The Bibliophile's Compass

1816 Glenarvon by Lady Caroline Lamb | UK | 404 | 2005 Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel | UK | 384 | 🏆 2018 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | Scotland | 383 | 🏆🏆🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 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 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

1835 First installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark 1956 Look Back in Anger by John Osborne | UK | 119 | 2012 Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel | UK | 432 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2018 The Great Concert of the Night by Jonathan Buckley | UK | 304 | 2025 Gunk by Saba Sams | UK | 240 | 2025 Checking Out by Meryem El Mehdati | Morocco | 320 | 2026 A French Fling for the Golden Gals by Judy Leigh | UK | 338 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

1846 First printed copies of "Poems" by Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë received, published under pseudonym of Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell (2 copies sold) 2019 Blood by Maggie Gee | UK | 296 | 2024 Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda | NIG | 224 | 🏆🏆 2024 Peacocks of Instagram: Stories by Deepa Rajagopalan | CAN | 256 | 🏆 2024 Bruise by Adrian Markle | UK - Canada | 224 | 2024 Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang | US | 304 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2024 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley | UK | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2024 Long Island by Colm Tóibín | Ireland | 368 | 2024 The Singularity by Dino Buzzati | Italy | 136 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share

2014 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | US | 544 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 2014 Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell | UK | 336 | 2025 My Friends by Fredrik Backman | Sweden | 448 | 🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review 2025 One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune | CAN | 400 | 2025 Confidential by Mikolaj Grynberg | Poland | 160 | 2025 The Words of Dr. L: & Other Stories by Karen Bender | US | 304 | 2025 Speaking in Tongues by J. M. Coetzee and Mariana Dimópulos | South Africa | 144 | 2025 My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende | Chile | 301 | 2025 Dear Virginia, Wait for Me by Marcia Butler | US | 251 | 2025 A Woman in the Wild: A Novel (The Orpheus Trilogy) by Tad Crawford | US | 336 | 2025 A Senior Citizen's Guide to Life on the Run (Timeless Pastures Mystery) by Gwen Florio | US | 253 | 2025 The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers | US | 273 | 2025 Intersections by Karen F. Uhlmann | US | 288 | 2025 Romantic Friction by Lori Gold | US | 304 | 2025 The Rest ...