The Bibliophile's Compass

1888 The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde | Ireland | 208 | 1962 Another Country by James Baldwin | US | 448 | 1984 Full Circle by Danielle Steel | US | 368 | 2007 God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens | UK-US | 🏆 2012 The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel | CAN | 288 | 2017 Genevieves by Henry Hoke | US | 140 | 2018 A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas | US | 272 | 2018 The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang | US | 544 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2020 I Live in the Slums by Can Xue | China | 344 | 🏆 2024 The Thickness of Ice by Gerard Beirne | Ireland | 318 | 2025 Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn | UK | 272 | 2025 The Harrow by Noah Eaton | UK | 390 | 🏆 2025 The One That Got Away by Mike Gayle | UK | 101 | 2025 Three Mothers by Hannah Beckerman | UK | 351 | 2026 Ways to Find Yourself by Angela Brown | US | 341 | 2026 The Last Sunday in May by Kate Clark Stone | US | 297 | 2026 Witchcraft in Your Lips (Anthology) | ...

1695 Love for Love by William Congreve | UK | 124 | 1859 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens | UK | 544 | 1943 This Happy Breed by Noël Coward | UK | 158 | 2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel | UK | 604 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2014 The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth | UK | 384 | 🏆🏆 2015 God Help the Child by Toni Morrison | US | 192 | 2020 Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller | US | 🏆🏆 2024 Real Americans by Rachel Khong | US | 416 | 2024 Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt | Dutch | 384 | 2024 Mean Boys: A Personal History by Geoffrey Mak | US-China | 288 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

1943 Present Laughter by Noël Coward | UK | 107 | 2020 Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov | Bulgaria | 304 | 🏆🏆 2013 The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell | UK-AUS | 480 | 2025 The Tiger and the Cosmonaut by Eddy Boudel Tan | CAN | 336 | 🏆🏆 2025 THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans | US | 304 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 2025 Awakened by A. E. Osworth | US | 384 | 🏆 2025 Ginseng Roots Box by Craig Thompson | US | 448 | 2025 City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead | Scotland | 297 | 🏆 2025 The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan | AUS | 363 | 2025 The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett | US | 384 | 2025 Sleeping Children by Anthony Passeron | FR | 208 | 2025 Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming | US | 346 | 🏆🏆 2025 Situationship by E.M. Wilson | US | 282 | 2025 Climbing in Heels by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas | US | 384 | 2025 Bearer of Bad News by Elisabeth Dini | US | 352 | 2025 The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner | US | 368 | 🏆 2025 Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey | CAN | ...

2015 Cartagena  by Claudia Amengual | Uruguay | 242 | 2016 Brain Damage by Freida McFadden | US | 394 | 2020 Molly Falls to Earth by Maria Mutch | CAN | 336 | 🏆 2020 Forest Green by Kate Pullinger | CAN | 240 | 2020 The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe | US | 288 | 🏆 2020 Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar | US | 368 | 2020 Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski | GR | 229 | 🏆 2026 Doctor Who: 1,001 Nights in Time and Space by Steve Cole | UK | 320 | 2026 Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han | US | 320 | 2026 The Original by Priya Parmar | US | 384 | 2026 Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta | US | 288 | 2026 The Marriage Trap by Victoria Purman | AUS | 336 | 2026 The Boyfriend Academy by J S Strange | UK | 432 | 2026 Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Indonesia | 299 2026 Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu | China-US | 334 | 2026 Questions 27 & 28 by Karen Tei Yamashita | US | 600 | 2026 Margaret, Are You Leaving? by Dianne Yarwood | AUS | 331 | ...