK | 208 | 2024 The Winner by Teddy Wayne |US | 320 | 2024 Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg | US | 352 | πŸ† 2024 The Second Coming by Garth Risk Hallberg | US | 608 | πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share