Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 9



1836 | πŸ“– Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson | United States | 48 pages |

2014 | πŸ“– The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami | United States | 321 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @lailawrites

2025 | πŸ“– Hot Wax by M.L. Rio | United States | 400 pages | @sureasmel | ⭐⭐⭐πŸ’« | My Review | ✅

2025 | πŸ“– All These Ghosts by Silas House | United States | 128 pages | @silashouse

2025 | πŸ“– All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan | United States | 360 pages | πŸ†πŸ† | @hankpryan

2025 | πŸ“– Does This Make Me Funny? by Zosia Mamet | United States | 256 pages | @zosiamamet

2025 | πŸ“– Letters to Kafka by Christine Estima | Canada | 384 pages | @cestima

2025 | πŸ“– Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo | United States | 336 pages | πŸ† |

2025 | πŸ“– Little Movements by Lauren Morrow | United States | 256 pages | @lomo_bk

2025 | πŸ“– Muscle Man by Jordan Castro | United States | 272 pages | @shine_________shine

2025 | πŸ“– North of the Sunlit River by Jessica Bryant Klagmann | United States | 301 pages | @jessklagmann

2025 | πŸ“– Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by KJ Whittle | United Kingdom | 320 pages | ⭐⭐⭐ | My Review | ✅ |

2025 | πŸ“– The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham | United States | 304 pages | @lndhop

2025 | πŸ“– The People's Project by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith | United States | 128 pages | @theferocity @maggiesmithpoet

2025 | πŸ“– The Righteous by Ronald H. Balson | United States | 304 pages |

2025 | πŸ“– The Stars Over Rome by Charlotte Betts | United Kingdom | 335 pages | @charlottebetts.author

2025 | πŸ“– The Women of Oak Ridge by Michelle Shocklee | United States | 368 pages | @michelleshocklee

2025 | πŸ“– The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown | United States | 677 pages | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† | @authordanbrown

2025 | πŸ“– All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert | United States | 400 pages | πŸ† | @elizabeth_gilbert_writer

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