Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 26



1897 Dracula by Bram Stoker | Ireland | 560 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2015 Dietland  by Sarai Walker | US | 320 |

2020 The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling | UK | 304 |

2020 What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma | Dutch | 224 | 🏆

2020 All My Mother's Lovers by Ilana Masad | US-Israel | 335 |

2020 Minor Detail by Adania Shibli | Palestine | 112 | 🏆🏆🏆

2022 Nonfiction by Julie Myerson | UK | 288 |

2026 Waiting on a Friend Natalie Adler | US | 283 |

2026 Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick | US | 296 |

2026 The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson | FR | 208 |

2026 Pixie by Jill Dawson | UK | 400 |

2026 The Midnight Train by Matt Haig | UK | 304 |

2026 Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona | Italy | 224 |

2026 Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin | US | 336 |

2026 Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You by Julián Delgado Lopera | Colombia | 336 |

2026 Coastal Views to Die For (Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to Murder Book 2) by Sam Lumley | US | 265 |

2026 The Divorce by Freida McFadden | US | 370 |

2026 Ghalen by Walter Mosley | US | 364 |

2026 The Tuxedo Society by Paul Rudnick | US | 288 |

2026 No God but Us by Bobuq Sayed | Afghan-AUS | 288 |

2026 Library of Brothel by Anakana Schofield | Ireland-CAN | 269 |

2026 When No One Else Will by Amanda Skenandore | US | 363 |

2026 Out of the Darkness: Classic Short Fiction from Sweden | 201 |

2026 The Gatepost by Tim Weed | US | 257 |

2026 The Boleyn Secret by Alison Weir | UK | 560 |

2026 The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams | UK | 288 |


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