Celebrity Book Club Picks
Check out the celebrity book club picks for July 2024!
Read with Jenna
Amidst the disappearances of young girls in a small Missouri town, an unlikely hero emerges — Patch, a local boy, saves the daughter of a wealthy family, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker’s All the Colors of the Dark is about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
Reese’s Book Club
If you stumbled upon a curiously abandoned house, would YOU go inside? Enthralling, richly imagined, filled with psychic mediums and charlatans, spirits and past lives, mothers, marriage, and the legacy of alcoholism, The Cliffs is a deeply moving novel about the land we inhabit, the women who came before us, and the ways in which none of us will ever truly leave this earth.
GMA Book Club
After choking on a microwaveable burger, Delphie ends up meeting “the one” in the afterlife waiting room. But when the dreamy stranger is whooshed back to Earth, Delphie is offered a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up. But in a city of millions, Delphie is going to have to listen to her heart, learn to ask for help, and perhaps even see the magic in the life she’s leaving behind.
Viola Davis and James Patterson Team Up!
Get ready for an exciting novel cowritten by award-winning actress Viola Davis and bestselling author James Patterson, slated for a 2025/2026 release from Little, Brown and Company. The as-yet-untitled novel is set in the present-day rural south and follows a dynamic and brilliant female judge on the brink of a decision with seismic repercussions for her small county, and potentially the whole nation.
Beloved Children’s Books To Be Adapted Into Animated TV Specials
Passion Pictures is giving author Rachel Bright and illustrator Jim Field‘s series of children’s books the animated TV treatment. The heart-warming series of educational books about animals include The Lion Inside, The Koala Who Could, The Whale Who Wanted More, and The Gecko and the Echo — to name only a few. No network is attached as of yet.
A Great Haul of Fun Bookish Stuff in This Week’s Giveaway!
Up for grabs in this month’s collaboration with Fly Paper Products is a Discovery Literary Bundle that includes:
Two chilling thrillers, Middle of the Night by Riley Sager and bonus “discovery” title, Baby X by Kira Peikoff, plus a load of products perfect for any book lover!
“Sunny”, Based on Colin O’Sullivan’s “The Dark Manual”, Out Now on Apple TV+
Emily Henry Rom-Com Adaptation in the Works — The Fifth One!
Emily Henry keeps growing in popularity, evident not only by her soaring book sales (without the aid of book tours or BookTok!) but also by the fact she now has 5 books being adapted! Her latest bestseller, Funny Story, is getting the feature film treatment with Henry herself writing the script. The story follows Daphne and Miles — a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common — as they form a tenuous friendship and a plan to get back at — or with — their exes.
First Look at “Hellboy: The Crooked Man”
Netflix’s Adaptations Boost Book Sales
Check out how Netflix’s hot adaptations like Bridgerton and Ripley have not only turned the streaming service into a global driving force for boosting book sales, but also changed how we read fiction.
New Releases
Check out some of the highly anticipated books coming out this week!
Alli Frank and Asha Youmans Tackle Writing as a Team Sport
“Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet and a book… absolute heaven.”
— Mark Rubinstein
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