Book Events for sfryar

11th century

• Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1000s)

1480s

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

1482

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

14th century

• The Book of the City of Ladies (Picador Books) by Christine

15th century

• The Book of the City of Ladies (Picador Books) by Christine
• The first Part of King Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare
• Henry IV, Part Two (Bantam Classic) by William Shakespeare
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

1690s

• The Crucible, Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller

1692

• The Crucible, Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller

17th century

• The Crucible, Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller

1820s

• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

1830s

• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

18th century

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Works of Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities (VI) by Charles Dickens

1930s

• Henry & June by Anais Nin (1931-1932)

1940s

• Lolita (Book-of-the-Month Club) by Vladimir Nabokov

1950s

• Lolita (Book-of-the-Month Club) by Vladimir Nabokov

19th century

• Christmas Books of Dickens by Charles Dickens
• David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
• Moby-Dick (English Library) by Herman Melville
• Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin
• Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray

1st century BCE

• Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny

Accession of James VI, King of the Scots

• Shakespeare : The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson

Age of Sail

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

American Civil War

• Dances with Wolves
• Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott

Anglo-Spanish War

• Shakespeare : The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Bal de l'Opera

• The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin Popular Classics) by Gaston Leroux

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of Hogwarts

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (1995)

Battle of Waterloo

• Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray (1815-06-18)

Bloomsday

• Ulysses (Twentieth Century Classics) by James Joyce

British Occupation of India

• A Passage to India by E. M. Forster (1765-1947)

Chinese Civil War

• Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung; Halliday Chang, Jon

Chinese Revolution of 1949

• Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung; Halliday Chang, Jon

Cholera Epidemic

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1900)

Christmas

• Christmas Books of Dickens by Charles Dickens
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
• Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
• Twelfth Night (Arden Shakespeare Second Series) by William Shakespeare
• Lolita (Book-of-the-Month Club) by Vladimir Nabokov (1952)

cooking

• The Bean Book by Rose Elliot
• Delia's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course by Delia Smith

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

• Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha Solomons

Crusades

• THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL by RICHARD LEIGH BAIGENT, HENRY LINCOLN MICHAEL

Cultural Revolution

• Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

The Cutting of the Elm at Gisors

• THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL by RICHARD LEIGH BAIGENT, HENRY LINCOLN MICHAEL

Descente de la Courtille

• The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin Popular Classics) by Gaston Leroux

Discovery of the double helix

• The Double Helix by James D Watson

Duchess of Richmond's ball

• Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray (1815-06-15)

Dust Bowl Era

• The Grapes Of Wrath by John STEINBECK

elections

• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (John F. Kennedy)

Elizabethan Era

• THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

English Renaissance

• THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

• Shakespeare : The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson

Festival of Fools

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

football

• Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Forced-labour camps in Communist Bulgaria

• I am David (Puffin Books) by Anne Holm

French Revolution

• The Works of Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities (VI) by Charles Dickens (1789)

Gallipoli Campaign

• A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey (1916-01-09)

German occupation of Italy

• English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1943-1945)

Great Depression

• A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
• The Grapes Of Wrath by John STEINBECK
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck (1930s)

Great Leap Forward

• Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Gulf War

• THE CROW ROAD by IAIN BANKS (1990-1991)

Heysel Stadium disaster

• Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Hillsborough disaster

• Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Holocaust

• The war against the Jews, 1933-1945 / Lucy S. Dawidowicz by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
• Schindlers Ark (Coronet Books) by Thomas Keneally (1945)
• THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by ANNE FRANK (1945)

Hundred Years' War

• The first Part of King Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare ( 1453)

Hurricane Donna

• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1960)

Industrial Revolution

• Hard Times by Dickens by Charles Dickens
• The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 (Opus Books) by T.S. Ashton

Jacobean Era

• THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Jazz Age

• The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

Long March

• Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung; Halliday Chang, Jon

McCarthy Era

• The Crucible, Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller

The McGovern Report

• The Vegan Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes All Completely Free from Animal Produce by Alan Wakeman

Mexican Revolution

• Like water for Chocolate by Laura Eswuirel (1910-1920)

Middle Ages

• The first Part of King Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare
• Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
• Henry IV, Part Two (Bantam Classic) by William Shakespeare
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The NACNE Report

• The Vegan Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes All Completely Free from Animal Produce by Alan Wakeman

Napoleonic Wars

• Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray ( 1815)

New Orleans school desegregation crisis

• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

Post World War I

• MRS. DALLOWAY by VIRGINIA WOOLF

Post-Impressionism

• Moulin Rouge by Pierre La Mure

Prague Spring

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1968)

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Reign of Terror

• The Works of Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities (VI) by Charles Dickens

Roman Empire

• Asterix and the Goths by Rene Goscinny
• Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny

Running of the Bulls

• The Darwin Awards: 180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Have Met Their Maker by Wendy Northcutt

Salem witch trials

• The Crucible, Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller (1692)

Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1968)

Theory of Evolution

• The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin

The Tri-Wizard Tournament

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J. K. Rowling

Union of the Crowns

• Shakespeare : The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson

United States presidential election

• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1960)

Valentine's Day

• Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (1900)

veganism

• Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Victorian Era

• Christmas Books of Dickens by Charles Dickens
• David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin
• THE WOMAN IN WHITE by WILKIE COLLINS (1850s)

Voyage of the HMS Beagle

• The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin

World Series

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

World Trade Center attack

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

World War I

• A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey (1918)
• The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (1914 ∙ 1918)

World War II

• Lolita (Book-of-the-Month Club) by Vladimir Nabokov
• Memoirs of a Geisha Uk by Arthur Golden
• Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha Solomons
• THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by ANNE FRANK (1945)
• Schindlers Ark (Coronet Books) by Thomas Keneally (1945)
• The war against the Jews, 1933-1945 / Lucy S. Dawidowicz by Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1945)
• English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1939-1945)

World War II, German Occupation of the Netherlands

• THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by ANNE FRANK