Dear Book Friends,
It’s Monday again, which means it’s time for another round of Book Radar! It’s a new week and a new month filled with lots of new books and exciting book news, so let’s get into it.
Book Deals and Reveals
Paste shared the cover of Andrew Joseph White’s Compound Fracture. The cover artist is Evangeline Gallagher, and Lily Steele is the lead designer. It’s out from Peachtree Teen on September 3.
Speaking of big books coming out this September, Sally Rooney will be publishing her fourth book this September. Intermezzo will be published on September 24.
R.F. Kuang’s Babel has been optioned for an on-screen adaptation by Wiip, the same group responsible for The Mare of Easttown. No scriptwriter is attached to the project yet.
Speaking of film adaptations, here are eight sci-fi and fantasy books that are soon to become movies!
One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz has announced her new memoir, Dinner for Vampires. The book, which details the actor’s experiences in a Hollywood cult, will be out on October 22.
Atria has launched a new bilingual imprint, Primero Sueño Press, dedicated to publishing Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in both English and Spanish.
Are you reading for the 2024 Audies? You can livestream the 2024 Audies Gala on Monday, March 4, 2024. The show will begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
The Reading Rainbow documentary Butterfly in the Sky will be released in select AMC theaters and digitally through Fifth Season.
Book Riot Recommends
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Prepare Your Shelves!
Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (Tor Nightfire, March 26)
Horror covers this year have really been giving me the creeps. Just look at the cover for Jennifer Thorne’s upcoming gothic horror novel Diavola. It’s giving mystery. It’s giving uncanny. It’s giving me literal shivers down my spine. But the contents of this book are actually even more exciting. So prepare your shelves, because this is going to be one of the most unique horror novels you experience this year.
This book is a bitingly funny, deeply unsettling family drama, vacation thriller, and straight-up, bone-chilling horror. The Pace family is heading off on a vacation in a remote villa in Monteperso. So much family togetherness is almost too much for Anna Pace to bear. She’s always felt like an outsider in her family. And now, to make matters worse, she keeps hearing strange noises at night, and the villagers approach the family with unsettling warnings about the villa’s violent past.
What I’m Reading This Week
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Codename: Sailor V by Naoko Takeuchi
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Monday Memes
I am totally obsessed with all of the Willy Wonka memes following the disastrous “experience” in Glasgow. This one is especially for the people who work in publishing. Shout out to y’all!
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Look at these two bad cats! They are definitely up to something. Just look at how big their eyes are. Why do cats look so cute when they’re getting into so much trouble?
And…that’s all I have for you today, friends! Have a wonderful week. Let’s check back in on Thursday. Happy reading!