Today in Bookish and Literary History, March 22



1928 This Year of Grace by Noël Coward | UK |

2022 Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor | US | 337 | 🏆

2022 Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza | Argentine | 192 |

2022 The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela | US | 320 | 🏆🏆

2022 Vinegar Hill by Colm Tóibín | Ireland | 144 |

2022 Monarch by Candice Wuehle | 256 | 🏆


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