Fussy’s favorites: Week of October 17, 2021

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.  

Special occasions 

• Happy 50th anniversary to The Monster at the End of this Book 

• The ultimate birthday for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

• The original reviews of Melville's Moby Dick

   

International women of mystery

• A female author turns out to be three men in a pseudonym 

• Watch the trailer for Elena Ferrante's The Lost Daughter 

Upcoming releases of note 

• Mental health organization turns down Jamie Lynn Spears donation 

• Henry Louis Gates Jr. launches a series celebrating Black figures

Quick reads  

• Read the BBC National Short Story Award-winning tale

• Read an excerpt from Oh William!

• Read an excerpt from Taste: My Life Through Food