Happy Monday, Book Friends!
We’ve made it to another Monday Book Radar, and I’m excited because we’re only a week (and a day) away from HALLOWEEN! Do you have any fun Halloween plans? I’m going to a Twilight-themed barre class. Yes, you heard me right. Okay, but while we wait for Halloween to get here, 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
Chuck Tingle’s got a new book coming out! Here’s the cover of Bury Your Gays, a “heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.” It’s out in July 2024.
Serena Williams will be publishing a memoir. This is part of a two-book deal the tennis pro signed with Penguin Random House. The second book, according to PRH, will be an “inspirational” work, offering “rules for living that draw on her experiences as a philanthropist and advocate, and someone who has long sought to lift a diverse and emergent generation of young women whose aspirations are not confined to the court.”
Pod Save America hosts and Crooked Media co-founders Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor are publishing their first book, Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps. The book will be released from their Zando imprint Crooked Media Reads on June 4, 2024.
Salman Rushdie’s book reflecting on the attempt on his life in Chautauqua, N.Y., in August 2022, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, has been sold to Random House. The book will be out on April 16, 2024.
Britney Spears’s upcoming memoir The Woman in Me is already a bestseller ahead of its release. The book will be out tomorrow!
Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books has opened up submissions for the 2024 Creative Writing Awards. The awards partnership between Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books will award $60,000 in scholarships.
Simon & Schuster may not have been merged with Penguin Random House, but that doesn’t mean KKR’s acquisition of it is without cons.
Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming Netflix series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Expect to hear from all of your favorites from the Scott Pilgrim film adaptation, including Michael Cera and Chris Evans. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off premieres November 17 on Netflix.
Bachelor/Bachelorette star Hannah Brown is coming out with a romance novel. Mistakes We Never Made will be out in May 2024.
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Prepare Your Shelves!
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda Dewitt (Peachtree Teen, November 7)
A Valentine’s Day book? In the middle of the fall? You betcha! And you’re going to love it. This YA contemporary novel is super fun and has excellent ace representation. I feel like this is really going to speak to fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. And it’s got excellent ace representation!
As the new student council president, Wren Martin’s first plan of action is to put an end to the annual Valentine’s Day dance. The dance is far too expensive, and it’s totally unfair to all of the non-couplely people out there —especially those who are asexual. But his vice president, Leo Reyes, is looking to make this year’s dance the biggest Valentine’s Day dance in the history of Rapture High.
Meanwhile, Wren has other stuff going on in his personal life. He’s joined an anonymous “non-dating” app called Buddy in the hopes of getting a sponsorship deal for the school. It was all supposed to be for research. After all, Wren — who is asexual but not aromantic — decided long ago that dating was way too complicated. But then Wren finds himself catching feelings for someone he’s met on the app. And right before the big dance.
What I’m Reading This Week
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Black Paradox by Junji Ito
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
People Collide by Isle McElroy
Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns
Monday Memes
If your friends aren’t impressed by your home library/reading nook, get new friends.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
If you’ve ever had a cat, then you know boxes are their favorite treat. I just got this belated birthday present in the mail, and before I could throw the box or any of its insides out, Murray fashioned himself a new cat bed. Oh well, this box lives here now.
And that’s all for today, friends! See you soon!