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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"This isn’t just an epigram — life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all." The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons #OTD in 1925. The Great Gatsby at PG: https://t.co/xrjroJ7lwo https://t.co/a3rDiBd621
Paperback, 2004
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Women’s prize for fiction goes to Susanna Clarke’s ‘mind-bending’ Piranesi https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/08/womens-prize-for-fiction-goes-to-susanna-clarkes-mind-bending-piranesi via @GuardianBooks
Paperback, 2021
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." Harper Lee was born #OTD in 1926. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. https://t.co/J6roc2OJKM
Paperback, 2005
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Matilda Joslyn Gage was born #OTD in 1826. She is the eponym for the Matilda effect, which describes the tendency to deny women credit for scientific invention. She influenced her son-in-law L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. https://t.co/PGB64WriyJ https://t.co/aJSlLahYjC
Paperback, Mass Market, 2006
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Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100 via @nytimesbooks https://t.co/apkIJoZL9p
Paperback, 2009
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Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in Collier's Magazine #OTD, 1922, with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. Tales of the Jazz Age at PG: https://t.co/a2yGlkYKum https://t.co/ogaAO6FlGA
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Elementary Mathematics from a Higher Standpoint: Volume III: Precision Mathematics and Approximation Mathematics
Felix Klein
Felix Klein was born #OTD in 1849. He is known for his work with group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the associations between geometry and group theory. Books by Felix Klein at PG: https://t.co/5k1t4wD6kc https://t.co/mrwCuH0vgz
Paperback, 2016
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr review – a joyous epic of love and survival https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/24/cloud-cuckoo-land-by-anthony-doerr-review-a-joyous-epic-of-love-and-survival via @GuardianBooks
Paperback, 2022
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Opinion | Louisa May Alcott, the Author of Little Women, Identified with Manhood. Via @nytimes https://t.co/RDcUOBt45R
Hardcover, 2014
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The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen
The Pain, Humanity, and Ascension of Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Mermaid” via @tordotcom https://t.co/xsZDbZ1ftA
Paperback, 2025
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