Author: Liberty Hardy

Check Out the New Dumplin’ Sequel and More

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date October 6, 2017

Welcome to October, book fiends! The wonderful word of books continues to hum with exciting adventures, some of which I have listed below. Hope you’re reading something marvelous! Enjoy your week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan, published by Harper Voyager.

The Talisman, a superstitious patriarchy that suppresses knowledge and subjugates women, is growing in power throughout the land. The only ones who are strong enough to stand up to their darkness are the Companions of Hira, a group of influential women whose power derives from the Claim – the magic inherent in the words of a sacred scripture. Foremost among them is Arian and her fellow warrior, Sinnia. As they search for a miraculous symbol of hope that can destroy the Talisman’s leader, Arian and Sinnia know that this mission may well be their last.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

The First Wives Club is getting a television series reboot.

Roxane Gay casually mentioned she has a new novel coming next year. (!!!!)

Amazon announced three new sci-fi shows for its streaming service, including adaptations of Snow Crash and Ringworld.

Nnedi Okorafor is writing a new Black Panther comic.

Danny Glover has been cast in the Locke & Key adaptation.

Jon Hamm has been tapped to play the archangel Gabriel in Good Omens. (My favorite Gabriels will always be Christopher Walken and Tilda Swinton.)

And Netflix is rebooting Shaft for television.

Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli have co-written What If It’s Us, to be published in 2018.

Fox is developing The Dime, based on the novel by Kathleen Kent.

Jill Scott cast as Lady Eve in Black Lightning series.

Starz is moving ahead with its adaptation of Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter.

Saladin Ahmed will collaborate with artist Sami Kivelä on an original comic series, Abbott, which will launch in January 2018

Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins are set to star in a version of King Lear.

Garth Books: Country singer Garth Brooks says his forthcoming memoir will be five volumes long.

Cover Reveals

Julie Murphy’s Puddin’ has a cover and it’s marvelous. (Balzer + Bray, May 8, 2018)

Book Riot has the cover reveal for Betsy Cornwell’s feminist Robin Hood retelling, The Forest Queen. (Clarion Books, August 7, 2018)

Entertainment Weekly has a peek at the new Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me. (HarperCollins, March 6, 2018)

Rioter Eric Smith has a new book coming and here’s the first look at the cover: The Girl in the Grove! (North Star Editions, May 8, 2018)

I could not be more excited for the new Laura van den Berg novel! (FSG Books, August 7, 2018)

B&N Teen has the first look at Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (Katherine Tegen Books, June 5, 2018)

Or for the new Chelsea Hodson essay collection! (Henry Holt, June 5, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

paddington 2 The sequel to Paddington is coming this holiday season!

The full trailer for How to Talk to Girls at Parties, based on the Neil Gaiman story, is now available to watch.

Tom Hanks made a trailer to share a look at his upcoming story collection.

And the first trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams series is out.

Book Riot Recommends

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali (Author), Ureen Freely and Alexander Dawe (Translators) (Other Press, November 7) Available in English for the first time, this is a Turkish classic about a young Turkish man in the 1920s who leaves his home for Berlin. There he finds love with a beautiful artist, and becomes torn between the life he craves and following the tradition of his homeland. It’s gorgeous.

mean Mean by Myriam Gurba (Coffee House Press, November 14)

The story of Gurba’s coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana, told in blistering prose. Gurba tackles several very important, serious subjects such as racism and homophobia, and manages to make the discussions humorous while laying down hard truths and great points. I wish this had been twice as long.

And this is funny.

Okay, maybe less funny, more cool: Cinematic typewriters.

New Books

First Tuesday in October New Books Megalist!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date October 1, 2017

Happy Giant New Release Day! It’s a good one, because it’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means there are a bunch of new titles out today. I’ve got a big list for you below, and you can hear about a few of these books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about amazing books we loved, such as Manhattan Beach, Origin, and An Unkindness of Ghosts.

Sponsored by The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey

Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is deeply unnerved when a high school classmate is found strangled, her body floating in a lake. And not just any classmate, but Rosalind Ryan, whose beauty and inscrutability exerted a magnetic pull on Smithson High School.

Rosalind’s enigmas frustrate and obsess Gemma, who has her own dangerous secrets—an affair with her colleague and past tragedies that may not stay in the past. Brilliantly rendered, THE DARK LAKE has characters as compelling and mysteries as layered as the best thrillers from Gillian Flynn and Sophie Hannah.

(And like last time, I’m putting a next to the books that I have read and loved. There are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!)

27 Hours by Tristina Wright

Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig

Winter Storms (Winter Street) by Elin Hilderbrand

Joni: The Anthology by Barney Hoskyns

Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners) by Libba Bray

The Orphan of Florence: A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis

Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars

Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

Satellite by Nick Lake

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (editors)

Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin

The Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson

Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur

Baking with Kafka by Tom Gauld

The Relive Box and Other Stories by T.C. Boyle

The Adventurers Guild by Zack Loran Clark, Nick Eliopulos

Origin by Dan Brown

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

Seven Suspects (The Bobbi Logan Series) by Renee James

Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillan

Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me by Carrie DiRisio, Linnea Gear (Illustrator)

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar

Where the Sun Shines Out by Kevin Catalano

This Is How It Begins: A Novel by Joan Dempsey

Quillifer by Walter Jon Williams

Reservoir 13: A Novel by Jon McGregor

Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) by Nick Mamatas (Compiler), Molly Tanzer (Compiler)

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Dunbar (Hogarth Shakespeare) by Edward St. Aubyn

The Witches’ Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (Agatha Raisin Mysteries) by M. C. Beaton

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illustrator)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin

Things I’m Seeing Without You by Peter Bognanni

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides

Old Scores: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas

Earth Hates Me: True Confessions from a Teenage Girl by Ruby Karp

Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

If You Knew My Sister by Michelle Adams

The Glass Eye: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

To the Back of Beyond by Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann (Translator)

the tiger's daughter The Tiger’s Daughter (Their Bright Ascendency) by K Arsenault Rivera

Advice from the Lights: Poems by Stephen Burt

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast

Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg! (A Shai & Emmie Story) by Quvenzhané Wallis

Blackwing by Ed McDonald

There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights by Laura van den Berg

William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh (William Shakespeare’s Star Wars) by Ian Doescher

Sparked by Helena Echlin and Malena Watrous

Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit

The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeanette Ng

Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror (John Dies at the End) by David Wong

London and the South-East by David Szalay

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook

Everyone is Watching by Megan Bradbury

Malagash by Joey Comeau

Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo, Allison M. Charette (Translator)

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Secrets on Chicory Lane: A Novel by Raymond Benson

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

The Trials of Solomon Parker by Eric Scott Fischl

The Bloodprint (The Khorasan Archives) by Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Glaser

The Devils You Know by M.C. Atwood

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

All That Man Is by David Szalay (paperback)

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or L itsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad,

Liberty

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The Caraval Sequel Cover Reveal, and More!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 29, 2017

Happy fall, book lovers! The air is crisp and so are the pages. Er, unless you have an e-reader. Then I guess they’re byte-size. (Sorry not sorry.) Hope you’re reading something marvelous! Enjoy your week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by Girls Made of Snow and Glass

Entwining the stories of step-mother Mina and step-daughter Lynet, both in the past and present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. It’s Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of Snow White.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

The fired Han Solo directors are taking on Andy Weir’s Artemis.

Insecure director to adapt A Brief History of Seven Killings for Amazon Studios.

Fox is developing a drama series based on the book, Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class.

Elaine Brown’s A Taste Of Power, about the only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, will be a film.

Disney developing Cyrano the Moor musical from Moonlight writer, starring David Oyelowo.

Rin Chupeco has a new book coming, and it’s described as Frozen meets Mad Max. YES PLEASE.

Sherry Thomas, author of A Study in Scarlet Women and its sequel, will publish a young adult novel.

The It film sequel set to hit cinemas in September 2019.

BBC One orders The Dublin Murders, based on the Tana French books.

Julie Taymor will direct an adaptation of My Life on the Road, the memoir by Gloria Steinem.

Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Seprent, announced a new novel!

Cover Reveals

Entertainment Weekly has the first look at Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, from Rick Riordan’s new imprint. (Rick Riordan Presents, March 27, 2018)

There’s a cover now for the Caraval sequel, Legendary. (Flatiron Books, May 29, 2018)

Twitter account I Read YA had a BUNCH of cover reveals. Here’s round one, round two, and round three.

Mark Oshiro has a book coming out next year! Paste has the first peek at the cover. (Tor Teen, May 22, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

Leigh Bardugo shared a sneak peek of her next book, King of Scars.

The trailer for Annihilation is out and WOW does it look bananapants. In an awesome way.

Book Riot Recommends

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill, October 31)

This is an action packed debut! Taj is an indentured servant to a mage. As a young sin-eater, it is his job to slay sin-beasts. It is a terrible task that comes with horrible repercussions. For each beast he kills, he must then wear a tattoo of them and carry their guilt always. Most sin-eaters go mad but when Taj is called to eat the sin of a royal family member, he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that could destroy the city and cost him his life. This book is imaginative fun!

The King Is Always Above the People: Stories by Daniel Alarcón (Riverhead, October 31)

2017 might be the best year for story collections yet. This stellar book was just longlisted for the National Book Award for fiction, and features ten tales of family secrets, journeys, doomed love, broken dreams, immigration, and more. Alarcón once again proves himself a master storyteller, weaving stories both big and small about humanity.

And this is funny.

It’s funny because it’s true.

New Books

Magic in NYC, Prisons in Space, and More New Books!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 25, 2017

Hello, book lovers! I don’t know about where you are, but here in my secret volcano lair in Maine it is SO HOT again. (It has nothing to do with it being in a volcano, I swear.) I hope you’re having a cooler September with lots of good things to read. Speaking of great things to read – segue achievement unlocked! – I have a few for you below and you can hear about several more great books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, including After the Eclipse, Five-Carat Soul, and Starfish.

Sponsored by Seconds Acts by Teri Emory

An unshakeable rapport among three women takes root in a college dorm in the 1960s. At midlife, they find themselves re-examining choices and compromises they have made over the years. Sustained by their abiding friendship, the three women move to relinquish past regrets and make peace with present circumstances in order to flourish in the second acts of their lives.

P.S. – Have you checked out our newest podcast, Recommended? Each episode features two really interesting people talking about a book that they love! Check out Samantha Irby and Robin Sloan in Episode 1. Because who doesn’t need more book recommendations???

Provenance by Ann Leckie

Eeeeeeeee! Leckie has followed up her record-breaking Imperial Radch series with a fun, fast novel of power and birthright! A young woman must regain status and power to save her world, but she needs the help of a thief to do it. INSERT CAPERS HERE. There’s a prison planet, priceless artifacts, political turmoil, heists, and interstellar conflict. It has all the ingredients needed to make this an amazing book! Not that you needed me to tell you Ann Leckie is amazing. Run, don’t walk, to pick it up!

Backlist bump: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

passage Passage by Khary Lazarre-White

Set in NYC in 1993, Passage is the story of Warrior, a teen trying to navigate the world and the hurdles and dangers he encounters as a young black man. Haunted by the spirits of his ancestors and the demons of oppression, it will take more than the loving support of his family to help him exist in an unfair, yet supposedly post-racial, society. This is a powerful novel that shows just how far America hasn’t come with regards to racism.

Backlist bump: The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

Magic + New York City + Kat Howard = HEART EYES. Something is happening to the magic in NYC. No one understands it, except Sydney, a young magician with more power than has been seen in the city in decades. But Sydney doesn’t want to restore the city’s power – she wants to destroy it. This is a fun dark fantasy with a strong protagonist and lots of imagination.

Backlist bump: A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky

Stay rad,

Liberty

Book Radar

Tom Hanks To Star in a Man Called Ove, and More

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 22, 2017

It’s Monday! Time for another round of “Eeeeeee, I can’t wait for that!” I have a few cool book-related bits to share. Hope you’re reading something marvelous! Enjoy your week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Submarine Scientist Pirates, a New Toni Morrison, and More New Books!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 18, 2017

Every day is a great day for reading, but fall just has that something extra, don’t you think? Well, we are knee-deep in fall releases now! I have a few fantastic new titles to tell you about here today, and as always, you can also hear about several more great books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, including The Good People, The Book of Separation, and One Dark Throne.

This week’s newsletter is sponsored by When I Cast Your Shadow by Sarah Porter.

In this haunting tale of possession Ruby calls her beloved older brother back from the grave, only to find herself in the middle of a nightmare beyond all imagining. Dashiell tells Ruby that he’s returned from the Land of the Dead to tie up loose ends, but he’s actually on the run from forces crueler and more powerful than anything that Ruby has ever encountered. New from the author of the much-loved Vassa in the Night!

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Welcome to the future, the year 2144 to be precise, where Jack the scientist-turned-pirate pilots a submarine around Earth writing prescriptions for people who can’t afford a doctor’s visit. But when a rash of her scrips lead to chaos and sets agents on her trail, Jack must shake them off her tail as she works to learn more about her lethal drug hack. Autonomous is a wicked fun ride of robotics, science, and concepts!

Backlist bump: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

moxie Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Vivian Carter is fed up with her school. She’s tired of the sexism, the double standards, the hallway harassment. So, taking a page from her Riot Grrl mother, she starts a feminist zine. Soon Vivian’s outlet for her frustrations has struck a nerve with other young women, and Vivian learns that for all their differences, there are still things that can bring women together. This book is 100% grrl power!

Backlist bump: The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Toni Morrison

DISCLAIMER: I have not read this book, which is the transcripts of a series of lectures Morrison gave about the themes that preoccupy her books. But I feel like it’s not getting any press anywhere, and how can that be, when people need to know that there’s a new ToMo book out in the world!!! And even better, with an introduction by Ta-Nehisi Coates! Consider yourself informed now.

Backlist bump: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix

Okay, so this one is for a very select audience, but if horror books and/or cover art are in your wheelhouse, you’re going to love it! Hendrix, author of My Best Friend’s Exorcism and Horrorstör, presents the most outlandish, ghoulish, and creepy covers from old horror paperbacks he can find, complete with wonderfully witty commentary. A perfect gift for the horror lover in your life!

Backlist bump: The Amulet by Michael McDowell

Stay rad,

Liberty

Book Radar

Neil Gaiman Shares a Peek at Good Omens and More!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 15, 2017

Hello, and happy Monday, book lovers! It’s a wonderful day to read a book or eleven. You should totally take the day off from work and read instead. Don’t worry, I’ll write you a note. Enjoy your week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

Inspired by myth, folklore, and fairy tale, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.

Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, the tales in The Language of Thorns will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Margot Lee Shetterly has sold a picture book based on her bestseller (turned Oscar-winning film), Hidden Figures.

Modern Pride And Prejudice drama Eligible, by Curtis Sittenfeld, to be a television series on ABC.

Spike Lee and Jordan Peele are teaming up for a thriller called Black Klansman, based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth.

AMC developing series based on Black Lives Matter book They Can’t Kill Us All.

Ayize Jama-Everett will pen a horror comic, with Eisner award winner John Jennings, set to arrive in summer of 2018.

Selwyn Seyfu Hinds has been tapped to adapt Who Fears Death for HBO.

You by Caroline Kepnes to be a series on Lifetime.

Cover Reveals

Thunderhead, the sequel to Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, has a cover! (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Jan. 9, 2018)

Not exactly the cover, but Victoria Aveyard revealed the title for her next book, the final book in the Red Queen series. (HarperTeen, May 15, 2018.)

The covers for the two new Lady Astronaut of Mars books from Mary Robinette Kowal. (Tor.com, Summer 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

The official trailer for Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace on Netflix.

First trailer for The Red Sparrow by Jennifer Lawrence, based on the novel by Jason Matthews.

Neil Gaiman shared photos of David Tennant and Michael Sheen in character and a script read through for the Good Omens miniseries.

Book Riot Recommends

bunk Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young

Poet and critic Young examines how hoaxes have moved from sideshow acts to being in the center stage of American culture. From P.T. Barnum to Donald Trump, he discusses famous examples of forgers and fakers, and how we are living now in a post-factual world. This was just listed on the National Book Award longlist for nonfiction! (Graywolf Press, November 14)

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Margaret is set to enter a genetically arranged marriage, but before that happens, she gets one summer of freedom. It’s enough time for her to make new friends, have new experiences, and decide that an arranged marriage is not what she wants. But can she change the law? Set in a near-future British Empire, Johnston has created a unique blend of adventure, science fiction, and etiquette.

And this is funny.

Danielle Steel’s desk is quite something.

New Books

September New Books Megalist: The Sequel!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 11, 2017

Forgive me, I know it isn’t the first Tuesday of the month, but there were so many wonderful titles out today, I couldn’t resist another big list. There are just so many incredible books to choose from. You can hear about a few of these books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about amazing books we loved, such as Little Fires Everywhere, The Twelve-Mile Straight, and Braving the Wilderness.

Sponsored by Lies She Told by USA Today bestselling author Cate Holahan.

Liza Cole has one month to write the thriller that could land her back on the bestseller list. Meanwhile, she’s struggling to start a family, but her husband is distracted by the disappearance of his best friend, Nick. As stresses start to weigh her down, Liza escapes into writing her latest heroine, Beth.

Beth suspects her husband is cheating on her while she’s home caring for their newborn. Angry and betrayed, she aims to catch him in the act and make him pay. But before she realizes what she’s doing, she’s tossing the body of her husband’s mistress into the East River.

Then, the lines between fiction and reality blur. Nick’s body is dragged from the East River, and Liza’s husband is arrested for his murder. Before her deadline is up, Liza will have to face up to the truths about the people around her. If she doesn’t, the end of her heroine’s story could be the end of her own.

(And like last time, I’m putting a next to the books that I have read and loved. There are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!)

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

Worlds from the Word’s End by Joanna Walsh

The River Bank: A sequel to Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows by Kij Johnson (Author), Kathleen Jennings (Illustrator)

Trell by Dick Lehr

Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows

A Loving, Faithful Animal by Josephine Rowe

Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten

F*ck, That’s Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well by Action Bronson

The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve by Stephen Greenblatt

Affections: A Novel by Rodrigo Hasbún (Author), Sophie Hughes (Translator)

Ordinary Beast by Nicole Sealey

Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson

The Grave Keepers by Elizabeth Byrne

If Clara by Martha Baillie

Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease by Yolanda Hadid

For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian (Author), Philip Ó. Ceallaigh (Translator)

Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley

The Dharma of The Princess Bride: What the Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships by Ethan Nichtern

David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones

The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero

Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

White Dialogues by Bennett Sims

Afterglow (a dog memoir) by Eileen Miles

The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson

We Were Witches by Ariel Gore

bluebird bluebird Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

Letters to Memory by Karen Tei Yamashita

Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad) by Scott Reintgen

Collision: A Novel by Merle Kröger, Rachel Hildebrandt (Translator), Alexandra Roesch (Translator)

Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur

After the Flare: A Novel (Nigerians in Space) by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory by Elizabeth Rosner

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

Unstoppable: My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova

Another Fine Mess: Life on Tomorrow’s Moon by Pope Brock

Odd & True by Cat Winters

Absolutely Golden by D. Foy

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

Kiss Me Someone: Stories by Karen Shepard

The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido by David Friend

Warcross by Marie Lu

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words by Michael Ausiello

An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

Rocket Fantastic: Poems by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham

A Sick Life: TLC ’n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage by Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins

The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt by Robert I. Sutton

We Were Strangers Once by Betsy Carter

Magicians Impossible: A Novel by Brad Abraham

The Amputee’s Guide to Sex by Jillian Weise

Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty by Melissa del Bosque

Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

When I Cast Your Shadow by Sarah Porter

Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg

The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad

This Is What We Do by Tom Hansen

Lightning Men: A Novel (The Darktown Series) by Thomas Mullen

Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing

The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism by Jason Tougaw

The Tunnel at the End of the Light: Essays on Movies and Politics by Jim Shepard

The Man in the Tree: A Novel by Sage Walker

Curry: Reading, Eating, and Race (Exploded Views) by Naben Ruthnum

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

The Age of Perpetual Light by Josh Weil

Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet (A Jesse Stone Novel) by Reed Farrel Coleman

Fireblood (The Frostblood Saga) by Elly Blake

Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime by Ben Blum

The Unquiet Grave by Sharyn McCrumb

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audra Lorde

The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky (paperback)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (paperback)

Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle (paperback)

Stay rad,

Liberty

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Emily Mandel’s Station Eleven Follow-Up and More!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 8, 2017

Hello, and happy Monday, book lovers! I hope you’re enjoying a lovely September so far and have so many good books to read, you don’t have room for all of them. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

I Needed to Win.

They Needed to Die.

Sal Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class—and the nobles who destroyed their home.

When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand—the Queen’s personal assassins, named after the rings she wears—Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Joan Didion gets a new Netflix documentary.

Check out Brown Girl Begins, based on Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson!

Dracul, the first prequel authorized by the estate of Bram Stoker, will also be a film. (Will the prequel of the prequel be called Dracu?)

Renee Watson signed a five-book deal.

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is being developed into a film.

Emily St. John Mandel’s new book has been announced!

CBS is developing L.A. Confidential drama series.

Nurse Ratched series starring Sarah Paulson coming to Netflix.

Stoner by John Williams is going to be a film.

It sequel plans already moving forward.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the cover for Heather Webb’s The Phantom’s Apprentice. (February 2018)

Tor has the first peek at The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell. (Saga Press, February 2018)

And here’s a look at The Rebels of Gold by Elise Kova. (Keymaster Press, December 5)

Sneak Peeks!

The trailer for The Man Who Invented Christmas, a film about Charles Dickens.

A new look at Thor: Ragnarok! (Jeff Goldblum should always dress like that, imho.)

Book Riot Recommends

Mother of All Pigs by Malu Halasa (Unnamed Press, November 14): Fantastic novel about three generations of women in a small Jordanian town, the women in the Sabas household. The story follows the daily workings of their lives, the secrets they keep, and the sacrifices they make. It’s a richly woven tale about family and the realities of everyday life in the Middle East.

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The author of the amazing Signal to Noise and Certain Dark Things is back with a wonderful story about etiquette and, er, telekinesis. Nina is in the city of Loisail to find a husband, but the rumors of her special abilities are making it difficult. When Nina meets a man who says he can help her control her powers, she soon finds herself under his spell. But looks can be deceiving. What fun!

And this is funny.

The #MakeClassicNovelsModern hashtag on Twitter was a delight. This one made me LOL.

New Books

First Tuesday in September New Books Megalist!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date September 4, 2017

It’s time for fall reading, that glorious time of the year where the air gets a bit chilly, the blankets get a bit thicker, and the new book releases become more plentiful! It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means there are a bunch of new titles out today. I’ve got a big list for you below, and you can hear about a few of these books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about amazing books we loved, such as Sing, Unburied, Sing, Sourdough, and They Both Die at the End.

Sponsored by Gambler’s Anatomy by Jonathan Lethem, new in paperback.

A devilishly entertaining novel about an international backgammon hustler who thinks he’s psychic–from the author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. Alexander Bruno travels the world playing high stakes backgammon and hunting for amateur “whales” who think they can challenge him. Lately he’s had a run of bad luck. Out of money and friends, he turns to the only person who can help (and the last person he wants to see): a high-rolling former childhood acquaintance. Forced to confront his uncertain future, he must ask himself: Is he playing the game, or is the game playing him?