Happy Monday! I’m here again to share exciting news about books and comics. Enjoy your week! Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty PS – How is it already almost August?!?

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DEALS, REELS, AND SQUEALS

Lana Condor to star in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, based on Jenny Han’s novel.

Saladin Ahmed and Elizabeth Wein are writing Star Wars books!

Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks sold his book Things That Make White People Uncomfortable.

George R. R. Martin has announced two more books. But they’re not what you think they would be.

And speaking of GRRM, Neil deGrasse Tyson has recruited him to help work on a video game!

Wonder Woman 2 is set to release Christmas of 2019!

And speaking of Wonder Woman, director Patty Jenkins and star Chris Pine will re-team on the new TNT drama series One Day She’ll Darken, inspired by the autobiography of Fauna Hodel.

Mystery writers Louise Penny and Lisa Jewell closed new deals with their U.S. publishers.

COVER REVEALS

Leesa Cross-Smith revealed the cover for Whiskey and Ribbons! (March 8, 2018)

See the cover reveal for Given to the Earth by Mindy McGiness! (April 10, 2018)

Happily Ever After has the exclusive first peek at The Radical Element anthology.

SNEAK PEEKS!

Hang on tight: Ready Player One has a trailer!

My Friend Dahmer trailer, for the film adaptation of the Derf Backderf graphic novel.

HBO shared the first image from FAHRENHEIT 451, starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon.

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!

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo (Oct. 17, 2017, Dutton Books for Young Readers): When Jess Wong’s best friend, Angie, comes out to her, she doesn’t realize Jess has more than friend feelings for her. But it’s too late for Jess to do anything: Angie is already falling for Margot Adams, a girl at a nearby school. Just as Jess is coming to terms with being permanently friend zoned, Margot’s best friend disappears, and Jess and Angie are pulled into a tangled web of secrets and lies. This one is super twisty and super fun. And HOLY CATS, THAT COVER!

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (Oct. 10, 2017): In case you hadn’t heard: there is a sequel to Practical Magic! Well, it’s more of a prequel, following the witchy Owens aunts as they grow up in the early 1960s. But still. It exists, two decades after the first book. And it’s GOOD! You don’t have to have read Practical Magic to follow the plot of this one, but you should! And if you’ve already read it, isn’t it time for a reread? Treat yourself to a little magic.

AND THIS IS FUNNY.

This textbook cover looks familiar…

Happy Monday! I hope you have lots of great things planned. I certainly have lots of great book news for you. Enjoy your week! Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty PS – How is it already almost August?!?

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An ingenious new thriller that weaves a path through history, following a race of human-like machines that have been hiding among us for untold centuries, written by the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse.

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Deals, Reels, and Squeals

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan to headline Sacred Games, Netflix’s first Indian series.

Sandra Bullock to star in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box.

Maureen Johnson and Tim Federle to edit and contribute to a collection of essays called How I Resist: Activism and Hope for the Next Generation.

Dan Harmon is bringing Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens Of Titan to TV.

The political tell-alls keep coming! Just announced: New memoirs from James Comey and Joe Biden. (How long before we hear about a deal for Sean Spicer, do you think?)

Amazon picks up U.S. rights to Agatha Christie dramas.

(My boyfriend) Mads Mikkelsen is circling the villain role in Chaos Walking.

2 new Harry Potter books will be published in October.

BoJack Horseman cartoonist launching graphic novel Coyote Doggirl.

Carla Gugino to star in The Haunting Of Hill House Netflix TV series adaptation.

Noah Hawley developing Doctor Doom movie for Fox.

Jason Segel’s sci-fi series sells to Oneworld for six figures.

Cover Reveals

Teen Vogue has the exclusive first look at Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone! (March 6, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

PLEEEEEEEASE let The Snowman be as good as its trailer.

The first trailer for A Wrinkle in Time is out!

The new Blade Runner: 2049 trailer is up.

The trailer for Alias, Grace, the new series based on a Margaret Atwood novel.

The trailer for season 3 of Outlander as arrived!

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!

Bonfire by Krysten Ritter (Nov. 7, Crown): This is a really solid mystery from the star of Jessica Jones! An environmental lawyer returns to her small hometown to work on a case, but it quickly drawn back in to a decade-old scandal involving her now-missing former best friend. It reminded me a bit of Sharp Objects, my favorite Gillian Flynn.

 

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (Oct. 3, Tor.com): If you like your science fiction on the scary side, this is the perfect book for you! Molly Southbourne learns at an early age that she’s not like other girls: she spawns new versions of herself every time she bleeds. And those versions inevitably go rogue and try to kill her, so she has to spend her days offing evil versions of herself. IT’S SO INTENSE! 

And this is funny.

GAME OF SQUIRREL.

Hello, book lovers! It’s time for your weekly dose of bookish happenings. I don’t know what news item I am most excited about – there are soooo many good ones. Enjoy your week! Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Return to Cameron Country, Cameron of the Skies and Cameron of the Seas and the series prequel, Lifesaver in a Bikini all share one central theme: “Love makes us throw caution to the wind.”

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Deals, Reels, and Squeals

Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death has been optioned by HBO, with George R. R. Martin as executive producer!

It star Bill Skarsgård joins Stephen King Hulu series Castle Rock.

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins picks James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk for his next film.

TV’s live-action Squirrel Girl has been cast!

Ernie Hudson headlines The Family Business, based on the Carl Weber novel.

Scaachi Koul’s One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter is going to be a series! (And her dad has demands.)

Zadie Smith to publish two new books!

Valerie Jarrett, top Obama advisor, is working on a book.

Uzo Aduba to star in Secret Life of Bees musical workshop.

Cover Reveals

Rupi Kaur debuted the cover of The Sun and Her Flowers, her second collection of poetry. (Oct. 3)

The cover for Tessa Gratton’s new book The Queens Of Innis Lear is very Game of Thrones-y. (March 27, 2018)

Here’s the new cover of Hermione Hoby’s Neon in Daylight! (Jan. 9, 2018)

Sneak Peeks!

A Wrinkle in Time first look: Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and more.

The first official trailer for the reboot of The Tick is up!

A first look at Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One!

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!

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

A young woman faces difficult decisions in this marvelous new novel from the author of Pointe. Suzette returns home to Los Angeles from her New England boarding school to find her stepbrother, Lionel, has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and needs her emotional support. Af it that wasn’t making it hard for Suzette to return to school, she falls in love with the same girl her brother loves. Colbert has written a powerful story of love, illness, and family (Aug. 8, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

You’re going to be seeing this one everywhere pretty soon! Turtle is a fourteen-year-old living a sheltered life on the coast after the death of her mother. Then she meets Jacob, a teen boy who treats her with kindness, and suddenly her tortured existence with her father seems impossible to stand another minute. Turtle will use the very skills her father taught her to survive to try and escape him. It’s a really remarkable tale about a remarkable young woman. (Aug. 29, Riverhead Book)

And this is funny.

Maybe the author equivalent of dreaming of showing up school without having studied for the test.

Hello, book lovers! What’s happening in your orbit? I am so excited about all the glorious books headed our way this summer. And all the book news! I hope you’re having a swell July so far. Enjoy your week! Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Every seven years something disappears in the town of Sterling: reflections…dreams…colors. When Aila arrives, she learns the town is cursed to lose experiences that weave life together…and the theory is that Aila’s deceased mother, Juliet, is to blame.

Aila sets out to clear her mother’s name with the help of George, whose goofy charm makes him a fast friend; Beas, the enigmatic violinist who writes poetry on her knees; and William, whose pull on Aila’s heart terrifies her.

The Disappearances is a bewitching tale full of intrigue and dread that will leave you entranced.

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Deals, Reels, and Squeals

Sandhya Menon announced a sequel to When Dimple Met Rishi: When Ashish Met Sweetie!

I’M A SHARK: Nimona animated movie gets a 2020 release date.

Robert Kloss (author of The Alligators of Abraham, one of my favorite books), has announced his new novel!

Silicon Valley actor Jimmy O. Yang is writing a book.

Fantastic Beasts sequel reveals plot details, adds cast as shooting starts.

Dame Angela Lansbury will star as Aunt March in Little Women for Masterpiece.

Casting call for speaking roles in The Hate U Give movie!

HEART EYES: Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy reportedly headed to Netflix.

Cover Reveals

Brittany Cavallaro‏ revealed the cover for The Case for Jamie, the third book in the Charlotte Holmes series. (March 6, 2018)

New cover for The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir edited by Gary Phillips. (Oct. 10)

The Lore podcast has a book coming out: The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures. EW has the cover!

 

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 Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

OHHHHHHHHHHH THIS BOOK. Boyne’s powerful, heartfelt story of the life of Cyril Avery in post-war Ireland might very well be my favorite book of 2017. The novel takes us from 1945 through 2015, as Cyril travels from Dublin to Amsterdam to NYC, searching to discover who he is, both literally and figuratively. This wonderful saga is perfect for fans of John Irving, Robertson Davies, and Donna Tartt. It’s marvelously funny, a bit bawdy, and tremendously heartbreaking. I LOVE IT SO. (Hogarth, Aug. 22)

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

High school and the pressure to perform well was stress enough for Genie Lo. Then she finds out she’s a celestial spirit with superhuman strength. Suddenly she’s bashing hell-spawn in between applying to colleges! But if she can’t save her city from demons, there won’t be school or anything any more! This is a really fun entry in the supernatural YA market. (Amulet Books, Aug. 8)

And this is funny.

I never get tired of a This is Just To Say joke.

Happy holiday weekend! I hope it means you get a chance to read more. There’s lots of great book stuff to learn about today. Enjoy your week! Be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Esther is one of four Special Ones: spiritual guides who live in a remote farmhouse under the protection of a mysterious cult leader. He watches them around the clock—ready to punish them if they forget who they are—while broadcasting their lives to eager followers outside.

Esther knows that if she stops being Special, he will “renew” her. Nobody knows what happens to Special Ones who are taken away for renewal, but Esther fears the worst. Like an actor caught up in an endless play, she must keep up the performance if she wants to survive long enough to escape.

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Deals, Reels, and Squeals

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot developing Amy Silverstein memoir My Glory Was I Had Such Friends as a limited series.

Jacob Tobia will publish their first memoir, Sissy, with G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

The Crown’s Game author Evelyn Skye will release Circle of Shadows, the first book in a duology, in 2018.

Sissy Spacek and Jane Levy join Stephen King/J.J. Abrams Castle Rock series. And Melanie Lynskey, too!

The first book in Zoraida Córdova’s Spanish-influenced duology will be published in summer 2019!

James Renner’s True Crime Addict is getting a series adaptation, with Richard Price writing.

Netflix developing Tales Of The City revival with Laura Linney & Olympia Dukakis.

Tyler Perry will star in the film adaptation of Patrick McGilligan’s 2007 biography Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker.

Skydance trying Asimov’s Foundation as a TV series.

Cover Reveals

The cover and an excerpt for Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano. (Jan. 2, 2018)

Smart Bitches has the first look at Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton. (Feb. 6, 2018)

The cover reveal for Dan Brown’s Origin is a fancy video! (Oct. 3)

Slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo debuts novel, The Poet X. (March 6, 2018)

Behold the covers for Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust.

Sneak Peeks!

The first trailer for Thank You for Your Service, based on the book by David Finkel.

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!

Karma Khullar’s Mustache by Kristi Wientge 

Wientge has taken the subject of body hair and turned it into a delightful Blume-esque tale about a young girl trying to figure out how to deal with the hairs that have formed on her lip just as she’s due to start middle school. Karma thinks her parents are too busy with their own problems, so she must deal with what she feels is going to be a horrifying experience all on her own. It’s a charming and funny story about friendship and family. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Aug. 15)

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Do I even need to say anything else here besides “OMG NEW JENNIFER EGAN NOVEL?” Okay, here’s a tiny bit about it: It’s about a woman who becomes the first female diver, working at the Brooklyn Naval Yard repairing ships. She’s also trying to learn about the disappearance of her father. I don’t think I have to tell you that it’s spectacular, but I’ll say it anyway. It’s spectacular! It is well worth the wait. (Scribner, Oct. 3)

And this is funny.

Author S. Jae-Jones shortened the descriptions of the Hogwarts Houses.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.