Today in Bookish and Literary History, November 1



1604 | πŸ“– Othello by William Shakespeare | United Kingdom | 160 pages | Plays / Drama / Classics | Goodreads | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | πŸ“šπŸŽ§

1611 | πŸ“– The Tempest by William Shakespeare | United Kingdom | 144 pages | Plays / Drama / Classics | Goodreads | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | πŸ“šπŸŽ§

1904 | πŸ“– John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland / United Kingdom | 80 pages | Plays / Drama / Classic Literature | Goodreads | πŸ“±

1935 | πŸ“– Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot | United Kingdom | 148 pages | Plays / Drama / Poetry | Goodreads | πŸŽ§πŸ”΄

1957 | πŸ“– Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak | Russia / United States | 592 pages | Historical Fiction / Classics / Russian Literature | Goodreads | πŸ† | πŸ”΄

1975 | πŸ“– The Assassins: A Book of Hours by Joyce Carol Oates | United States | 568 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads |

1983 | πŸ“– The Rape of Shavi by Buchi Emecheta | United Kingdom | 180 pages | Fiction / Postcolonial Literature / Satire | Goodreads | My Review | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | πŸ“š

1994 | πŸ“– The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee | South Africa / United Kingdom | 250 pages | Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Psychological Fiction | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | πŸ”΄

2005 | πŸ“– Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah | United States | 272 pages | Romance / Christmas / Fiction | Goodreads |

2006 | πŸ“– The Blue by Maggie Gee | United Kingdom | 212 pages | Fiction / Contemporary / Literary Fiction | Goodreads |

2009 | πŸ“– Lustrum by Robert Harris | United Kingdom | 419 pages | Historical Fiction / Historical Mystery / Ancient Rome | Goodreads | πŸ†

2011 | πŸ“– The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates | United States | 416 pages | Horror / Short Stories / Thriller | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ† | 🎧

2015 | πŸ“– Solenoid by Mircea CΔƒrtΔƒrescu | Romania | 840 pages | Fiction / Surrealism / Literary Fiction | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 🎧 | @cartarescumircea

2018 | πŸ“– Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere by Jeanette Winterson | United Kingdom | 80 pages | Nonfiction / Essays / Feminism | Goodreads |

2019 | πŸ“– The Secret Guests by John Banville | Ireland | 304 pages | Historical Mystery / Historical Fiction / World War II | Goodreads |

2021 | πŸ“– The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai | United States / Afghanistan | 288 pages | Short Stories / Fiction / War | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | 🎧 | @jamil_jan_kochai_author

2022 | πŸ“– Dr. No by Percival Everett | United States | 262 pages | Fiction / Satire / Humor | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ† | 🎧

2022 | πŸ“– The Islands: Stories by Dionne Irving | United States | 272 pages | Short Stories / Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @dionneirvingwriter

2025 | πŸ“– What She Saw by Mary Burton | United States | 384 pages | Thriller / Mystery / Suspense | Goodreads | @maryburtonbooks

2026 | πŸ“– Ghost Orchid by Dani Cessna | United States | 310 pages | Thriller / Mystery / Suspense | Goodreads | @woman_of_woods_and_water

2026 | πŸ“– The Love Operation by Melissa R. Collings | United States | 406 pages | Romance / Contemporary / Fiction | Goodreads | @melissarcollings

2026 | πŸ“– The Lost Kingdom of Daughters by Weina Dai Randel | United States | 363 pages | Historical Fiction / Fiction / Cultural | Goodreads | @weinadairandel

2026 | πŸ“– The Apparent Trap by Ali Rosen | United States | 296 pages | Contemporary Fiction / Drama / Romance | Goodreads | @ali_rosen

2026 | πŸ“– The Woman I've Become by Debra Webb | United States | 336 pages | Thriller / Suspense / Mystery | Goodreads | @debraewebb

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