Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 29



1979 | 📖 Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood | Canada | 361 pages | 🏆 | @therealmargaretatwood

2015 | 📖 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo | United States | 465 pages | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 | @lbardugo

2020 | 📖 Snow by John Banville | Ireland | 304 pages | 🏆🏆 |

2025 | 📖 A Place for People Like Us by Danila Botha | Canada | 279 pages | @danilabotha

2026 | 📖 The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi | United States | 336 pages | @tomiadeyemi

2026 | 📖 The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar | United States | 304 pages |

2026 | 📖 Heavy Cream by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright | United States | 304 pages | @sarblakcart

2026 | 📖 The Weight of Angels by John Boyne | Ireland | 592 pages | @johnboyneauthor

2026 | 📖 The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas | Mexico / United States | 288 pages | @isabelcanas_

2026 | 📖 I Think We Should Kill Other People by L.M. Chilton | United Kingdom | 320 pages |

2026 | 📖 Istanbul Dreaming by Denise Derya Brandt | Turkey / United States | 328 pages | @denisederyabrandt

2026 | 📖 Dodge City by Patrick deWitt | Canada | 256 pages | 🏆 |

2026 | 📖 Ply by Hernan Diaz | United States | 464 pages | 🏆 |

2026 | 📖 The Lost Spectacular by Zoé Duhaime | Canada | 312 pages | @zoe.duhaime

2026 | 📖 The Man of Wind and Moss by Alex Gonzalez | United States | 416 pages |

2026 | 📖 Full Circle by Chris Hammer | Australia | 496 pages | @thehammernow

2026 | 📖 The Midnight Guests by Alex Hay | United Kingdom | 352 pages | @alexhaybooks

2026 | 📖 Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea by Kathleen Kaufman | United States | 384 pages | @kathleen.kaufman

2026 | 📖 Trad Wife by Sarah Langan | United States | 320 pages | @sarahlangan

2026 | 📖 American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee | United States | 656 pages | 🏆 | @lee_minjin

2026 | 📖 Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason | New Zealand | 352 pages |

2026 | 📖 London Station by David McCloskey | United States | 432 pages | @mccloskeybooks

2026 | 📖 The French Innkeeper's Daughter by Diane C. McPhail | United States | 288 pages | @dianemcphail123

2026 | 📖 Silent Nightmares edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey | United States | 320 pages | @chuckpalahniuk @nettirw

2026 | 📖 Something Followed Us Home by Cynthia Pelayo | United States | 336 pages | @cynthiapelayoauthor

2026 | 📖 The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw | United States | 432 pages | @deeshaphilyaw

2026 | 📖 The Alibi Club by Carrie Talick | United States | 336 pages | @carrie.talick.author

2026 | 📖 Nightjars by Michael Wehunt | United States | 352 pages | @michaelwehuntauthor

2026 | 📖 The German Ward by Pip Williams | Australia | 352 pages | 🏆 |

2026 | 📖 The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler | United States | 256 pages |

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