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News & Best of the Year

Time lists the 10 best nonfiction books of the year.

Vulture highlights the best comedy books of 2023.

NYT highlights the best book covers of 2023.

The Millions’ A Year in Reading 2023 series features recommendations from Phillip Lopate, Christine Coulson, Athena Dixon, and Joanna Biggs.

Andy Cohen relaunches a new book imprint with Crown. Publishers Weekly reports. 

Page To Screen

December 8th

Eileen, based on the book by Ottessa Moshfegh. NEON. Reviews | Trailer

Culprits, based on Culprits: The Heist Was Just the Beginning, ed. by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips. Hulu. Reviews | Trailer

Fast Charlie, based on the novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler. Vertical. Reviews | Trailer

The End We Start From, based on the book by Megan Hunter. Republic. Reviews | Trailer

Origin, inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. NEON. Reviews | Trailer

Leave the World Behind, based on the novel by Rumaan Alam. Netflix. Reviews | Trailer

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, based on characters by Jeff Kinney. Disney+. No Reviews | Trailer

Merry Little Batman, with assoc. titles. Prime. No Reviews | Trailer

December 9th

Christmas Wedding Planner, based on the novel by Stacy Connelly. UP. Reviews | Trailer

December 10th

Dark Gathering, based on manga by Kenichi Kondo. HIDIVE. No Reviews | Trailer

December 14th

Yu Yu Hakusho, based on manga by Yoshihiro Togashi. Netflix. No Reviews | Trailer

Reviews

NPR reviews Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner (Flatiron): “Renner's debut is self-assured and full of poetry, and it will change Florida in the eyes of everyone who reads it.”

Washington Post reviews Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood by David Mamet (S. & S): “Track down The Spanish Prisoner (1997), a sleeper gem that’s one of the best films starring Steve Martin. Great stuff, many surprises. The opposite of this blinkered, unhappy book.”; Her Side of the Story by Alba de Céspedes, tr. by Jill Foulston (Astra House): “Her Side of the Story is a courageous novel, beautifully imagined and written. Yet its ending does not have the narrative power of the first half of the book.”

Briefly Noted

NYT profiles Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse. The Guardian also features Fosse and his remarks from his Nobel laureate speech. 

LA Times examines changes to The Book of Animal Secrets: Nature’s Lessons for a Long and Happy Life by David B. Agus, which was pulled earlier this year due to plagiarism. S. & S. published the book this week.

Entertainment Weekly lists “The 10 best Star Wars books ever.”

NYT recommends 6 paperbacks. and 9 new books for the week.

Rumaan Alam reflects on seeing Leave the World Behind, brought to the screen, at LitHub. 

Jessica St. Clair talks with People about her and and Casey Wilson's forthcoming audiobook The Art of Small Talk, which publishes March 5.

NYT sketches a “graphic tribute to Paula Fox.”

FoxNews profiles “A Christmas Story” author Jean Shepherd.

CrimeReads provides a supernatural survival horror reading list.

“Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet of Social Justice Issues, Dies at 65.” NYT has an obituary. The Guardian remembers his life and work. 

Authors On Air

Kenan Thompson discusses his memoir, When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown (Harper), with NPR’s Fresh Air. 

Naomi Alderman talks about her book, The Future (S. & S.), with The Maris Review podcast. The book review podcast is set to wind down at the end of this year, after 4 ½ years. LitHub announced host Maris Kreizman as a 2024 columnist, along with Kristin Arnett.

NPR's Book of the Day looks at novels by Sigrid Nunez and Michael Cunningham.

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