Today in Bookish and Literary History, June 1



1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Ireland | 304 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1981 The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan | UK | 128 |

1983 The Wrestling Match by Buchi Emecheta | UK-Nigeria | 74 | ⭐⭐

1986 Wanderlust by Danielle Steel | US | 512 |

1994 Barrel Fever and Other Stories by David Sedaris | US | 208 |

2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris | US | 272 | 🏆

2006 My Animal Life by Maggie Gee | UK | 232 |

2016 Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang | China | 608 |

2021 The Locked Door by Freida McFadden | US | 320 |

2021 Assembly by Natasha Brown | UK | 112 | 🏆

2021 Find Us by Benjamin Stevenson | AUS | 159 |

2021 The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin | US | 288 | 🏆🏆

2021 The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris | US | 368 |

2021 With Teeth by Kristen Arnett | US | 304 |

2021 The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien | US | 416 | 🏆

2021 Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford | US | 224 | 🏆

2026 Westerly by Susan Donovan Bernhard | US | 386 |

2026 Two Lives with You by Lauren Ho | Malaysia | 279 |

2026 The Quitters Club by Jessica Strawser | US | 330 |


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