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 | 🔗 Check this list for Today in Bookish History for May: https://fable.co/list/a5d1d8e4-c55f-49d2-a70f-dce76774ec64/share