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One of the Best Horror Novels of the 21st Century is Getting a Film Adaptation!

One of the Best Horror Novels of the 21st Century is Getting a Film Adaptation!

Published by Jenni Sidey

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Paul Tremblay’s psychological horror/exorcism novel Head Full of Ghosts is finally getting a film adaptation. As this book has already been named one of the best novels of the 21st century by me, horror fans should all be really excited about this one. Here’s everything we know so far! Paul Tremblay’s 2015 Bram Stoker Award-winning novel Head Full of Ghosts follows the Barretts, a middle-class suburban family whose lives are turned completely upside down when 14-year-old Marjorie Barrett becomes afflicted with a mysterious mental health condition. When doctors can’t provide the family with any help, they begin to wonder if Marjorie might be a victim of demonic possession, and they invite a reality TV show called The Possession to document her exorcism. A film adaptation of this book has been in the works for several years. In 2018, Osgood Perkins was attached to direct. Then in 2020, Scott Cooper came on board to rewrite and direct the film, …

Romance Novels with the Best Animal Characters

Romance Novels with the Best Animal Characters

Published by Jenni Sidey

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My favorite romance novels bring warm, comforting vibes, often through cozy settings, flirtatious banter, and a mouth-watering food description or two. But nothing tugs on my heartstrings more than an adorable pet. Pets make excellent additions to romance novels. They bring people together in unexpected ways, and they provide ample opportunities for comedic relief. You might even call them (ro)man(ce)’s best friend. Pets brighten up our real lives, and they can be just as fun to encounter in a good romance novel. Below you’ll find some of my favorite romance novels with the best animal characters to wiggle their ways into my heart. Let’s hear it for the emotional support dogs/cats/rabbits/goldfish/whatever other animals that make our protagonists smile — and sometimes help bring about unforgettable meet-cutes. The Re-Do List by Denise Williams I’m a fan of Denise Williams and knew I’d love her newest book, but it’s that illustration of Gus on the cover that had me making …

Graphic Novels About Losing a Loved One

Graphic Novels About Losing a Loved One

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Processing the loss of a loved one, whether sudden or expected, is something we all have to go through, but that doesn’t make it any easier. No matter how old you are when it happens, it can help to see your experiences reflected in fiction. If you need comfort or are just looking for a story that explores darker subjects thoughtfully, I hope you find what you are looking for here. Before We Wake by Sophia Glock When Alicia’s father died, it seemed like the only thing that remained the same was her best friend, Marisa. But now Marisa is changing too. She’s focusing more on her new boyfriend than anything else. Alicia finds solace in lucid dreaming–that is, until Marisa’s boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance in a dream she thought she controlled. Can he help Alicia move forward, or will he just make things worse? Note: In addition to parent death, this book also features pet death. …

March’s New Comics and Graphic Novels Will Put a Spring in Your Step

March’s New Comics and Graphic Novels Will Put a Spring in Your Step

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Feel that? Depending on where you live, you may have forgotten, but that is the blissful sensation of not turning into a popsicle the minute you step outside your door. Isn’t it delightful? Let’s celebrate with some fresh new comics and graphic novels, which is the best way to celebrate anything, as far as I’m concerned. Keep scrolling to find lots of stories about women and girls taking their future into their own hands — perfect for Women’s History Month, which has just started in the U.S. and elsewhere — plus loads of other enticing tales for comic book lovers of all ages! The Makeup Remover Volume One by Lee Yeon (Mar 3) Now you can own a copy of this popular webtoon about Yeseul, an average-looking college student who will do anything to fit in with her gorgeous peers. But when she becomes the subject of a professional make-up artist’s attention, Yeseul begins to wonder: is beauty …

A Pale View of Hills: Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels are simple and unadorned – no wonder they’re easy to turn into films

A Pale View of Hills: Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels are simple and unadorned – no wonder they’re easy to turn into films

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter I try to write unfilmable novels,” Kazuo Ishiguro has said, which suggests he’s doing something very wrong. Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day was converted quite beautifully into a Bafta award-winning picture. His acclaimed sci-fi tale Never Let Me Go was duly made over as an acclaimed sci-fi thriller. He’s the most cine-literate, film-friendly British author on the scene, a man whose unadorned prose translates serenely to the screen. So his efforts are in vain; he’s cursed with success in both fields. I’m guessing he tries to write unfilmable novels in the same way he tried not to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. For a brief spell, it looked as though 2026 might contain a logjam of splashy Ishiguro productions. Then Taika Waititi’s much-touted adaptation of Klara and the Sun (featuring Jenna Ortega as the “Artificial Friend”) stalled …

The Only 2 Brontë Novels Without A Film Or TV Adaptation

The Only 2 Brontë Novels Without A Film Or TV Adaptation

Published by Sam Flores

From Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre, Brontë novels seem to perform remarkably well on screen. There are more than 50 TV and movie Jane Eyre adaptations. And Wuthering Heights has at least 10 English-language screen versions. But not all of the books penned by sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne have been given the same degree of attention from studios (here, we’re only talking about English-language versions). Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, for instance, has only had one major TV adaptation – the BBC’s 1996 series, which lasted for only three episodes. The broadcaster is also alone in creating a TV drama (five episodes long, in the ’70s) from Charlotte’s Villette. And the Jane Eyre author’s other book, Shirley, saw its last major screen adaptation in 1922, when it became the basis for a silent movie. But neither silent films nor major “talkies” have yet taken on Charlotte Brontë’s The Professor, a book published after her death, or Anne’s Agnes Grey. What is Charlotte Brontë’s book The Professor? It’s the first novel the author ever …

Black Horror Novels Coming Out in 2026

Black Horror Novels Coming Out in 2026

Published by José Betancourt

Honey by Imani Thompson (Random House, May 5) Honey is about a PhD student who develops a thirst for murder. Yrsa is a graduate student researching Afropessimism. The research is going well, but Yrsa feels extremely disillusioned by the graduate school experience and even more disillusioned with men. Those feelings only escalate when she discovers her best friend, Nina, has been having an affair with a college professor who ends up stealing her research. Yrsa is furious, so when she encounters the professor slowly dying from a bee sting, she just lets it happen. Yrsa never could have imagined how good it would feel watching an evil man die. Now she’s desperate to recreate that high, and not a single sexist, misbehaving man on campus is safe. Source link

4 of the Best New Mystery Graphic Novels for Kids Out in 2026

4 of the Best New Mystery Graphic Novels for Kids Out in 2026

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I grew up on shows like Scooby-Doo, Columbo, and Murder She Wrote, and I was obsessed with child detectives in books like Encyclopedia Brown. If I’d been handed a mystery graphic novel with a child detective at that time, my little mind would have exploded with sheer joy. It’s why, to this day, I keep an eye out for kid sleuths in any format, but it feels like a special win when it’s in graphic novel format. Here’s what’s on my radar so far in 2026. The Case of the Missing Kolo (Korobá) by Àlàbá Ònájìn Here’s a new series set in a Nigerian fishing village that follows ten-year-old Korobá. The children save coins in their Kolos—wooden piggy banks—for the annual Makoko harvest festival. So when one of Korobá’s best friends, Saidat, has her Kolo stolen, she’s on the case! Gumshoe by Brenna Thummler The creator of Sheets has a new middle grade graphic novel following a group …

Unsettle Down: 8 Creepy Post-Apocalyptic Novels

Unsettle Down: 8 Creepy Post-Apocalyptic Novels

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Hello, my little cenobites! My inspiration for this post was an internet outage we experienced in my area a few weeks ago. Service went out for over a week, and I know that we now rely on the internet for a lot of things, but I didn’t fully understand just how much until it wasn’t there. While I had all that internet-free time–which sounds amazing, but was actually incredibly stressful because I need it to do my job–I started thinking about the whole world if the internet goes out. It wouldn’t be pretty. People are not fully prepared for what going back to analog means. That is why I thought of books about various apocalypses. There are a LOT of them, from mild interruptions to full-on destruction of the world. These outages happen for all kinds of reasons: weather, war, nature, disease, take your pick. Instead of going over the same post-apocalyptic novels used in every list—The Road, …

The Most Immersive Settings in Fantasy Novels

The Most Immersive Settings in Fantasy Novels

Published by Jenni Sidey

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Hello, friends! This has to be one of the easiest topics I’ve written about, because it feels like almost all the fantasy novels I have read have been immersive. And most of them were worlds I would gladly visit! That’s what makes fantasy novels such a great choice when you need to escape from reality. But since there are so many, I didn’t want to mention the ones that are always named when fantasy books are recommended. I loooooove V.E. Schwab and Susanna Clarke, and highly recommend them, but everyone knows them. Same with Golden Compass, The Night Circus, Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time, Katabasis, The Fifth Kingdom, and Lord of the Rings. (Fun fact: You can sing those titles to the first lines of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel.) No, this time I am going to mention a few amazing fantasy titles that I haven’t gone on and on about lately, to give …