Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 14



1843 | 📖 Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences by Edgar Allan Poe | United States | 26 pages | ⭐⭐ | My Review |

1892 | 📖 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle | United Kingdom | 307 pages |

1926 | 📖 Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne | United Kingdom | 169 pages |

2016 | 📖 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo | South Korea | 163 pages | 🏆

2025 | 📖 A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar | India / United States | 224 pages | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 | @megha.maj

2025 | 📖 Always Hope by Heather Frimmer | United States | 304 pages | @heatherfrimmer

2025 | 📖 Happy Bad by Delaney Nolan | United States | 320 pages | @delaneytnolan

2025 | 📖 Intemperance by Sonora Jha | India / United States | 304 pages | 🏆 | @sonorajha1

2025 | 📖 Sea Now by Eva Meijer | Netherlands | 180 pages |

2025 | 📖 The Best True Crime Stories of the Year 2025 edited by Douglas Preston and Peter Crooks | United States | 312 pages | @douglaspreston6

2025 | 📖 The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson | United States | 716 pages | 🏆 | @adam_johnson_writer

2025 | 📖 The Zorg by Siddharth Kara | United States | 288 pages | 🏆🏆 | @siddharth.kara

2025 | 📖 The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong | Canada | 276 pages | @kelleyarmstrongauthor

2025 | 📖 Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon | United States | 340 pages | 🏆 | @harlancoben @reesewitherspoon

2025 | 📖 The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan | United Kingdom | 305 pages | @jennycolganbooks

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