Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 1 🌹


πŸ“š 1834 The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin | RUS | 52 | ⭐⭐⭐ (My Review)

πŸ“š 1890 A Study in Scarlet by by Arthur Conan Doyle (1st US edition) | UK | 176 |

πŸ“š 1997 Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson | UK | 448 |

πŸ“š 1999 On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah | US | 334 |

πŸ“š 2004 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | UK | 528 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2018 The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey | UK | 306 |

πŸ“š 2019 More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman | Israel | 288 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2020 Boulder by Eva Baltasar | Spain | 104 |

πŸ“š 2022 Sundial by Catriona Ward | UK-US | 304 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†

πŸ“š 2022 Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 by Margaret Atwood | CAN | 784

πŸ“š 2022 The Doloriad by Missouri Williams | UK | 240 | πŸ†πŸ†

πŸ“š 2022 Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra | India | 338 |

πŸ“š 2022 Groundskeeping by Lee Cole | US | 336 |

πŸ“š 2022 Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire | UK | 96 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2022 Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett | UK | 240 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2023 Mister Timeless Blyth by Alan Spence | Scotland | 384 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2024 Gay Girl Prayers by Emily R. Austin | CAN | 72 |

πŸ“š 2024 Tell by Jonathan Buckley | UK | 160 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2024 Stitched to Skin Like Family Is by Nghi Vo | US | 19 | πŸ†

πŸ“š 2025 Not Quite by the Book by Julie Hatcher | US | 313 |

πŸ“š 2025 After All This Time by Chelsea Keogh | Ireland | 323 |

πŸ“š 2025 Unlikely Story by Ali Rosen | US | 312 |

πŸ“š 2026 The Water Women by Bonnie Blaylock | US | 272 |

πŸ“š 2026 Kissing the Sky by Lisa Patton | US | 379 |

πŸ“š 2026 I Came Back for You by Kate White | US | 297 |

πŸ“š 2026 First Witches Club by Maisey Yates | US | 363 |


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