Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 12



1908 Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 159 |

2015 The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z. Danielewski | US | 880 |

2017 Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor | MEX | 224 | ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†

2020 Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson | CAN | 456 | ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†

2020 A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet | US | 240 | ๐Ÿ†

2020 Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas | US | 320 |

2020 My Baby First Birthday by Jenny Zhang | US | 208 |

2020 Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma | US | 400 |

2020 The Anthill by Julianne Pachico | UK | 320 |

2020 Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories by Richard Ford | US | 272 |

2026 A Very Vexing Murder by Lucy Andrew | UK | 425 |

2026 The Forgotten Midwife by Laura Anthony | Ireland | 368 |

2026 Men Like Ours by Bindu Bansinath | US | 384 |

2026 The Lost Book of Lancelot: by John Glynn | US | 384 |

2026 Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann | CAN | 320 |

2026 The Last Page by Katie Holt | US | 336 |

2026 Reality Bites by Amy Mass | US | 320 |

2026 Model Actress Whatever by Kim Newman | UK | 463 |

2026 Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mรณnica Ojeda | Ecuador | 240 |

2026 Dirty 20 by Bill Schweigart | US | 416 |

2026 New Skin by Sarah Wang | US | 320 |


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