Today in Bookish and Literary History, November 24

1862 Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert

Set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War.

1938 Rocket to the Moon by Clifford Odets

1947 The Pearl by John Steinbeck

It is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family.

1983 The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Sir Terry Pratchett created a complex, satirical universe with its own set of cultures and rules, populated with wizards, witches, academics, fairies, policemen, and other creatures both fantastical and remarkably ordinary (including Death himself).

2015 The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston

Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy.

2022 The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard

An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author.