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Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 18

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

Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 17

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1945 | πŸ“– Animal Farm by George Orwell | United Kingdom | 141 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2019 | πŸ“– The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar | Australia / Iran | 268 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @shokoofeh.azar 2023 | πŸ“– Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix | France | 122 pages | πŸ† | 2023 | πŸ“– Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno | France | 198 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† |

Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 16

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2007 | πŸ“– The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall | United Kingdom | 224 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 2011 | πŸ“– Ready Player One by Ernest Cline | United States | 480 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @ernestcline_official 2012 | πŸ“– The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson | United Kingdom | 194 pages | πŸ†πŸ† 2018 | πŸ“– At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop | France / Senegal | 145 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 2022 | πŸ“– Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana | United States | 213 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† |

Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 15

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2017 | πŸ“– I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen | United States | 319 pages | @tess.gerritsen 2024 | πŸ“– The Voyage Home by Pat Barker | United Kingdom | 320 pages | 2025 | πŸ“– The Secret Orphanage by Barbara Josselsohn | United States | 274 pages | @barbara_josselsohn_author 2025 | πŸ“– The Secret Librarian by Soraya M. Lane | United Kingdom | 302 pages |  2025 | πŸ“– Little Bird by Barbara Viniar | United States | 394 pages | @barbaraviniar

Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 14

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2018 | πŸ“– Severance by Ling Ma | United States / China | 291 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 2018 | πŸ“– Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | United States | 384 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @authordeliaowens 2025 | πŸ“– The Silent Guest by Sally Rigby | United Kingdom | 252 pages | @sally.rigby.author 2025 | πŸ“– Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson | United Kingdom | 480 pages | @thatphoenicia 2025 | πŸ“– Packer by Matt Stanley | United Kingdom | 317 pages |