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Awards & Buzzy Book News

The 2022 Cundill History Prize finalists are announced.

The 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards shortlist is announced.

Book Riot explores book banning at Arlington Public Library in Texas.

Singer Lana Del Rey has had a book manuscript stolen from her car, according to Lit Hub. 

Author and humorist Roger Welch has died at 85. NYT has more on his life.

Page to Screen

October 21:

Black Adam, based on associated titles. Warner Bros. Reviews | Trailer

My Policeman, based on the book by Bethan Roberts. Amazon. Reviews | Trailer

Wendell & Wild, based on an unpublished book by Henry Selick and Clay McLeod Chapman. Netflix. Reviews | Trailer

The School for Good and Evil, based on the book by Soman Chainani. Netflix. Reviews | Trailer

From Scratch, based on the book by Tembi Locke. Netflix. Reviews | Trailer

Modern Love Tokyo, based on the NYT column. Prime Video. No reviews | Trailer

Noel Next Door, based on the book by Annabelle Costa. Hallmark. No reviews | Trailer

Oni: Thunder God’s Tale, based on Japanese folklore. Netflix. No reviews | Trailer

The Peripheral, based on the book by William Gibson. Prime Video. Reviews | Trailer

October 23:

To Your Eternity, based on the manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Oima. Crunchyroll. No reviews | Trailer

October 26:

The Mysterious Benedict Society, based on the books by Trenton Lee Stewart. Disney+. Reviews | Trailer

The Good Nurse, based on the book by Charles Graeber. Netflix. Reviews | Trailer

October 27:

Romantic Killer, based on the manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Momose. Netflix. No reviews | Trailer

Reviews

NPR reviews “two new books [that] challenge that sense of inevitable permanence of the Chinese party state” including China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikötter (Bloomsbury) and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s by Julian Gewirtz (Belknap). 

Locus Magazine reviews The Mermaid of the Black Conch by Monique Roffey (Knopf): “a fable mixed in with elements of contemporary fiction, a bizarre version of a love story, and a novel about oth­erness and politics.”

Tor.com reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, trans. By Philip Gabriel (Erewhon): “an astoundingly earnest and often awkward, painful journey into the heart of lonely kids who didn’t fit in.”

Book Marks shares "The Best Reviewed Books of the Week."

Briefly Noted

Gabrielle Blair, author of Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion (Workman), discusses putting the “onus on men to stop unwanted pregnancies” in an interview with NPR. 

Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts (Penguin Pr.; LJ starred review), talks to Entertainment Weekly about “the books, movies, and cartoon animals that shaped her.”

Tom Felton, author of Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard (Grand Central: Life & Style), “explores fame, friendships” in an interview with Shondaland. Popsugar shares an excerpt from the book and Vanity Fair features a piece on the author. Also, Felton explains his brotherly relationship with Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe. People covers the story. Plus, Clint Hill “opens up about his suicide attempt after JFK assassination” in his book My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy (Gallery: S. & S.).

Geena Davis, Dying of Politeness (HarperOne), “credits Dustin Hoffman for helping her fend off Jack Nicholson.” AV Club has the story.

John Irving “reflects on identity, belonging and gender politics” in his newest book, The Last Chairlift (S. & S.), and in conversation with CBC Books. Also, Kevin Lambert’s book Querelle of Roberval (Biblioasis) is explored as “an erotically tragic look at class struggle and sexual politics.”

Parade talks to Kelly Ripa about writing her book, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories (Dey Street), and reading recommendations.

Sheila Yasmin Marikar’s newest book, The Goddess Effect (Little A), analyzes “LA’s culty fitness scene” as told in a conversation with Bustle. 

Illyanna Maisonet discusses her cookbook, Diasporican (Ten Speed), and the criticism she is expecting with The San Francisco Chronicle. 

Smithsonian Magazine revisits the work of Jane and Anna Maria Porter, as "the forgotten sisters who pioneered the historical novel."

Vox delves into the work of Kim Stanley Robinson, including his latest, The High Sierra: A Love Story (Little, Brown).

Tor.com shares an excerpt from A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (Tor.com; LJ starred review).

Town & Country advises fans of the show on “how to read the Game of Thrones books in order.”

Bustle gives a first look at the upcoming book, Anon Pls. by Deuxmoi (Morrow).

Entertainment Weekly has “new romance novels perfect for Halloween season.”

Book Riot shares “8 Autumnal (But Not Scary) Halloween Reads” and “The 50 Scariest Books of All Time.”

NYPL Blog provides “Nine New Graphic Novels To Put On Your List” and books to “Celebrate Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month.” 

Jasmine Sawers, author of The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore (Rose Metal), recommends "nine speculative stories from Asia and the Asian Diaspora" for Lit Hub. 

Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood (Bloomsbury), and the translator who rewrote her book in Spanish, Denise Kripper, exchange book recommendations for Astra Magazine. 

Tor.com lists “Five Haunting Tales About Love and Death.”

The Root’s It’s Lit gives “15 Scary Ass Books by Black Authors That Are Perfect for Halloween.”

Parade has “34 Halloween Books To Get You in the Spooky Mood.”

NYT recommends 9 new books.

Authors on Air

NPR’s Short Wave features Mamadou Ndiaye, author of 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You (Voracious; LJ starred review), talks about animals that will “mess you up.”

George Saunders, Liberation Day: Stories (Random House), discusses “experiencing the limits of your own power” on The Maris Review podcast. 

Brené Brown chats with Anand Giridhardas about his book, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy (Knopf) for her Unlocking Us podcast.

Aamina Ahmed, author of The Return of Faraz Ali (Riverhead; LJ starred reviews), talks about the “disaster and despair after the historic floods” in Pakistan in a conversation with Fiction/Non/Fiction. 

Imani Perry advises on the Book Dreams podcast that in order to “understand America, we have to understand the South,” a central theme of her book South to America (Ecco).

Kyle Spencer chats about his book, Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power (Ecco; LJ starred review) in an interview with Andrew Keen of the Keen On podcast.

Deadline announces a few adaptations in the works for books including The Accidental Gangster by Orlando Spado, Tracy Sierra’s The Corner, and The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose (Bloodhound: Ingram) with Picture Perfect Federation and Zurich Avenue.

Chad Stahelski, the John Wick filmmaker, will adapt Marc Olden’s Black Samurai book series for Netflix, according to Tor.com. 

Popsugar reveals the novelist at the center of the adaptation of Bethan Robert’s, My Policeman (Penguin).

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