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Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 13

1982 Union Street by Pat Barker | UK | 265 | πŸ†πŸ† 2010 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell | UK | 480 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2021 Greta & Valdin By Rebecca K. Reilly | NZ | 352 | πŸ†πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2025 Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson | US | 256 | 2025 When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa RidzΓ©n | Sweden | 320 | πŸ† 2025 The Devils by Joe Abercrombie | UK | 565 | πŸ† 2025 No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain by Rebecca Solnit | US | 184 | 2025 The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje | Dutch | 576 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2025 Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir | EGY | 240 | 2025 The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong | Vietnam | 416 | πŸ† 2025 Mark Twain by Ron Chernow | US | 1200 | 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 12

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1908 Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 159 | 2015 The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z. Danielewski | US | 880 | 2017 Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor | MEX | 224 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2020 Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson | CAN | 456 | πŸ†πŸ† 2020 A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet | US | 240 | πŸ† 2020 Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas | US | 320 | 2020 My Baby First Birthday by Jenny Zhang | US | 208 | 2020 Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma | US | 400 | 2020 The Anthill by Julianne Pachico | UK | 320 | 2020 Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories by Richard Ford | US | 272 | 2026 A Very Vexing Murder by Lucy Andrew | UK | 425 | 2026 The Forgotten Midwife by Laura Anthony | Ireland | 368 | 2026 Men Like Ours by Bindu Bansinath | US | 384 | 2026 The Lost Book of Lancelot: by John Glynn | US | 384 | 2026 Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann | CAN | 320 | 2026 The Last Page by Katie Holt | US | 336 | 2026 Reality Bite...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 11

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1611 The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare | UK | 288 | 1942 Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner | US | 365 | 1950 The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco | FR | 162 | 2015 The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili | Georgia | 163 | 2021 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | US | 2021 The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz | US | 322 | 2021 Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal | UK | 192 | 2023 This Is My Body, Given For You by Heather Parry | Scotland | 192 | 2023 Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson | Scotland | 336 | 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 10

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1990 The Innocent by Ian McEwan | UK | 270 | 2016 Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones | US | 320 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† 2022 Bad Actors by Mick Herron | UK | 360 | 2022 The Hurting Kind by Ada LimΓ³n | US | 120 | πŸ† 2022 2 A. M. in Little America by Ken Kalfus | US | 256 | 2022 Teenager by Bud S. Smith | US | 400 | 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 9

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1816 Glenarvon by Lady Caroline Lamb | UK | 404 | 2005 Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel | UK | 384 | πŸ† 2018 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | Scotland | 383 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review 2019 Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky | UK | 608 | 2019 My Grandmother’s Braid by Alina Bronsky | Russia-GR | 176 | 2026 The Fourth Queen by Nicola Cornick | UK | 303 | πŸ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share