Hello, Book Friends!
Welcome to another Monday edition of Book Radar. It feels like it was a long weekend. We’re in a whole new month now, and so much is going on in the book world. Let me tell you all about it.
Book Deals and Reveals
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction for his latest book, The Message. Here, Coates explores the power of storytelling and how it creates our reality. It’s out from One World on October 1.
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a series based on Andy Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes novels. Hero Fiennes Tiffin has signed on to star, and Guy Ritchie will direct.
Here’s the cover reveal of Ai Jiang’s sci-fi fantasy novella A Palace Near the Wind. It’s out from Titan Books on April 8, 2025.
Wizards of the Coast has revealed the cover art for the newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons’ Dungeon Master’s Guide. The new cover is illustrated by Tyler Jacobson. It will be out on November 12.
And here’s the cover of Dream Hunters by Nazima Pathan. It’s out on August 1!
Netflix has announced the cast for BET, a live-action high school thriller based on the manga Kakegurui. The cast includes Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Anwen O’Driscoll, Aviva Mongillo, and Ryan Sutherland.
Bestselling author Lisa Scottoline has sold the rights to four new books to Grand Central. The first book in the deal, The Unraveling of Julia, will be published in July 2025.
Gary Krist, author of the bestsellers Empire of Sin and The Mirage Factory, will be publishing his latest, Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco, with Crown in March 2025.
Get ready for a new nonfiction anthology all about horror. Why I Love Horror, and You Should Too is a collection of essays all celebrating a love of horror. Contributors include horror authors Stephen Graham Jones, Clay McLeod Chapman, Paul Tremblay, Grady Hendrix, Tananarive Due, Victor LaValle, Rachel Harrison, and many 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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Prepare Your Shelves!
Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous by Mae Marvel (St. Martin’s Griffin, June 11)
Is June a little too early for a holiday romance? Absolutely not, especially when it’s this cute. Katie Price comes from a small town in Wisconsin, but now she’s a big-name celebrity who is well-known across the country—heck, across the world. But with the holidays coming up, Katie is heading home. It’s been a while since she’s made it back to Wisconsin, and there is someone back home she hasn’t been able to stop thinking about.
That someone would be Wil Greene. Back in high school, Wil and Katie were close, but a whole decade has passed since senior year. Wil’s life has changed significantly as well, and not in the way she thought it would. Wil hoped to have a law career by this point, but nothing is really happening with that. On top of that, her father recently died. Now, Wil is best known for her TikTok account, where she posts about her personal intimacy challenge: kissing a new person twice a week every week.
Wil and Katie’s lives have gone in very different directions, but they’ve never stopped thinking of each other. As soon as they’re reunited, all of those feelings and emotions from ten years ago come flooding right back. They’re from different worlds, but maybe undeniable chemistry is enough to make this connection last this time.
What I’m Reading This Week
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander
Monday Memes
This is for all of you who are patiently waiting for Bridgerton season 2, part 2. You’re almost there.
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Two cats for the price of one today! Here’s Remy and Murray, being good brothers. I 100% guarantee Murray was there first and Remy showed up to hang out and be cool. Serious little brother energy.
That’s all for Monday’s Book Radar. Have a beautiful week. See you Thursday!