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Happy Monday, book nerds! I hope your weekend was great and full of books. I spent all Saturday afternoon reading, and then I watched Enola Holmes on Netflix, which was an absolute delight! I highly recommend checking it out–it’ll make you laugh, and the mystery is great!
I’ve got lots of fun pieces of book news for you this week, so let’s dive in!
Trivia question: Which fictional character has appeared in the most adaptations in pop culture?
Deals and Squeals
Get excited, Becky Chambers fans! She’s got a new series coming, and the first book is called A Psalm for the Wild-Built. It’ll hit shelves next summer.
Get this book on your TBR! Dial A for Aunties is the murderous rom-com we all need and deserve!
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Natalie Portman has announced Natalie Portman’s Fables, a collection of the classic tales told with a feminist slant.
Five U.S. Senators have asked Netflix to reconsider their plans to adapt Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem in light of Liu’s comments regarding China’s internment of Uighur Muslims.
Mia Sosa has announced a new romance novella deal with Audible Originals!
Michael W. Twitty announced a new book!
Riot Recommendations
At Book Riot, I’m a cohost with Liberty on All the Books!, plus I write a handful of newsletters including the weekly Read This Book newsletter, cohost the Insiders Read Harder podcast, and write content for the site. I’m always drowning in books, so here’s what’s on my radar this week!
Current read: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
I was excited to see Twitty announce a new book on Instagram because I’m currently listening to this book and it’s fascinating. Twitty is a culinary historian and cook, and in this book he traces his family’s history and genealogy through the South, exploring the influence of slavery on cooking, culture, and the family trees of so many Black Americans. This book covers a lot of ground, from how people cooked centuries ago to how they cultivated the food they ate, how we use DNA to trace history, and the realities of slavery on every facet of American life. This is an excellent read on audio, too–Twitty narrates himself.
Trivia answer: Sherlock Holmes! Closely followed by Dracula.
I’ll leave you with this picture of my adorable little reading buddy! He spent most of the afternoon curled up on my lap purring away while I read. My heart!
Happy reading!
Tirzah