The Bibliophile's Compass

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 | ...

1964 In His Own Write by John Lennon | UK | 80 | 2021 The Groundhog Forever by Henry Hoke | US | 184 | 2021 White Magic by Elissa Washuta | US | 432 | 🏆🏆 2021 Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri | UK-US | 176 | 2021 A Sunday in Ville-d'Avray by Dominique Barbéris | FR | 144 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

Title : Exciting Times Author : Naoise Dolan Publication Year : 2020 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 240 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Romance, Queer, Humor Awards : Shortlisted for Blackwell's Book of the Year Debut Novel ; Shortlisted for Irish Book Awards Newcomer; Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award; Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year; Shortlisted for British Book Awards - Début Book of the Year; Shortlisted for Dalkey Literary Award - Emerging Author; Longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize; Longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize; Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction Continuing my British(-ish) literature marathon, I picked up Exciting Times (2020) by Irish author Naoise Dolan, much-hyped and sprinkled with shortlists and longlists like academic confetti. I’m convinced most of those nominations were earned by the first half of the book. The second half? Let’s just say… total disappointment. We follow Ava, an Irish English teach...