We’re coming up on the end of the year, but the publishing and book updates haven’t slowed down. In this library world roundup, I have some AI updates, the best books of November and the first of the Best Books of the Year lists, readers’ advisory resources, adaptation news, and some resources to round out your Nonfiction November displays.

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Now let’s jump into today’s library news.

AI Updates

• The class action lawsuit against OpenAI moves ahead.
• Amazon has introduced Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service.
• Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, says that AI is the next big problem facing children.
• Three years after the launch of ChatGPT, do we know where this is heading?
• Over 50% of new online articles are being cranked out by AI.
• AI models can get brain rot too.

Best of November & Best of the Year

• November picks from Amazon, Kirkus, LA Times, New York Times, People, Reactor (fantasy, science fiction), Town & Country, USA Today, Vulture.
• 10 of the best new November releases in every genre.
• Best books of the year from Barnes & Noble, Elle (mysteries & thrillers), Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Vulture (horror).

Readers’ Advisory & Genre Resources

• Lady Golem and the Lady Knight: medieval revival, romance, and resistance.
• Also: lady knights are having a moment.
• The case for literary fiction.
• Zadie Smith’s best books.
• Genrefication is a form of access.
• A gothic fiction starter pack.
• Housing diversity in picture books.
• Meet the shadow daddies of romantasy.

All Things Comics

• 6 graphic novels like Watchmen.
• Graphic novels about demon hunters.
• Kids’ graphic novels about monsters.
• 7 novels perfect for comics fans.

Book Adaptations in the News

• The Inheritance Games is getting a series adaptation.
• Lady Gaga has joined the cast for the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada.
• Netflix is adapting a live-action movie of Eloise.
• 30 books being adapted for the screen.
• Will we be seeing a wave of YA adaptations coming soon?

Resources for Nonfiction November

• 5 nonfiction books that read like fiction.
• A reading list about complicated families.
• 7 books about the power of political imagination.
• 15 heist stories that might make for some good current events reading.
• 20 nonfiction reads for your book club.
• 4 of the buzziest nonfiction books of 2025.
• 6 memoirs at the intersection of marriage, divorce, gender, and sexuality.