Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and takes enormous pleasure in creeping out her coworkers. When she's not at work, she's at home watching the Cubs with her cats and her cardigan collection. Other hobbies include scrapbooking, introducing more readers to the Church of Tana French, and convincing her husband that she can, in fact, fit more books onto her shelves.
Twitter: @kt_librarylady
Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and takes enormous pleasure in creeping out her coworkers. When she's not at work, she's at home watching the Cubs with her cats and her cardigan collection. Other hobbies include scrapbooking, introducing more readers to the Church of Tana French, and convincing her husband that she can, in fact, fit more books onto her shelves.
Twitter: @kt_librarylady
It’s the first library link roundup of the new year! I’ve got some new title announcements, AI updates (because that’s definitely not going away in 2026), reader’s advisory links, and a ton of adaptation news from the end of the year.
Let’s dive in.
New & Upcoming Titles
- Here’s the Spring 2026 preview for adult tiles from Publisher’s Weekly.
- Gregory Maguire is publishing another book in the Wicked series.
- Pope Leo XIV is publishing his first book, out in February.
- Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung team up for a new thriller.
- Here’s the cover for James Patterson and Viola Davis’s upcoming courtroom thriller, Judge Stone.
- Brandon Sanderson is crowdfunding a new book in the Cosmere series for 2026.
- Ryan Lochte announces a new memoir, publication date TBD.
- Ibram X. Kendi is publishing a new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age, in 2026.
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AI Updates
- The Waterstones CEO says that they would stock books created by AI as long as they were clearly labeled.
- AI slop is ruining Reddit for everyone.
- Publishing educators debate whether AI should be embraced or shunned.
- Kindle has launched an AI-powered spoiler-free reading assistant that will answer questions about the book you’re reading, and no, authors can’t opt out from this feature. I can’t imagine how inaccurate these responses are going to be.
RA/Genre Resources
- Fable’s State of Reading Report says that word-of-mouth recommendations are still preferred over AI/algorithm reading recommendations.
- Where to start with Arundhati Roy.
- Olivia Nuzzi, Karine Jean-Pierre, and Eric Trump have all written the same book: the grievance memoir.
- How to sell a romance novel: put the characters in skates.
Book Adaptations In the News
- Sabrina Carpenter is producing and starring in a musical film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
- The Stephen King short story “Mr. Yummy” is getting an adaptation.
- David Szalay’s Booker Prize-winning novel Flesh is getting a film adaptation.
- Bolu Babalola’s Honey and Spice is getting a film adaptation.
- Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date is being adapted for Netflix.
- We’re getting a Sense and Sensibility adaptation coming in 2026, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.
- Netflix has acquired series adaptation rights to Emily Giffin’s All We Ever Wanted.
- Netflix is also adapting Liz Moore’s God of the Woods.
- Here’s the latest trailer for Project Hail Mary.
- And here’s the latest trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping.
- Here’s the latest trailer for People We Meet on Vacation.
- Here’s a first look at the series adaptation of Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
- How a hockey romance novel became a smutty HBO hit.
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