Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 27



1980 | 📖 Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee | South Africa | 170 pages | Allegorical Fiction, Post-Colonial Literature | 🏆🏆🏆🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 📚

2011 | 📖 Collected Folk Tales by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 337 pages | Folklore, Short Stories |

2015 | 📖 The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest by Mark Z. Danielewski | United States | 880 pages | Experimental Fiction, Speculative Fiction | @markzdanielewski

2020 | 📖 Memorial by Bryan Washington | United States | 320 pages | Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 | 📱 | @bry.washing

2020 | 📖 The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child | United Kingdom | 336 pages | Thriller, Action Fiction |

2026 | 📖 The Natural Order by Matthew Aldrich | United States | 352 pages | Fiction, Drama | 🎧

2026 | 📖 The Last Love Story by Katharyn Blair | United States | 352 pages | Young Adult, Romance | 🎧

2026 | 📖 An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon | United Kingdom | 320 pages | Mystery, Humorous Fiction | 🎧 | @drjocannon

2026 | 📖 Red the River Rises by Kevin Crossley-Holland | United Kingdom | 256 pages | Poetry, Folklore |

2026 | 📖 Brilliant by Design by Bridget Kerr | United States | 208 pages | Non-Fiction, Fashion History |

2026 | 📖 The Second Life of Jameson Duggins by Simon Doyle | United Kingdom | 330 pages | Fiction, Mystery | @simondoylebooks

2026 | 📖 25 Dates of Christmas by Kathryn Freeman | United Kingdom | 368 pages | Holiday Fiction, Romance | 🎧 | @kathryn.freeman_author

2026 | 📖 The Brightness by Chad Harbach | United States | 672 pages | Contemporary Fiction, Campus Novel | 🎧

2026 | 📖 Resurrection Kill by Laura Joh Rowland | United States | 336 pages | Historical Mystery, Crime Fiction | @laurajohrowland

2026 | 📖 Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee | United States | 304 pages | Science Fiction, Space Opera | 🎧

2026 | 📖 She Isn't Herself Tonight by Hailey Piper | United States | 256 pages | Horror, Thriller | 🎧 | @haileypiperfights

2026 | 📖 Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun | United States | 608 pages | Speculative Fiction, Contemporary Fiction | @janedoesnotknow

2026 | 📖 Chateau Reverie by Natasha Siegel | United States | 288 pages | Historical Fantasy, Romance | 🎧 | @natashacsiegel

2026 | 📖 Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends by A.D. Sui | United States | 312 pages | Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction | 🎧 | @thesuiway

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