Have you seen what entered the public domain this year? The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law has a great list, which includes these books among many others:
Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage (the first novel featuring Miss Marple)
Carolyn Keene (pseudonym for Mildred Benson), the first four Nancy Drew books, beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
Nancy Drew! Dorothy Sayers! Agatha Christie! All books I’ve read, often many years ago.
But the one that most grabbed my attention was one I’ve not seen mentioned on other reporting: Elson Basic Readers (the first appearances of Dick and Jane). I grew up with Dick and Jane, although not this edition.
I paged through and saw that, yes indeed, the dog Spot was there, too. But there’s also a cat named Little Mew, which I don’t remember seeing in any of the books I read.
List: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/
Book with Dick and Jane: https://archive.org/details/elsonbasicreaderelso_0/page/2/mode/1up
