Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 28



1726 | 📖 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift | Ireland | 306 pages | Satire, Classic Literature | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 📚 🎧

2021 | 📖 Treacle Walker by Alan Garner | United Kingdom | 152 pages | Fantasy, Mythopoeic Fiction | 🏆 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | My Review | 🎧

2021 | 📖 Medusa by Jessie Burton | United Kingdom | 208 pages | Mythological Fiction, Retelling | 🏆🏆 | 🎧 | @jessieburton

2025 | 📖 The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell | United Kingdom | 368 pages | Mystery, Fiction |

2025 | 📖 The Black Wolf by Louise Penny | Canada | 375 pages | Mystery, Thriller | 🏆🏆 | @louisepennyauthor

2025 | 📖 Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith | United Kingdom | 331 pages | Short Stories, NonFiction, Literary Fiction |

2025 | 📖 Wreck by Catherine Newman | United States | 224 pages | Contemporary Fiction, Drama | 🎧 @catherinewman

2025 | 📖 Birdlane Island by V.C. Andrews | United States | 304 pages | Gothic Fiction, Family Saga | 🎧

2025 | 📖 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow | United States | 320 pages | Fantasy, Historical Fiction | 🏆🏆🏆 | @alix.e.harrow

2025 | 📖 Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden | United States | 206 pages | Fiction, Mystery | @mkevinhaydenauthor

2025 | 📖 The Devil Is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson | United States | 339 pages | Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction | 🏆 | 🎧

2025 | 📖 Julia Song Is Undateable by Susan Lee | United States | 336 pages | Young Adult, Romance | 🎧 | @susanleewrites

2025 | 📖 The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie | United States | 384 pages | Thriller, Mystery | @vanessalillie

2025 | 📖 Love Is a Four-Legged Word by Melinda Metz | United States | 256 pages | Romance, Contemporary Fiction |

2025 | 📖 The Library of Lost Girls by Kristen Pipps | United States | 336 pages | Mystery, Fiction | @kristenpipps

2025 | 📖 Sonora by Jenni L. Walsh | United States | 400 pages | Historical Fiction, Western Fiction | 🎧

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