Hi Book Friends!
I hope you’re doing well. Last week was sort of chaotic for me, for many reasons. I won’t bore you with details but…no, I didn’t get Taylor Swift tickets and yes, someone did smash the windshield of my car. I don’t know what you think happened, but I think it was probably Ticketmaster. Could it be worse? Always. But it was a sad week for me. All the more reason to just celebrate the start of a new week and new opportunities to have a better week this time around. Anyway, enough of my complaining! Let’s talk books.
Book Deals and Reveals
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YA author Britney S. Lewis announced her next novel, The Dark Place, which is described as having “the emotional resonance of John Green & the surrealist horror imagery of Jordan Peele.” This one’s out in August 2023.
And here’s the cover reveal for Kasie West’s YA contemporary romance Borrow My Heart. It comes out on June 13, 2023.
Crime Reads has got the cover reveal and an excerpt from Samantha Downing’s next novel A Twisted Love Story. The novel is out from Berkley Books in July 2023.
Mary J. Blige has written a new children’s book that is available for preorder today. Mary Can! is illustrated by award-winning illustrator Ashley Corrin Webb. The book comes out on March 28th, preorder it here.
LeVar Burton has announced that he is narrating a new audiobook version of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. You can download the book for free from Apple Books here.
Emily Henry is giving fans a sneak peek of her upcoming novel Happy Place. The book will be published by Berkley on April 25, 2023.
Disney is returning to the world of Princess Diaries with a new film written by Aadrita Mukerji.
Psychotherapist Sara Glass has sold Black Skirt, Rainbow Soul to One Signal in a six-figure agreement. The memoir, which follows the author’s “incredible odyssey” from being raised in an Orthodox family and married off at 19 to “eventually coming to terms with being gay and finding a path forward beyond the chains of Hasidism that bound her for years,” is releasing in spring 2024.
Winners of the 2022 National Book Awards were announced in a live awards ceremony on November 16. Check out the winners and the highlights.
Here are the best books of 2022, according to the Washington Post.
Brooklyn Public Library has been celebrating its 125 year anniversary by counting down their 125 most borrowed books of all time. After 125 years, here is the library’s most borrowed book.
The HarperCollins Union’s demands are for better pay, diversity initiatives, and more security for unionized workers. Here’s how to support the HarperCollins Union during their strike.
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!
Con/Artist by Tony Tetro (Hachette, November 22)
Okay, Nonfiction November rages on. And it’s time to make room on your shelves for this one fast because guess what? Yeah, it’s out tomorrow. If you love nonfiction about art, if you love nonfiction about crime, if you love nonfiction that makes you rethink the world around you…then yeah, you’re going to want to read this book.
Con/Artist is a thrilling true crime book coming out that you’re not going to want to put down. The art world is a much grittier business than you might expect. Take it from Tony Tetro, the most renowned art forger in the world. In this book, Tetro exposes an art world more corrupt than anything you could have ever imagined. Read this, and you’ll start questioning every work of art you’ve ever seen in museums and galleries.
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What I’m Reading This Week
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Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor
Monday Memes
Reductress often publishes relatable content. But I feel especially called out by this one. And yeah, the books on my shelf are giving me the side-eye right now.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
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Cersei posed with this pillow last week, and now it’s Murray’s turn. Check him out. Who wore it best? That’s a trick question. They both did it best. I refuse to choose favorites.
Okay, everyone. Here we go. A new week. New opportunities for cool stuff to happen. I wish you all the best, and we’ll talk again soon!