Today in Bookish and Literary History, November 4



2024 | 📖 Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 224 pages | Fiction / Fantasy / Mythology | Goodreads | 🎧

2025 | 📖 Only Son by Kevin Moffett | United States | 210 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads | 🏆 | 🎧

2025 | 📖 Exit Strategy by Lee Child and Andrew Child | United States | 304 pages | Thriller / Action / Suspense | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 Palaver by Bryan Washington | United States | 336 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads | 🏆🏆 | 🎧 @bry.washing

2025 | 📖 The Writing Room by Marcia Argueta Mickelson | United States | 256 pages | Young Adult / Contemporary / Fiction | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 The Ivory City by Emily Bain Murphy | United States | 352 pages | Historical Fiction / Mystery / Romance | Goodreads | @emilybainmurphy

2025 | 📖 Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite | Nigeria / United Kingdom | 364 pages | Fiction / Satire / Dark Humor | Goodreads | 🏆🏆 | 🎧 @oyinbraithwaite

2025 | 📖 Simone in Pieces by Janet Burroway | United States | 256 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Biography | Goodreads | @janetgayburroway

2025 | 📖 Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton | United States | 320 pages | Historical Fiction / Romance / Fiction | Goodreads | 🏆

2025 | 📖 The Tortoise's Tale by Kendra Coulter | Canada | 256 pages | Nonfiction / Animals / Nature | Goodreads | 🎧 @gifted.horse

2025 | 📖 Her One Regret by Donna Freitas | United States | 384 pages | Fiction / Contemporary / Women's Fiction | Goodreads | 🎧 @donnafreitas.writer

2025 | 📖 Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel | United States | 352 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads | @ajagabel

2025 | 📖 Seven Deadly Thorns by Amber Hamilton | United States | 400 pages | Thriller / Mystery / Suspense | Goodreads | 🎧 @amham_writes

2025 | 📖 Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane | United Kingdom | 208 pages | Fiction / Psychological Thriller / Suspense | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee | United States | 240 pages | Fiction / Contemporary / Domestic Drama | Goodreads | 🎧

2025 | 📖 A Complete Fiction by R.L. Maizes | United States | 280 pages | Fiction / Contemporary / Humor | Goodreads | 🏆 | @r.l._maizes

2025 | 📖 Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters | United States | 384 pages | Literary Criticism / Nonfiction / Biography | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie | United Kingdom / India | 254 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Political Fiction | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 Estate by Cynthia Zarin | United States | 144 pages | Memoir / Nonfiction / Poetry | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 False War by Carlos Manuel Álvarez | Cuba | 272 pages | Fiction / Political Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads |

2025 | 📖 Seascraper by Benjamin Wood | United Kingdom | 176 pages | Fiction / Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Goodreads | 🏆🏆 | 🎧

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