Dear Book Friends,
How is your October going? I’m so excited because this weekend, I’m going to go see Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service! My millennial heart is full! So, friends, if you want to get on my level this weekend as you’re reading your books, maybe listen to Give Up and Transatlanticism for your reading soundtracks. Let’s live in the same sound space! Let’s see how we feel on Monday. In the meantime, let’s talk books!
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes.
Book Deals and Reveals
Check out the (sexy) cover of C. Michelle Lindley’s The Nude, designed by Kelli McAdams at Atria. The novel will hit shelves in June 2024.
LeVar Burton says you should read banned books, and now you can wear that on a shirt. The money raised from the limited-run T-shirt will “support MoveOn’s work to stop book bans and build a world where everyone can see themselves in the pages of a book.”
Merriam-Webster has started a new online series called Word Choices, where celebrated writers share their quest to find the right words. The first episode features Celeste Ng and a discussion of her search for the right title for her novel Our Missing Hearts.
Here’s the trailer for Netflix’s adaptation Leave the World Behind, based on the novel by Rumaan Alam. The film is out on December 8!
As if October couldn’t get any better, we have more Heartstopper news! Netflix has confirmed that production for season 3 of Heartstopper is underway!
Entertainment Weekly is sharing an excerpt of Tessa Bailey’s recently released holiday rom-com Wreck the Halls. Wreck the Halls was published on October 3 and is available in bookstores everywhere!
Europa Editions has acquired world rights to Iranian novelist Shokoofeh Azar’s new novel The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen. The book is set to release in fall 2024.
Bonnie Kistler’s latest psychological thriller, Shell Games, has been acquired by Harper. The book will be published in July 2024.
Journalist and NPR host Celeste Headlee’s Freedom’s Daughters was acquired by Flatiron Books at auction. Flatiron says the book tells the story of Headlee’s great-grandmother Carrie Still Shepperson and “the post–Civil War generation of Black women who championed literacy and education as the foundations of freedom.” It’s out in spring 2026.
The award-winning, bestselling book All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr has been adapted into a Netflix miniseries. Here’s the trailer!
What new release should you read this month? Find out in Book Riot’s October 2023 horoscopes.
Book Riot Recommends
Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!
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Can’t Wait for This One
I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang (Scholastic Press, February 6)
What if Lara Jean had sent hate letters instead of love letters? Then, instead of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, you’d have I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang. It’s out early next year, it sounds so fun, and I can’t wait!
For Sadie Wen, her public reputation means everything. She’s the perfect student, the school captain, the valedictorian, always with the perfect smile plastered on her face. How does Sadie stay so perfect in the public eye? She channels all of her frustrations into emails she’ll never actually send. She knows she can say whatever she wants in her emails about all of the people in her life who frustrate her because she’s never going to send them out. Until one day… boom. They go out into the world.
In a matter of seconds, Sadie’s perfect image is in tatters, and everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them. Especially her co-captain, Julius Gong, who has annoyed Sadie with his vanity, arrogance, and competitiveness since they were little kids.
Words of Literary Wisdom
“Potatoes make everything okay.”
— Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
What’s Up in the Book Community?
My iPhone is constantly telling me I spend too much time staring at my screen, which is honestly so rude. But this means I spend a lot of time scrolling around the online book community: BookTube, Bookstagram, BookTok, BookLinkedIn (JK. That’s not a thing…I don’t think). You get the idea. Don’t have the time, energy, or the will to do all of that yourself? No problem. I got you. In this weekly section of Book Radar, we’ll take a look at something cool, interesting, and/or newsy that’s going on in the book community.
It’s not too late to join Bookshop.org’s Fall into Reading Challenge! Grand Prize Winners will get a $250 Bookshop.org Gift Card and $250 donated to the bookstore of your choice. 10 Gold Prize winners will win a $50 Bookshop.org gift card. You also win for getting a Bingo! 10% off your next Bookshop.org order. If you fill out your whole card, you’ll get 20% off an additional order.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
I love when cats just flop on the floor like this. What does this little guy want? Look at his little face! I’m the #1 member of the Murray fan club. The president, the VP, the secretary, everything.
And that is all for today, everyone! Let’s meet back here on Monday!