Dear Book People,
Hello and happy Thursday! I can’t believe we’re over halfway through October, but I’ve been trying to savor each day, taking lots of pictures and breathing in the fall air. How has your fall reading been going? Are you ready to talk books?
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes.
Book Deals and Reveals
More Tiffany D. Jackson news! The author’s first YA fantasy, Storm: Dawn of A Goddess, is coming out on June 4, 2024!
The Scholastic Book Fair has decided to put “diverse” books in a separate category and make them an optional offering at elementary school book fairs. The company claims that the only other option would be to not offer the books at all. Okay.
LeVar Burton will be hosting the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner. The event will take place on November 15, 2023, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Check out the gorgeous cover of Leslie Stephens’ You’re Safe Here, designed by Kelli McAdams. This sci-fi novel is out on June 25, 2024. You’re safe here
Award-winning actress Michelle Williams will narrate the audiobook version of Britney Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me.
Paste has shared an exclusive cover reveal of Tricia Levenseller’s The Darkness Within Us, the sequel to the 2020 novel The Shadows Between Us. It’s out on July 9, 2024.
And Cosmopolitan is sharing a first look at Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ new series, The Grandest Game, set in the same world as The Inheritance Games. The first book in the series will be out on July 30, 2024.
Here’s the cover of Claire Messud’s new novel, This Strange Eventful History, designed by Jaya Miceli. The book will be published by W. W. Norton & Company in May 2024.
Here are 14 new October book club picks featuring a cursed town gothic novel, a Rasta woman’s memoir, a novel about small-town secrets, and more.
Book Riot Recommends
Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!
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Can’t Wait for This One
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones (S&S/Saga Press, March 26, 2024)
I can remember how thrilled I was when I discovered that Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart is a Chainsaw was going to be the first in a trilogy. I absolutely loved My Heart is a Chainsaw, and I couldn’t wait to hear more of Jade’s story. And now here we are, getting ready for the third book already. Time flies when you’re reading really friggin’ good horror novels.
If you haven’t read the first two books in the Indian Lake Trilogy, I will do my best not to include spoilers here, but you might just want to skip the rest of this and go read it if you want to go in without knowing anything. In the third book, we pick up with Jade Daniels four years after the last novel. Returning to her hometown for the first time in four years, she discovers that much has changed about the way people see her and the town itself (like… serial killer cultists?!?).
But there’s one thing about Proofrock that never changes. The curse of the Lake Witch is still alive and well. And no one is safe.
Words of Literary Wisdom
“Nena waited. After nine years apart, she still knew the rhythm of his speaking. She knew he had more to say, that he was searching for words or untangling a difficult thought. He was one of the few men she knew who spent time with his thoughts before speaking, even in the midst of an argument or excitement. It was one of the reasons she loved him.”
— Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
What’s Up in the Book Community?
My iPhone is constantly telling me I spend too much time staring at my screen, which is honestly so rude. But this means I spend a lot of time scrolling around the online book community: BookTube, Bookstagram, BookTok, BookLinkedIn (JK. That’s not a thing…I don’t think). You get the idea. Don’t have the time, energy, or the will to do all of that yourself? No problem. I got you. In this weekly section of Book Radar, we’ll take a look at something cool, interesting, and/or newsy that’s going on in the book community.
Here’s something really cool! The Pudding has taken a look at over 1,400 romance novel covers featured in Publishers Weekly from 2011 to 2023 and evaluated the covers based on their raunchiness, art style, and racial diversity. Be sure to explore their visual essay, especially if you love romance (and/or looking at book cover trends).
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
The fall weather is beautiful, and the cats are really loving all the little fall creatures bustling around out there. From the safety of the other side of a screen door, of course. They mesmerized!
And that’s all for today, friends. I hope your weekend is wonderful. I’ll see you soon!