Literary
Guides
The Grishaverse: How to read Shadow & Bone and the rest of Leigh Bardugo’s epic literary universe in release and chronological order
How to read Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse in release and chronological order
October 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Spoilers!Batman, Flash, and DC Studios Easter Eggs are all over IT: Welcome to Derry season premiere - Here's why they weren't just throwaways [Lore Corner]
A certain Scarlet Speedster and Dark Knight Detective are visible briefly in the prequel to Andy Muschietti's IT adaptation, Welcome to Derry. And if you know that filmmaker, you already know why these DCU references matter
October 27, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Guides
How to read Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Crescent City, and all of Sarah J. Maas’s books in release and chronological order
How to read Sarah J. Maas’s books in release and chronological order
October 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Guides
How to read Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere books in release and chronological order
How to read Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere in release and chronological order
October 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
COVID almost stopped Philip Pullman from finishing the Northern Lights story
His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman is back with The Rose Field, the final installment in the Northern Lights series starring Lyra Silvertongue
October 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
A photo of Jared Leto looking like "Rock Star Jesus" inspired Delilah S. Dawson to write her new book, House of Idyll
In Delilah S. Dawson's House of Idyll book, a singer-songwriter joins an artist compound owned by a rock star and discovers something sinister lurking below the surface
October 21, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Stephen King is reportedly the most banned author in American public schools, with more than 200 books removed from US schools last year
PEN America tracked 6,800 cases of books temporarily or permanently banned in the 2024-2025 school year, and Stephen King came out as the top author whose work has been pulled from shelves
October 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
The difference between YA and Adult fiction is perspective and exhaustion, say authors Veronica Roth and Marie Lu
The Divergent and Red City authors shared how they felt about transitioning from YA to Adult fiction and what separates the two.
October 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Divergent author Veronica Roth doesn't mince her words about the current situation in Chicago: "Get the hell out, ICE"
"Immigrants built Chicago" she told her panel at New York Comic Con 2025.
October 10, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Authors are rockstars at Kingdom of Threads, and you can get that rockstar merch at NYCC 2025
You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can cover yourself with merch from your favorite books thanks to Kingdom of Threads.
October 09, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Ahead of IT: Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max, we're covering the top five MUST READ Stephen King novels [Lore Corner]
And no, IT isn't gonna be on this list. I mean, you should probably read that before Andy and Barbara Muschietti's Welcome to Derry comes to HBO, but I think that's self-evident, don't you?
October 06, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Amazon's Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power deal was for 5 seasons - and if they don't deliver, it'll cost them something... precious ($20 million per season, to be precise)
Amazon assembled its fellowship to create 50 episodes of The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power across 5 seasons. Now, with the show trapped in kind of streaming Mordor, we take a look at what the cost would be to give up the quest
October 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Did Scream create a generation of dark romance fans? Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard are not impressed
Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard reacted to their Scream characters fueling the dark romance subgenre
September 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Stephen King is an idol of horror literature, but he thinks there's one thing you shouldn't be afraid of: spoilers
The creator of Pennywise the Clown doesn't care if you know that Pennywise is defeated at the end of IT. That said, Stephen King thinks there is one horror writer whose work you should approach spoiler-free
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Magic: The Gathering revives its prose novel line after 5 years, beginning with the wizard university Strixhaven in Omens of Chaos
Wizards of the Coast is expanding the Magic: The Gathering official story into prose fiction.
September 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Magic: The Gathering returns to Middle Earth with new Hobbit set coming in 2026
Just a few days after Hobbit Day 2025, Magic: The Gathering's Universe is welcoming Tolkien nerds back to... well, more nerd stuff
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Our spoiler-filled review of The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens [Lore Corner]
Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens is the latest book in The Witcher series
September 26, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Barack Obama has a new favorite American horror writer: Stephen Graham Jones
Former President Obama named Stephen Graham Jones's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter as one of his favorite books of the summer
September 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
In today’s world of tradwives, The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens isn’t interested in being your ‘anti-woke’ fantasy [If It Bleeds, We Read]
Writer Andrzej Sapkowski continues The Witcher's tradition of subverting fantasy tropes to address prejudice in our world today
September 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Guides
The 2026 biggest book releases from your favorite authors (Veronica Roth, Cassandra Clare, Freida McFadden, and more)
Though 2025 isn't over yet, we are starting our engines and taking a look ahead at the biggest book releases out in 2026
September 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer has “other stories outlined” for Edward and Bella after Breaking Dawn
The Twilight Saga didn't end for writer Stephenie Meyer after Breaking Dawn, and she has plans for where Edward and Bella's story goes next
September 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The best fiction books of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
Stephen Graham Jones, Kylie Lee Baker, Virginia Feito, Lavinia Greenlaw, Daphne Woolsoncroft, and Daniel Kraus gave us books we couldn't put down in 2025.
September 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Femgore and femme body horror will continue to reign in fiction thanks to real-world violence [Future Fest]
The femgore subgenre has caught the attention of Hollywood, and shows no signs of slowing down
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
[Future Fest] Horror lit's next big trend is Appalachian horror, blending the best of both folk horror and eco-horror
Thanks to books like Memorials by Richard Chizmar and Smothermoss by Alisa Alering, Appalachian horror shines a light on the specific horrors that this region has experienced
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The future of horror novels lies in unlikeable queer characters [Future Fest]
Books like Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin and Wretch by Eric LaRocca are part of a larger vibe shift in horror lit
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
KPop Demon Hunters x The Baby-Sitters Club = Stage musical gold, with Shania Twain influences
The Baby-Sitters Club will be adapted as a stage musical, featuring music and lyrics by KPop Demon Hunters composer Mark Sonnenblick
September 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Why you should read the new Witcher prequel Crossroads of Ravens [Lore Corner]
On September 30, The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens by Andrzej Sapkowski hits bookstores, and we give our verdict on it
September 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Iconic writers Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, and more get their own baseball cards from publisher McSweeney’s
Collect the likes of Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, Amy Tan, and more.
September 04, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Crunchyroll, Marvel, Funko, and many more are waiting for you on the New York Comic Con 2025 show floor this October
It's time to start making your list of must-visit booths at NYCC 2025, and we've got the full line-up to get you started
August 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
DC Comics, Matt Dinnamin, Kickstarter, Jim Butcher, Warner Bros. Animation & more are part of NYCC 2025 Professional Programming line-up
New York Comic Con is the largest gathering of pop culture fans in North America. It's also the largest gathering of pop culture professionals as well.
August 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The key (and controversial) differences between The Witcher books vs. the Netflix show [Lore Corner]
Season 4 of The Witcher on Netflix will debut Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia. So let's take a dive into how the TV show differs from the books
August 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Here's your reading guide to The Witcher books [Lore Corner]
Ahead of the Crossroads of Ravens prequel book's release, here is everything you need to know about The Witcher books and their reading order
August 18, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Queen of dystopian and fantasy fiction, Veronica Roth, returns with a new book series in May 2026 with Seek The Traitor's Son
Veronica Roth, the writer of the Divergent books and When Among Crows, has written a "big romantic kinda-dystopian kinda-fantasy story" with Seek the Traitor's Son
August 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
We Need To Talk About Yaddle, the most badass member of Star Wars' Jedi Order [Rebel Rouser]
Sure, she's known as the "female Yoda" by casual Star Wars fans, but the High Republic novels proved by Yaddle is a formidable Jedi
August 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Stephen King, author of gameshow satire The Running Man, writes novels because he can't watch another gameshow on TV
For Stephen King, who wrote The Running Man under his Richard Bachman alias, "You can only watch so many gameshows on TV" before you get bored
August 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
NYCC 2025 welcomes Tomi Adeyemi, George R. R. Martin, R. L. Stine, and more to Writers Block at the Javits Center this October
From the far-flung futures of science fiction to the steamy bedrooms of romantasy, meet your favorite authors at New York Comic Con’s literary hub
August 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Rick Riordan’s take on Norse mythology with the Magnus Chase books has gotten me back into reading Thor comics [If It Bleeds, We Read]
Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase books helped me rediscover my love of Norse mythology and Thor in general
August 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Luigi Mangione is "a story about the American Dream Gone Wrong," says James Patterson, and he's writing a book to prove it
James Patterson and CNN investigative reporter Vicky Ward will co-write a book spinning out of "hundreds of exclusive interviews, extensive on-the-ground reporting, copious court transcripts, and SEC filings" about Luigi Mangione
August 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Finally, there's an official Green Eggs & Spam for sale in unique Spam x Dr. Seuss collab - but you can only get it at Walmart
Dr. Seuss and Spam are collaborating to make co-branded dreams come true for the 65th anniversary of Green Eggs & Ham
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
If The Witcher games & TV show get ahead of his books, creator/writer Andrzej Sapkowski says he'd consider quit writing the books & the franchise
The creator of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, doesn't want a Game of Thrones situation happening to him
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Project Hail Mary's Andy Weir on torturing lead Ryan Gosling: "No amount of physical discomfort for Ryan is enough"
Weir, who wrote the bestselling novel on which Project Hail Mary is based, appeared at San Diego Comic Con with star Gosling. And somehow, Gosling seemed happy to be there?
August 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark is a satisfying takedown of H.P. Lovecraft and his racism, and my soul has been healed by it [If It Bleeds, We Read]
In the thrilling novella Ring Shout, writer P. Djèlí Clark rewrites H.P. Lovecraft's place within American history and the horror literary canon
July 31, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The Long Walk is Stephen King’s dark take on The Odyssey for Vietnam War-era America [If It Bleeds, It Reads]
Stephen King's book, The Long Walk, lifts elements from The Odyssey by Homer for a dystopian story reflecting the bleakness of the Vietnam War
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Why have a family vacation from hell when you could read one instead with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola? [If It Bleeds, We Read]
For a fraction of the price of a trip to Italy, you can experience the thrill of vacation horror with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola
July 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The most unhinged deaths from Star Wars' High Republic period live in my head rent-free [Rebel Rouser]
Star Wars has largely only flirted with heavy violence, but the High Republic books take it to another level
July 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
The writer of acclaimed horror novel Mexican Gothic couldn’t be happier when Hulu’s adaptation of her book fell through - “I was glad when nobody cared about me anymore.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia's book Mexican Gothic generated buzz in 2020 when it was released, and then picked up by Hulu
July 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Feast your eyes upon the special editions of Rebecca Yarros's hit Fourth Wing romantasy book
Fablelistik has opened pre-orders for the special editions of Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing
July 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Reading slasher novels killed any interest I had in watching a new Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer movie [If It Bleeds, We Read]
After feeling underwhelmed by Hollywood's recent crop of slasher movies, I discovered the wonders of slasher novels by Stephen Graham Jones and Philip Fracassi
July 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Re-reading the Percy Jackson books as an adult, my adolescence as a disabled and mixed-race kid finally makes sense now [If It Bleeds, We Read]
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books gave me a world where I could finally feel normal as a disabled and mixed-race kid
July 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Slow Horses novelist Mick Herron makes sure he writes scenes the Apple TV+ show can't film
Turning Herron's novel London Rules into Slow Horses season 5 means adapting the unadaptable, according to showrunner Will Smith (not that one)
July 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Running Man reboot introduces Michael Cera as a dystopian Home Alone kid, and I'm so here for it
Not gonna lie, the beard on Michael Cera's Running Man character (debuted in the trailer) looks a little off. But the invader-smashing booby traps are so, so on.
July 01, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Man bites Earth, Earth bites back: A fictionalized post-apocalypse as reported in a real-life newspaper in The End Times
Bury the lede, bury the Earth - but first, an obituary in newspaper form with The End Times.
June 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The found-footage subgenre finds new bite as a trend in horror lit with Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials {If It Bleeds, We Read]
Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials rewrite the scares of found-footage horror.
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Meet Booktrovert, the new bookish platform looking to slay both the BookTok algorithm and Goodreads
Since BookTok became the dominant force affecting the publishing industry, publishers have looked for an alternative to market their books
June 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Celebrate the late Octavia E. Butler with a glimpse inside the comic book version of her prescient dystopian novel, Parable of the Talents
Creators Damian Duffy, John Jennings, and David Brame have brought Octavia E. Butler's 1998 novel Parable of The Talents to comics and we have an exclusive look inside on the anniversary of Butler's birth
June 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
The case for listening to audiobooks: accents [If It Bleeds, We Read]
I'm a freak who likes to listen to audiobooks at 1x speed for good reason: to hear all the wonderful accents
June 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Remember the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? With the end of The High Republic, Star Wars may have resolved one of the greatest mysteries from the prequels
Somehow the Sith returned. But how DID they come back in time for the Star Wars prequels?
June 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Iconic author Stephen King isn’t worried about being taken seriously as a writer, because all of his biggest critics “are now dead”
In an interview, Stephen King said that getting "old" has helped him shed his anxieties about being a "popular" writer
June 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Move over, Twilight: Vampires are "inherently queer, inherently liminal," says Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author
V.E. Schwab's new book, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, ditches Twilight's male vampires of yore because they "don't need" attention anymore
June 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Lore Corner: How to Train Your Dragon character guide - The dragons (and riders) you need to know ahead of Universal's live action reboot
Sure you've heard *How* to Train Your Dragon, but do you know *Who* to Train Your Dragon? We'll let you know ahead of the DreamWorks live-action remake
June 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
More people than ever are listening to audiobooks - but more people than ever are listening to bootleg ones on YouTube for free, too
Audiobook sales have been steadily increasing even as audiobook piracy has proliferated on sites like YouTube.
June 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Now we know what James Cameron will do after Avatar: A fantasy Suicide Squad
Once he's done with Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron plans on adapting The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
June 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Ranking the likelihood of each Jedi's death on Charles Soule’s Star Wars: Trials of the Jedi book cover [Rebel Rouser]
It's the High Republic y'all, heads WILL roll in Charles Soule's Star Wars finale book, Trials of the Jedi
June 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
V.E. Schwab digs up the dirt on Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and its beginning as 'toxic lesbian vampires'
V.E. Schwab is back this month with a "toxic lesbian vampire" novel, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
June 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
A British publisher has stopped paying its writers royalties, and one author is responding by telling fans to stop buying her books
Boundless Publishing, formerly known as Unbound, will not be paying author Alex de Campi royalties for her book, The Scottish Boy - and she's far from the only writer the publisher is avoiding paying
June 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
There are two schools of fantasy novels: J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis. V.E. Schwab explains why
At MCM x EGX 2024, V.E. Schwab shed light on how magic has been made accessible to fantasy readers over time through C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
June 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
I have a hunch why Mike Flanagan worked so much Back to the Future into The Life of Chuck
With the caveat that I do not fully comprehend the brilliance of The Life of Chuck's director Flanagan, or its author, Stephen King, I at least have a theory as to why one scene felt straight out of Hill Valley High
June 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
How fantasy author TJ Klune got revenge on his bigoted neighbor
TJ Klune shares the hilarious saga of how he struck back at a neighbor's homophobia.
June 05, 2025
Dave Buesing
Features
M3GAN, meet W1ll1am, horror lit’s creepy new AI villain [If it Bleeds, We Read]
In honor of our scary android bestie M3GAN returning for M3GAN 2.0 this month, let's take a look at W1ll1am by Mason Coile
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Did you know V.E. Schwab names her main characters after herself? She didn't either, until recently
Victor and Eli from Vicious were unintentionally a reflection of V.E. Schwab's full name, Victoria Elizabeth, the author revealed at MCM x EGX 2024
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Margaret Atwood didn’t feel like The Handmaid’s Tale needed a sequel, but US President Donald Trump changed her mind and inspired The Testaments - here's how
Margaret Atwood had no plans to write The Testaments, but Trump’s presidency changed her mind
June 04, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
After four books in three years, Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros is slowing down for her mental health - and we applaud her
The heavy demands of the Empyrean series have driven Rebecca Yarros to slow down the pace at which she writes
June 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Queen's Gambit creator mixes Scandi Noir with UK crime shows like Prime Suspect for Netflix's Dept. Q (with a side of Matthew Goode)
Logan writer and Godless creator Scott Frank is teaming up with Netflix again for an adaptation of a popular Danish crime series, and we recently learned why
June 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Game of Thrones fans, give George R. R. Martin a break - He knows you're "pissed off" about The Winds of Winter
In a new blog post, George R. R. Martin addressed the anger fans have directed at him for taking so long to write The Winds of Winter Game of Thrones book
May 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Fans can expect to see more Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar books - but they might not be coming from Disney as the company's in-house publisher pivots towards non-fiction according to reports
The publishing industry is shifting once more, and Disney Publishing is no different
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Beyond binge-watching K-dramas on Netflix: There’s a new wave of short Korean crime novels translated into English
Korean arts and culture have never more influential around the world, and now this extends into the world of literature
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Black Phone author Joe Hill is "sprinting madly for my life" with a new goal: to write a novel a year. To do it, he's having to say 'no' to himself
A certain famous author writes a new novel every four to five years - but he has a plan to write a book a year. Sounds ominous? This is the work life of Joe Hill.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Elisabeth Moss teases that she'll reprise her Handmaid's Tale character in Hulu's upcoming sequel The Testaments
June Orborne's story is over (for now) after the recent Handmaid's Tale season 6 finale, but the actor who plays her isn't done just yet
May 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn launches new imprint to uplift “unique voices” and publish books you can't help but tell your friends about
Gillian Flynn Books will carry on the legacy of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects to publish thrillers that get audiences thinking about real-world topics
May 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
In writing novels, Jessica Jones' Krysten Ritter gets to explore the psychology of the "unlikable characters" she's famous for onscreen
Krysten Ritter has played complicated women like Jessica Jones onscreen, but it's in her novels that the actress gets the chance to "dive" even further
May 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Even as the publishing industry comes to terms with AI fakery, Melania Trump announces "the future of publishing": her AI-narrated audiobook autobiography
The First Lady of the United States is all aboard the AI train with her new announcement, even as the NLRB reviews the use of AI voices in gaming
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
If It Bleeds, We Read: How the Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping makes revolutionary ideas legible for YA readers
Suzanne Collins's latest Hunger Games prequel book doesn't shy away from political theory
May 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Inside the mind & stories of Stephen King's detective for our time, Holly Gibney, ahead of his new novel Never Flinch
Here’s where to find the backstory for Never Flinch’s Holly, and why it’s worth catching up with her story.
May 20, 2025
Avery Kaplan
News
Fear Street and Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine wanted to write comedy for the rest of his life, then one conversation with a Scholastic editor changed everything
Like so many beginnings, you can chalk Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine's horror career to a "Blind Date"
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu
The Sun-Times has just offered the best argument against using generative AI in journalism, publishing a recommended summer reading list filled with books that aren't actually real
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Somewhere Beyond the Sea author TJ Klune "lowkey wants magic to be real" - until he can make it happen, he writes magical realism
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Klune explained why writing magical realism has been an important exercise for him since he was young
May 20, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping checkouts on library app Libby are up 515%, and it's boosting checkouts for other Hunger Games books too
Hunger Games fans are coming out in full force (and then some!) for Suzanne Collins's new prequel book, Sunrise on the Reaping
May 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Popverse Picks: Asian Pacific American comics and books that break the mold
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with this edition of Popverse Picks
May 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has found her next villain role: Dracula
Wicked's lead Erivo will perform Dracula as a one-woman show, meaning she'll have to rely on some tricks she pulled off in Peacock's Poker Face
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
HBO delays Game of Thrones' Dunk & Egg prequel to 2026 release date window
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg and serving as another prequel to Game of Thrones, wrapped production in September of 2024
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
A romantasy book con descended into Fyre Festival-like chaos so bad the organizer says it's refunding "every attendee, author, and vendor"
A Million Lives Book Festival, a romantasy book convention in Baltimore, left authors and attendees alike scandalized by the poor event planning
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Fresh from The Last of Us and Star Wars, Pedro Pascal publishes poetry ahead of stepping into the MCU
Yes, that's right; Pedro Pascal is actually a poet as well as everyone's favorite fictional father figure
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Popverse Picks: The best Stephen King movie & TV (and more) adaptations, from one King fan to another
It's maybe the greatest horror movie of all time, but King himself doesn't like it - so let's just skip Stanley Kubrick's The Shining altogether and get into some other things based on Stephen's works, yeah?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hey, Lord of the Rings gamers - Tales of the Shire allows you to customize your own Hobbit feet
How big? How hairy? Don't google those questions out of context, but know that you can provide your own answer when Tales of the Hobbit: A Lord of the Rings (cozy!) Game comes out this year
May 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dog Man heads up Children's Book Week 2025: "Reading is the greatest superpower of all"
Dav Pilkey and Scholastic are donating up to 50,000 books to US locations as part of the November 2025 event to promote child literacy.
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Even as Hollywood's book-to-screen pipeline intensifies, novelists feel like "the Amish" in Los Angeles, says Danzy Senna
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Danzy Senna shared some amusing insights about working within Hollywood as both a screenwriter and a novelist
May 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood discusses the generation divide she notices when people respond to her book
The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood finds that younger people are more likely to take the novel’s message seriously
May 08, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
After being struck down 27 yeas ago, Star Wars' answer to Goosebumps is ready to become more powerful than we as kids could have imagined
If Lucasfilm and Disney want to tap into YA, 90s nostalgia, there may be a better option than what they went with in Skeleton Crew
May 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
As publishing becomes less profitable, more writers are jumping from books to video games to make a living
More and more novelists in the UK are supplementing their careers by writing video games, according to a new report, as earnings for writers have plummeted over the past twenty years
May 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene