Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 11




1980 | 📖 Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates | United States | 592 pages | 🏆 | @joycecaroloates3146

2020 | 📖 Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew Salesses | United States | 317 pages | 🏆 | @m.salesses

2026 | 📖 Under the Falls by Richard Russo | United States | 256 pages |

2026 | 📖 Mia by Leslie Bazzett | United States | 320 pages |

2026 | 📖 Hocus Pocus by Brinda Charry | United States | 336 pages | @brinda_charry2

2026 | 📖 Counting the Days by Laura Chinn | United States | 320 pages | @laurachinnnn

2026 | 📖 A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-Young | South Korea | 112 pages |

2026 | 📖 A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee | United States | 368 pages |

2026 | 📖 A Thousand Painted Hours by Barbara O'Neal | United States | 480 pages | @barbaraonealauthor

2026 | 📖 Sunrise by Téa Obreht | United States / Serbia | 336 pages | @teaobreht

2026 | 📖 The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope | United States | 496 pages | @leslyepenelope

2026 | 📖 The True Meaning of Love by Danielle Steel | United States | 235 pages | @officialdaniellesteel

2026 | 📖 You’ll Love It Here by Natalie Sue | United States | 320 pages | @natwrotewhat

2026 | 📖 My Killer Family Reunion by Dinesh Thiru | United States | 384 pages | @dineshthiruwrites

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