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Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 5

2005 | πŸ“– Weight by Jeanette Winterson | United Kingdom | 151 pages | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2005 | πŸ“– Twilight by Stephenie Meyer | United States | 544 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 2021 | πŸ“– My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson | United States | 224 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @jocelynnicolejohnson 2021 | πŸ“– April in Spain by John Banville | United Kingdom | 318 pages | πŸ† | 2021 | πŸ“– Burntcoat by Sarah Hall | United Kingdom | 224 pages | πŸ† | 2022 | πŸ“– The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane | Australia | 352 pages | πŸ†πŸ† |

Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 4

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1897 | πŸ“– The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw | United Kingdom | 59 pages | 2005 | πŸ“– Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates | United States | 464 pages | πŸ† | 2022 | πŸ“– Jackal by Erin E. Adams | United States | 336 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @iameeadams 2022 | πŸ“– The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler | United States | 456 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @raynayler

Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 3

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1981 | πŸ“– Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood | Canada | 291 pages | 1997 | πŸ“– Underworld by Don DeLillo | United States | 827 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 2013 | πŸ“– The Forward Book of Poetry 2014 edited by Jeanette Winterson | United Kingdom | 144 pages | 2014 | πŸ“– Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman | Sweden | 324 pages | πŸ† | @backmansk 2023 | πŸ“– Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood | Australia | 320 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @charlottewoodwriter 2023 | πŸ“– Company by Shannon Sanders | United States | 207 pages | πŸ† | @shannonsanderswrites 2024 | πŸ“– The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale | United Kingdom | 296 pages | πŸ† | 2026 | πŸ“– The Storyteller of Krakow by Carly Schabowski | United Kingdom | 282 pages | @carlyschabowskiauthor

Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 2

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2003 | πŸ“– Thursbitch by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 160 pages | 2007 | πŸ“– Elena Knows by Claudia PiΓ±eiro | Argentina | 143 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @claudiapineiroescritora 2014 | πŸ“– A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James | Jamaica | 688 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @marlonjameswriter

Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 1

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1960 | πŸ“– A Dance of the Forests by Wole Soyinka | Nigeria | 89 pages | 1979 | πŸ“– Unholy Loves by Joyce Carol Oates | United States | 304 pages | @joycecaroloates3146 1985 | πŸ“– Saints and Strangers by Angela Carter | United Kingdom | 128 pages | πŸ† 1988 | πŸ“– Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood | Canada | 462 pages | πŸ† | @therealmargaretatwood 1989 | πŸ“– The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett | United Kingdom | 976 pages | @kenfollettauthor 1989 | πŸ“– Daddy by Danielle Steel | United States | 401 pages | 1991 | πŸ“– Needful Things by Stephen King | United States | 790 pages | πŸ† | @stephenking 1994 | πŸ“– When Lightning Strikes by Kristin Hannah | United States | 384 pages | @kristinhannahauthor 2001 | πŸ“– Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn | United States | 208 pages | πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ✅ | My Review | 2009 | πŸ“– Ru by Kim ThΓΊy | Canada | 141 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @kimthuylythanh 2010 | πŸ“– Ninth Building by Jingzhi Zou | China | 272 pages | πŸ† | 2015 | πŸ“– Slade House by David Mitchell | United Kingdom...