It’s time once again to jump into a mega list of library resources, and boy, do I mean mega. I have new book announcements for 2026, readers’ advisory resources, comics updates, authors in the news, miscellaneous library articles, and the oddest publishing partnership I’ve ever heard of. Let’s jump in.

New & Upcoming Titles

• Here’s a cover reveal & preview of Martha Wells’ upcoming Murderbot novel.
• Take a peek at this upcoming speculative novel about the fight for reproductive justice: We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel.
• Here’s a first look at Elizabeth Strout’s upcoming novel, The Things We Never Say, which is also the first to be set outside the universe of Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton.
• And here’s the cover reveal for Andrew Sean Greer’s upcoming novel, Villa Coco.
• Arsenio Hall is publishing a memoir in 2026.
• Paul Young’s Christian fiction thriller The Shack is getting a sequel.
• Exciting Latine YA for your 2026 TBR.
• Look forward to these mysteries & thrillers coming in 2026.
• 6 recent & upcoming knockout horror short story collections.

RA & Genre Resources

• What adult readers can learn from YA books.
• Are we entering a new golden age of biography?
• Establishing a BookTok canon.
• How Twilight changed young adult literature forever.
• Dark academia: a starter pack.
• The Atlantic has a profile on romance’s rise in popularity.
• Why romance and horror make for a happily-ever-after.
• Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.
• A beginner’s guide to romantasy.
• Romantasy vs. fantasy romance: differences and expectations.

All Things Comics

• The 2025 Harvey Awards have been announced.
• The best new comics of 2025.
• How comics are making a comeback.
• 6 superb new superhero comics.
• Why is the One Piece flag showing up at protests?
• 7 spirited graphic novels for Halloween.

Authors in the News

• YA thriller and horror author Diane Hoh has died at 88. I vividly remember my 7th-grade English teacher getting me hooked on the Nightmare Hall series, and I devoured every paperback of hers I could get my hands on.
• Ocean Vuong, Ali Hazelwood, and librarian Amanda Jones are among the authors included on Time’s list of the 100 most influential rising stars around the world.
• George R.R. Martin once again addresses the publication delay for Winds of Winter.
• Remembering Sister Jean, author of Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years and overall Chicago legend. (She was the chaplain of the Loyola University men’s basketball team.) She passed away at 106.
• Stephen King talks about how his next two books will wrap up the Holly Gibney & Talisman series, but says his writing future after that is unknown.
• Gwyneth Paltrow is NOT a fan of Amy Odell’s recent unauthorized biography of her.
• Revealing the truth behind Saul Bellow.

Library Articles Worth Reading

• The library is not a quiet place anymore, and that’s a good thing.
• Librarian Katie Walsh writes about why she loves having one of the most “controversial” jobs in the country.
• What is a trauma-informed approach to library work?
• Advice & reflections for new library professionals.
• Setting boundaries as a library professional.
• Rally support for readers.
• The next generation of activists.

And Finally…

“Hellmann’s [yes, that Hellman’s] has teamed up with Armentrout and her publishers, Blue Box Press, to release a special edition of The Primal of Blood and Bone which is printed with ink mixed with their garlic aioli — the Craven being vampires, remember, and so averse to a bit of garlic.” Look, I’m not a romantasy reader, but I don’t even think the most avid fans have ever opened a book and gone, “You know what would make this book even better?! Mayonnaise!”