It’s Friday, meaning it’s time for another round-up of links and resources to keep you at the top of your library game. We’re kicking things off with a round-up of all things Heated Rivalry–because your library’s copy has probably been checked out for weeks at this point–followed by new releases, comic updates, and some adaptation news to get you excited for 2026.

Heated Rivalry Round-up

• NYPL is offering instant access to Heated Rivalry until tomorrow, February 14th, after Zohran Mamdani suggested that New Yorkers take advantage of their library’s digital collections and check out Heated Rivalry while waiting out the latest winter storm. (Love to see an elected official supporting public libraries!)
• Literary agents are looking for the next Heated Rivalry on fanfic sites. But let’s not forget that hockey romance has actually been popular for quite some time now.
• Heated Rivalry and the art of anti-dystopia.
• Queer hockey romances to read if you loved Heated Rivalry.

New & Upcoming Titles

• Jeffrey Archer has announced that his next book, Adam and Eve, will also be his last.
• Audrey Niffenegger is publishing a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife.
• Brooklyn Beckham and his wife, Nicola Peltz-Beckham, have allegedly been offered a seven-figure deal to write a book about Beckham’s public falling out with his parents, David and Victoria Beckham.
• Claire Vaye Watkins has a new book coming out.
• Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is releasing a new memoir this spring.
• Val McDermid talks about working with a sensitivity reader before re-releasing some of her earlier novels, published in the 80s and 90s, and used racial and homophobic language reflective of social attitudes at that time.
• Kirkus has posted its Spring 2026 nonfiction preview.

All Things Comics

• The American Library Association announces the winners of its inaugural Outstanding Comics Awards, which highlighted exceptional comics and graphic novels for adults, teens, and children.
• Publisher’s Weekly posted their Spring 2026 Comics & Graphic Novels preview.

Book Adaptations In the News

• Amazon has snagged film rights to Elise Kova’s fantasy YA novel Dragon Cursed.
• Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series is being adapted for TV.
• Ariel Lawhon’s The Frozen River is getting a film adaptation.
• Daniel Kraus is adapting his novel, Angel Down, into a feature film.
• Adrian McKinty’s thriller, The Chain, is getting a series adaptation at HBO.
• Here’s a first look at the series adaptation of Julia May Jonas’ Vladimir.
• How The Housemaid became a surprise box-office smash.

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