Today in Bookish and Literary History, May 8

1835 First installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark

1956 Look Back in Anger by John Osborne | UK | 119 |

2012 Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel | UK | 432 | 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

2018 The Great Concert of the Night by Jonathan Buckley | UK | 304 |

2025 Gunk by Saba Sams | UK | 240 |

2025 Checking Out by Meryem El Mehdati | Morocco | 320 |

2026 A French Fling for the Golden Gals by Judy Leigh | UK | 338 |

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