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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie, is back with a new book… and this cover might include a few clues! “This cover (which I am honestly obsessed with) features interesting nods to the five main characters of the story,” Faridah said in an interview with Cosmopolitan. “[The items] not only represent their individual talents and areas of expertise, but also the fractured natures of their family dynamics and the bloody future that awaits them…” The Heirs is set to be released June 2, 2026.
The National Book Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. This year’s 10 contenders are:
- On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated from Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
- The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney
- We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from Spanish by Robin Myers
- The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from Dutch by David McKay
- We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated from Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
- Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir, translated from Arabic by Robin Moger; Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated from Japanese by Polly Barton Hogarth
- We Computers by Hamid Ismailov, translated from Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega
- Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by Sophie Hughes
- Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno, translated from French by Natasha Lehrer.
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The five finalists will be announced on October 7. Winners will be announced in November at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner.
Looking forward to Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein adaptation? Well, there’s also an art/making-of book hitting shelves soon! Insight Editions will publish The Art & Making of Frankenstein: Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the official companion book to the del Toro’s highly anticipated Frankenstein movie on October 28. This release date comes after the film’s limited theatrical release on October 17 but before the movie streams on Netflix starting November 7.
If you loved Netflix’s adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club, then good news! Director Chris Columbus and the core cast of the film—Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie, and Ben Kingsley—are eager to make more of these movies. The Thursday Murder Club is the first in a series by Richard Osman. There are currently five books total, so there is plenty more source material to adapt. “If the audience falls in love with these characters, I would prefer to do nothing else over the next three or four years than to make one or two more of these films,” Columbus said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. So Netflix (and audiences), the ball is now in your court.