Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 13
1605 | π Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston | United Kingdom | 446 pages | 1732 | π Zaire by Voltaire | France | 73 pages | 1894 | π Regret by Kate Chopin | United States | 9 pages | 2020 | π The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | United Kingdom | 288 pages | π | @mattzhaig 2024 | π The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao | India / United States | 384 pages | ππ | @ruthvikarao 2024 | π Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane | Australia / United States | 272 pages | πππππ | 2025 | π Writers and Other Dreamers by S. Cunliffe | United Kingdom | 367 pages | 2025 | π Tofino by Tom Stewart | Canada | 427 pages | ππ 2026 | π The Knife Maker of Venice by David Gilman | United Kingdom | 512 pages | 2026 | π They Can't Burn Us All by Cathryn Kemp | United Kingdom | 404 pages | @cathryn_kemp 2026 | π His Final Patient by J.S. Monroe | United Kingdom | 365 pages | 2026 | π The Little Porto Book Club by Rebecca Raisin | Australia | 332 pages | @re...