Hello, book lovers! It’s Monday, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing! There’s lots of great book stuff to learn about. Hope you enjoy your week. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Austin’s dreams of domestic bliss involved watching Netflix and eating hot dogs with the love of her life. But then he cheated on her. And dumped her—as if the whole thing was her fault. To maintain her pride and restore her sanity, she decides to get revenge.

Thatch, a plastic surgeon straight out of residency, knows he ruined the best thing that ever happened to him. But not all cheaters are created equal. He got himself into this messed-up situation—true—but he has his reasons for what happened, and he’d do it all again to protect Austin.

Deals, Reels, and Squeals

Lilly Singh joins the cast of the Fahrenheit 451 series.

Marisha Pessl is publishing her first YA novel!

Sony Acquires The Day The Crayons Quit.

Jeff Jackson has a new novel coming in 2018, called Destroy All Monsters.

It’s official! There will be a follow-up to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee.

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in talks to star in A Simple Favor, based on the novel by Darcey Bell.

David Mamet in talks to adapt Don Winslow’s NYPD novel The Force.

Kyle Chandler will co-star with Ryan Gosling in First Man, based on James Hansen book about Neil Armstrong’s moon landing.

Eli Roth & Jack Black in talks for The House With A Clock In Its Walls, based on the 1973 book.

Damon Lindelof to develop Watchmen for HBO. (I say include Tales of the Black Freighter or gtfo.)

Rachel Vorona Cote will publish Too Much is Just Enough with Hachette. 

Cover Reveals

THIS COVER. Check out Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation, a post-reconstruction story about zombies and racism. (April 2018)

Check out an excerpt and cover reveal from John Scalzi’s Head On, the sequel to Lock In. (April 17, 2018)

See the cover of Ashley Poston’s Heart of Iron! (Feb. 13, 2018)

Take an exclusive look at the cover for the 10th anniversary edition of The Name of the Wind. (Oct. 3, 2017)

Sneak Peeks!

The first trailer for Goodbye Christopher Robin has been released.

New trailer for Game of Thrones, season seven. (I don’t watch the show, but I’m gonna call spoilers just to be safe.)

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!

New People by Danzy Senna

Oooooo, this book! Senna has created an engrossing story of race and class in contemporary America. It follows the lives of Maria Khalil, a seemingly perfect couple, as they plan their wedding. But Maria is becoming increasingly fixated on a poet she barely knows, and her new infatuation could upend her whole life. It’s fantastic! You can practically hear it sizzle in your hands. (Aug. 1, Riverhead Books)

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen 

A fascinating, comic compendium of 67 outlandish, dangerous, and flat-out deadly historical medical treatments, in a time when “do no harm” was more a suggestion than a rule to follow. Leeches, lobotomies, strychnine – it’s all here. It will make you thankful you live in the 21st century. Perfect for fans of Charlatan by Pope Brock.

And this is funny.

In case you’re not already following him on Twitter, you should know author Rabih Alameddine has the strongest, most delightful gif game in town.

Hello, book lovers! I know it’s Monday, but there are still a lot of exciting things happening in the world of books. (Including an All the Books spinoff, starting this Friday!) Hope you enjoy your week. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Deals, Reels, and Squeals

The Dumplin’ movie has cast Willowdean Dickson!

Victoria Schwab has a middle grade novel, called City of Ghosts, coming in 2018.

Shioli Kutsuna joins the cast of Deadpool 2.

Nathan Fillion, Tony Hale, Sara Rue, Lucy Punch and more join the Season 2 cast of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Glenn Close to star in zombie comedy pilot Sea Oak, based on the George Saunders short story. (THE BEST STORY.)

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge is going to be a movie! (I love her books so much. If you’ve never read her, so yourself a favor and pick up Fly By Night. A world of books and a surly goose!)

Martin Freeman to adapt Paradise Lost into “surprisingly modern” TV series.

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror to spin off into books. (Who would you have write them?)

MGM has acquired the rights to produce Every Day, the feature adaptation to David Levithan’s YA novel.

Judy Greer cast in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette.

Viking is publishing Nina Stibbe’s An Almost Perfect Christmas.

Cover Reveals

The third title in the awesome Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers was just announced! (June 14, 2018)

Sandhya Menon, author of the fabulous When Dimple Met Rishi, just announced the title of her new book!‏ (Summer 2018)

Gorgeous cover reveal for Tarnished City by Vic James. (Sept. 5, 2017)

It’s the first peek at Everywhere You Want to Be by Christina James. (May 1, 2018)

There’s a cover for the new Anne Bishop book in the World of Others series. (March 6, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

Marvel released a poster and a teaser trailer for Black Panther!

The trailer for season one of TNT’s Will is up.

The first look at Don’t Come Back from the Moon, based on the novel by Dean Bakopoulos.

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!

Final Girls by Riley Sager (Dutton, July 11)

I’m calling it: this is going to be the biggest thriller of the summer! Quincy Carpenter is a Final Girl – the name given by newspapers to the sole survivors of horror movie-like massacres. Quincy has put her trauma behind her – until the past shows up on her doorstep in the form of Sam, another of the famous Final Girls. Sam arrives the same night as the news about the suicide of the other Final Girl breaks. Sam claims she wants to get to know Quincy and bond over their shared experiences, but can Quincy trust her? As they spend time together, Sam brings out a side of Quincy she has been hiding for years, and unearths dark memories about her night of terror – memories that may prove she was wrong about what happened. This is a super-fast, super-fun summer read!

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (Doubleday, July 11)

This fantastically fun novel explores the idea of “What happens when Scooby-Doo and the gang grow up? And what if monsters were real all along?” The Blyton Summer Detective Club were notorious for unmasking the Sleepy Lake monster in the summer of 1977. But now it’s 1990, and things have changed drastically for the gang. They’ve drifted apart, haunted by their final night together on a case many years ago, each member more damaged than the last.  But finally tired of running from their demons, the gang will face their past – and each other – to learn the truth about their haunted experiences. This is a dark, rollicking good time, full of pop culture and in-jokes (like Zoinx River Valley.) I loved Cantero’s last book, The Supernatural Enhancements, and I loved this one!

And this is funny.

It’s funny because it’s true.

Happy Monday, book lovers! There are a lot of exciting things happening in the world of books. (Including an All the Books spinoff!) Hope you enjoy your week. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

(PS – Totally unrelated to books, but I want to share the joy: My new favorite show, The Good Place, is streaming for free on NBC right now. It is SO delightful!)

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Deals, Reels, and Squeals

Lauren Graham will adapt YA novel Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith.

Rainbow Rowell will be penning the upcoming ongoing Runaways comic series.

Hiao Jingfang’s Hugo award-winner, Folding Beijing, to be made into a movie.

Oprah will announce her new book club pick on June 26. (Click here if you want to see what book I think it will be.)

Harry Potter prequel about Voldemort approved by Warner Bros., to be released on YouTube.

To Kill a Mockingbird to be issued as a graphic novel.

Riverheard Books will publish Little by Edward Carey in 2018. (I adore his work! His Iremonger trilogy is so freaking fantastic!)

Joel Edgerton has scripted and will direct a film based on Garrard Conley’s memoir Boy Erased.

Ta-Nehisi Coates to write Wrong Answer, about the 2013 Atlanta high school cheating scandal, based on the New Yorker article by Rachel Aviv.

Terry Weible Murphy’s memoir, Life in Rewind, will be adapted for the screen.

Katherine Arden (The Bear and the Nightingale) sold her middle grade debut to G.P. Putnam & Sons for Young Readers. Putnam described the book, called Small Spaces, as Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead.

And in case you hadn’t heard, there’s a new Nick Harkaway novel coming down the pike.

Cover Reveals

Squeeeeee, it’s Shadowsong, the sequel to Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones! (Jan. 30, 2018)

Black Star Renegades, Michael Moreci’s galaxy-hopping debut novel, looks awesome! (Jan. 2, 2018)

Fabulous gif of the new cover of Gloria Chao’s American Panda. (Feb. 6, 2018)

Alex R. Kahler on his new book, Runebinder, plus the fantastic cover. (Nov. 14, 2017)

Beverly Jenkins has a new book coming next year: Tempest! (Jan. 30, 2018)

And speaking of romances, here’s Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses by Lorraine Heath. (Aug. 22, 2017)

New Anne McCaffrey Pern covers revealed. (After August 1)

The fabulous cover (and an excerpt) of The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. (Jan. 30, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

New TV spots for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.

Marvel unveiled a new poster for Black Panther!

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!

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (Atlantic Monthly Press, August 1)

It will surprise zero people to learn that I am obsessed with the Lizzie Borden and the axe murders of 1892, so when I heard there was a new novel about the case coming next year, I squealed and squealed. If you don’t know Lizzie Borden, she was the OJ Simpson of her time: famously accused of killing her father and stepmother, then acquitted after the century’s biggest trial, despite the overwhelming public opinion that she was guilty. (Basically, a jury of twelve men let her go because they didn’t believe women were capable of such brutal crimes back then. Which really works in your favor when you’ve just axed two people to death.) This novel is like a crazy murdery fever dream, swirling around the day of the murders. Schmidt has written not just a tale of a crime, but a novel of the senses. There is hardly a sentence that goes by without mention of some sensation, whether it’s a smell or a sound or a taste, and it is this complete saturation of the senses that enables the novel to soak into your brain and envelope you in creepy uncomfortableness. It’s a fabulous, unsettling book.

A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause: Essays by Shawn Wen (Sarabande Books, July 11)

I will be completely honest: A book of essays about famous mime Marcel Marceau would probably not be something I would pick up on my own in a store. But luckily I read books for a living, and this wonderful essay collection crossed my path! Radio producer Wen became fascinated by mime, an art you can’t put on the radio. This led her to meticulously research the world-famous mime Marceau, whose incredible life she has beautifully detailed in this haunting collection. He was so much more than just a man trying to get out of in an invisible box.

And this is funny.

Two of our favorite bookish Twitter accounts have a chat.

It’s Monday. Again. But there’s no reason to pout, as long as there are books in the world. Here’s a bunch of bookish news to start your week off right. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon.

One night in 1917 Beatrice Haven sneaks out of her uncle’s house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear tree, and watches as another woman claims the infant as her own. The unwed daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists and a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea plans to leave her shameful secret behind and make a fresh start. Ten years later, Prohibition is in full swing, post-WWI America is in the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea’s hopes for her future remain unfulfilled.

Deals, Reels, and Squeals

A look at the casting call for Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend movie.

A modern gay take on Pride And Prejudice is heading our way.

Juno Temple & Janelle Monae to star in an episode of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.

Here’s a look at the full cast of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians.

AMC is developing a series based on Joe Hill’s NOS4A2.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar to lead the cast of The Passage. (I first typed that as ‘lead the cats’ and now that is a thing I would also like to see.)

HBO nabs Today Will Be Different, a limited series starring Julia Roberts, based on the novel by Maria Semple.

Cover Reveals

So excited for Samira Ahmed’s Love, Hate & Other Filters! (Jan. 16, 2018)

Unnamed Press revealed the cover for Djinn City by Saad Hossain. While you’re waiting, you should read his novel Escape from Baghdad – it’s one of my favorites! (Oct. 24)

A.S. King’s The Dust of 100 Dogs is getting an amazing new cover, which is similar to the old amazing cover! (Oct. 3)

And here’s Gae Polisner’s In Sight of Stars, coming next year. (March 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

The official trailer for the Murder on the Orient Express remake is out. (I am not very interested, but Kenneth Branagh is always amazing, so maybe yes I am?)

The trailer for Netflix’s new animated Castlevania series is up. It’s written by Warren Ellis!

Brendan Gleason and Hugh Grant are on board for the Paddington sequel.

Here’s my boyfriend Idris Elba in the trailer for The Mountain Between Us.

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!

An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

If you’ve inhaled all of The Handmaid’s Tale series and need another eerie dystopia, mark this one down! Set in near-future China, it’s an examination of the ramifications of the “One Child Policy” that favored male children. Now it’s 2030 and there are not a great number of women. But there are 40 million unwed men in a society that looks down on bachelors, so women are able to take three husbands. The book stars Wei-guo, who has entered into an arrangement as a third husband, the lowest position in the household. He and his family struggle to make their way in a world of authoritarian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering. It’s so fantastic! (Harper Voyager, Sept. 12)

Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger by Curtis Armstrong

Nostalgia, full steam ahead! This is a delightful memoir from the classically-trained actor Armstrong, probably most famous for his roles in Revenge of the Nerds, Moonlighting, and Better Off Dead. (Although I love him the most in One Crazy Summer.) This is the story of his forty-year career being typecast as a nerd…because he is a nerd. I am almost more fascinated by character actors than the actual stars of film and television. They are much more interesting! And this is a charming look at one of the most famous character actors of all time. (Thomas Dunne Books, July 11)

And this is funny.

Author Laura Ruby’s cat really enjoys the gift she received.

Happy Monday, all you glorious book lovers! Hope you’re having a great long weekend. Here’s a bunch of bookish news to start your week off right. Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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All the Deal News You Can Use

Tom Hardy will star in Sony’s Venom movie.

Dee Rees will direct an episode of Electric Dreams, the Philip K. Dick sci-fi anthology series.

Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts to star in the Hamlet re-imagining Ophelia, based on the young adult novel by Lisa Klein. Here’s a first look at Ridley in the film.

André Holland will star in Castle Rock, J.J. Abrams & Stephen King’s Hulu series.

Daniel Radcliffe will lead TBS’ Miracle Workers (based on the book, What in God’s Name, by Simon Rich), which costars Owen Wilson as God. 

Rupi Kaur, author of Milk and Honey, will publish a new book in October.

Elisabeth Moss is developing a limited series adaptation of Fever, based on Mary Beth Keane’s novel, with Moss set to star.

Jack White announced a children’s book, We’re Going to Be Friends, based on the White Stripes song.

Blake Lively to exec produce and star in The Husband’s Secret, an adaptation of the novel by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty.

Bryan Fuller wants to adapt Geek Love. (It’s one of my very favorite books, so of course I have feelings about it, like this. And this.) And he still hasn’t given up on a fourth season for everyone’s favorite literary cannibal.

Cover Reveals

Nnedi Okorafor’s third Binti book, Binti: The Night Masquerade, has a gorgeous cover! (Jan. 16, 2018)

Those pesky, deadly hippos are back for mayhem in Taste of Marrow, Sarah Galley’s follow-up to River of Teeth. Tor has the first look. (Sept. 12)

Bustle has the first look at Tahereh Mafi’s Whichwood, the follow-up to Furthermore! (Nov. 15)

Sneak Peeks!

Break out the tissues, here’s the first trailer for Wonder, starring Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts.

Grab your dragons! It’s the first extended look at season seven of Game of Thrones.

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!

The Widow Nash by Jamie Harrison (Counterpoint, June 13)

Dulcey Remfrey has had an interesting, free-spirited childhood, but despite that fact, it is 1904 and she is now a grown woman and expected to settle down and behave like all the other women of that time. But when her eccentric father returns from an expedition having lost both his mind and all his money, Dulcey is enlisted in a plan by his business partner (and her ex) to help find the missing funds. This is a fantastic story of a young woman defying convention, embarking on an adventure, and reinventing herself. I adored it. (Plus the cover is gold and shiny.)

And May is Short Story Month, so this week on Book Riot I rounded up 14 upcoming short story collections I’m excited to read, including releases from Paul Yoon, Samantha Hunt, Bill Roorbach, and Jenny Zhang! I can hear your TBR lists groaning from here.

And this is funny.

Elizabeth McCracken is consistently delightful.