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Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 23

1597 The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare | UK | 224 | 1705 Tender Husband by Richard Steele | UK | 90 | 1975 No Man's Land by Harold Pinter | UK | 96 | 2013 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris | US | 288 | ⭐⭐ | My Review 2014 Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey | South Africa | 256 | 2019 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes | UK | 368 | 🏆 2020 We Are Light by Gerda Blees | Dutch | 240 | 🏆🏆 2020 Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez | UK | 336 | 🏆 2024 You Are Here by David Nicholls | UK | 345 | 🏆 2024 Funny Story by Emily Henry | US | 400 | 2024 Reboot by Justin Taylor | US | 304 | 🏆 2024 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark | US | 224 | 🏆 2024 Lucky by Jane Smiley | US | 384 | 2024 The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan | US | 320 | 2026 Fruit Fly by Josh Silver | UK | 476 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 22

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1899 The Awakening by Kate Chopin | US | 96 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review 2003 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood | CAN | 383 | 🏆🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review 2016 Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami | JAP | 278 | 🏆 2025 Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino | US | 208 | 🏆🏆🏆 2025 Atavists: Stories by Lydia Millet | US | 240 | 🏆 2025 The Pretender by Jo Harkin | UK | 496 | 2025 The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia | UK | 136 | 2025 When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy | US | 304 | 2025 Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli | Italy | 256 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 21

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1894 Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 75 | 1920 Skin Game by John Galsworthy | UK | 98 | 1925 Fallen Angels by Noël Coward | UK | 65 | 2020 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd | US | 448 | 2020 Misconduct of the Heart by Cordelia Strube | CAN | 408 | 2020 Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier | CAN | 354 | 2020 Dead Land by Sara Paretsky | US | 416 | 2020 Here We Are by Graham Swift | UK | 208 | 2020 Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh | US | 272 | 2026 Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren J. A. Bear | US | 384 | 2026 Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell | US | 224 | 2026 Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez | US | 256 | 2026 Mom Brain by Nicole Hackett | US | 368 | 2026 Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth | AUS | 348 | 2026 The Unforgettable Mailman by April Howells | CAN | 330 | 2026 Mrs. Shim Is a Killer by Kang Jiyoung | South Korea | 320 | 2026 The Many by Sylvain Neuvel | CAN | 304 | 2026 Burn the Sea by Mona Tewari | 487 | ...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 20

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2021 Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley | UK | 320 | 2021 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton | US | 368 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2021 Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian | US | 416 | 2023 How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney | Ireland | 304 | 🏆🏆 2026 Growing Old Disgracefully by Karen King | UK | 275 | 2026 The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Susan Patterson & James Patterson | US | 349 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 19

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1894 The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin | US | 1.5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1911 Fanny's First Play by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 90 | 1941 Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht | GR | 128 | 2022 Spear by Nicola Griffith | UK-US | 192 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2022 Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service by Tajja Isen | CAN | 240 | 2022 The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories by Tove Ditlevsen | Danish | 192 | 2022 End of the World House by Adrienne Celt | US | 320 | 2022 All the Secrets of the World by Steve Almond | US | 416 | 2022 Rouge Street by Shuang Xuetao | China | 240 | 2024 The Garden by Clare Beams | US | 304 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for April: https://fable.co/list/3088a6ea-b9b8-44fb-bcfb-4de408996dec/share