Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 1
1888 The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde | Ireland | 208 | 1962 Another Country by James Baldwin | US | 448 | 1984 Full Circle by Danielle Steel | US | 368 | 2007 God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens | UK-US | 🏆 2012 The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel | CAN | 288 | 2017 Genevieves by Henry Hoke | US | 140 | 2018 A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas | US | 272 | 2018 The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang | US | 544 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2020 I Live in the Slums by Can Xue | China | 344 | 🏆 2024 The Thickness of Ice by Gerard Beirne | Ireland | 318 | 2025 Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn | UK | 272 | 2025 The Harrow by Noah Eaton | UK | 390 | 🏆 2025 The One That Got Away by Mike Gayle | UK | 101 | 2025 Three Mothers by Hannah Beckerman | UK | 351 | 2026 Ways to Find Yourself by Angela Brown | US | 341 | 2026 The Last Sunday in May by Kate Clark Stone | US | 297 | 2026 Witchcraft in Your Lips (Anthology) | ...