Tom Bateman and Lili Reinhart to Star in THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS and More Book News!

It’s time for another roundup of some of the most important book news of the week! From new cover reveals to adaptation news to an important new collection supporting relief efforts in Palestine. Lots of exciting stuff, so let’s get right into it.

Sarah Dessen is back with her first novel in seven years, and here’s the cover reveal. Dessen has signed a special three-book deal with Simon & Schuster, so we can expect more books from the author in the future. Change of Plans is scheduled for a May 5, 2026 release. “Change of Plans is about the lives we envision, those we end up living and the twists and turns in between. There’s also love, heartbreak, family and breakfast sandwiches,” Dessen said in an interview with Cosmopolitan. “I’m thrilled to be working with Simon & Schuster and can’t wait to share it with my longtime readers as well as new ones.” The author will also release novels in 2027 and 2028.

Tom Bateman (Murder on the Orient Express) has been cast to star opposite Lili Reinhart in Amazon MGM Studios and MRC’s adaptation of The Love Hypothesis. The rom-com film is based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Ali Hazelwood. Hazelwood’s novel actually started as Rey/Kylo Ren Star Wars (Reylo) fanfic, and Bateman is married to Daisy Ridley, who played Rey in the Star Wars films.

Here’s an excerpt from Kaira Rouda’s upcoming novel We Were Never Friends. The novel follows Roxy Callahan Gentry, who invites her former Theta Gamma Mu sorority sisters to her home in Palm Springs to celebrate her son’s engagement. Over the course of the year, tensions between the group start to resurface. We Were Never Friends is out from Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, on February 3, 2026.

Prime Video has announced the cast of its upcoming series adaptation of Every Summer After, based on the best-selling 2022 novel by Carley Fortune. Sadie Soverall (Saltburn) stars as Percy, and Matt Cornett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Summer of 69) will play her love interest, Sam. Also joining the cast: Aurora Perrineau, Abigail Cowen, Michael Bradway, and Joseph Chiu.

Here’s the cover reveal of Gaza: The Story of a Genocide, edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro. This collection paints a full picture of the destruction in Palestine, as told through personal testimony, expert analysis, poetry, photography, and frontline reportage. Contributors include Mosab Abu Toha, susan abulhawa, Laila Al-Arian, Tareq Baconi, Eman Basher, Omar Barghouti, Yara Eid, Huda J. Fakhreddine, Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, Yara Hawari, Maryam Iqbal, Nina Lakhani, Ahmed Masoud, Lina Mounzer, Malaka Shwaikh, Shareef Sarhan, Mary Turfah, Joe Sacco, Mona Chalabi, and Hiba Abu Nada, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike on her home in Khan Younis, Gaza. All royalties from this book are being donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It will be published on October 7.