Dear Book Friends,
It’s Monday, and it’s BOOK TIME! For some reason, October is nearly gone, so we’re going to try to keep things extra scary for this week’s Book Radar. Let’s take advantage of the Halloween season while we can, am I right? OK. Let’s do this.
Book Deals and Reveals
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Here’s the trailer for A Man Called Otto, based on the book A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. The film is scheduled for a wide release in theaters in early 2023.
Nearly a decade after the release of The Blood of Olympus, Rick Riordan is returning to the popular Percy Jackson series next fall. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Chalice of the Gods will go on sale on September 26, 2023.
Loved Tirzah Price’s Pride & Premeditation and wanted more from Lizzie and Darcy? You’re in luck! Tirzah Price has signed a two-book deal for a new Lizzie and Darcy series, which will follow the couple as they investigate murder cases in 19th century London and navigate their complicated romantic relationship.
Crown will be publishing A Message from Ukraine by president Volodymyr Zelensky. The book will be released globally by Penguin Random House on December 6th.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu has been cast in the series adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s novel Seven Wonders at Prime Video.
Oprah Daily has the exclusive book cover reveal of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, the New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone. The Covenant of Water is expected to release on May 2, 2023.
What’s going on with Kindle? See what changes are coming to return policies, file formats, and ebook lending at Amazon.
Since we’re trying to make sure we catch every single moment of Halloween season this October, here’s a roundup of all the new horror novels that came out this month.
And if you love YA, here are three new YA horror books to add to your TBR.
Book Riot Recommends
I’m a Contributing Editor at Book Riot, I write the Today in Books newsletter, and I’m a Bibliologist for Book Riot’s Tailored Book Recommendations subscription service. I also have a PhD in English, so I’m basically a doctor of books. Books are my life, in other words, so in this section of the newsletter, let me share with you some upcoming books I’m super excited about. And I think you will be too!
Prepare Your Shelves!
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth (Flatiron Books, November 1)
Okay, y’all. Yeah, we’re in the last week of October. And yeah, it’s sad. But I’m going to keep reading horror well into November, and I hope you will too. White Horse is one of my most anticipated horror novels of the year, and I think you’ll be excited about it too. And November 1st is right around the corner. So you know what that means. It’s time to prepare your shelves for this amazing book.
Thirty-five year old Kari James is an Indigenous woman living in Denver, CO. She’s spent most of her life willfully ignorant of her past, but everything changes when Kari’s cousin Debby finds an old family bracelet that once belonged to Kari’s mother. The bracelet calls up the ghost of Kari’s dead mother, but that’s not all. Something else more sinister and monstrous is awakened as well. Now Kari must dig up her past to discover what happened to her mother all those years ago, even if no one else is able (or willing) to help her.
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What I’m Reading This Week
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The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
The Getaway by Lamar Giles
Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Monday Memes
This is for everyone who loves Halloween, loves Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and hates when men tell them to smile.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
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Today was my first day back home, and I think Murray, my little orange boy missed me. This is him cuddling me while I worked today. I enjoyed Hawaii, but I’ll take cuddling with my cat any day. That’s how much I love my cats!
Anyway, that’s all for Monday. Let’s make the rest of October THE BEST EVER, okay? See you on Thursday for more thrills, chills, pumpkins, and book things.