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MAN IN THE MIRROR debuted on The New York Time Bestsellers list for the week of October 18, 2026, appearing at #11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list and #12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Knopf published the book on September 29, 2026.
Deadline reported that Netflix has officially greenlit the drama series FERAL, based on Shirley Conran’s SAVAGES. Show creator Jude Mack says: “It’s a complete dream to be carrying Shirley Conran’s torch alongside Hera and Netflix. I can’t wait for people to meet these funny, brutal, bold women. I’m obsessed with them and hope audiences will be too.” The series will star Jessica Gunning, Michelle Dockery, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Quintessa Swindell. Production is set to begin in Australia this year. Simon & Schuster published SAVAGES on January 1, 1987.
The Temple Emanu-el Streicker Cultural Center will host Dustin Hoffman in conversation with his LOOK AT ME collaborator, Ariel Levy, on November 11. The book was also featured on Barnes & Noble’s “Best Biographies and Travelogues of 2026” roundup. Scribner will publish LOOK AT ME on November 10, 2026.
END TIMES FASCISM debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of October 4, 2026, appearing at #2 on both the Hardcover Nonfiction and Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction lists. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 15, 2026.
Deadline announced that Brian Haig’s THE PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN will be adapted into the crime thriller series THE HAWK on Hulu. The series will star Casey Affleck, and will be written by David Collard and produced by Kevin Walsh. THE PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN was originally published on February 23, 2005 by Grand Central Publishing.
The world stage adaptation of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS premiered on August 1 at Curve in Leicester, England, and will tour across the UK and Ireland through June 2027. Adapted by Gina Gionfriddo and directed by Nikolai Foster, the production stars John Partridge (EASTENDERS, CABARET) as Hannibal Lecter, Mollie Gallagher (CORONATION STREET) as Clarice Starling, Oliver Farnworth (EMMERDALE) as Agent Jack Crawford, and Sam Jackson (SKINS) as Buffalo Bill. In a review for The Guardian, Mark Lawson praises the play as a “daring…shock to the system." THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was originally published by St. Martin's Press in 1988.
Barack Obama selected Vincent Yu’s Seek IMMEDIATE SHELTER as one of eleven titles on his 2026 Summer Reading List. The only debut novel on the list, SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER tells a story of survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos. The novel was published by Flatiron Books on May 5th, 2026, and the UK edition publishes with September Publishing on August 6th.
VILLA COCO by Andrew Sean Greer debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of June 28, 2026, appearing at #14 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Doubleday published the book on June 9, 2026.
ICARUS 17, the newest entry in Charles Cumming's bestselling BOX 88 series, has received positive press ahead of its release this summer. In The Guardian’s round-up of most-anticipated books for 2026, Alex Preston calls ICARUS 17 the “best [installment] yet,” adding: “If there was any question as to who is the rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown as the king of elegant spy fiction, this proves that it’s Cumming beyond any doubt.” Kirkus praises: “The plot is intricate and its incidents satisfyingly interconnected, each small development fitting into a tapestry of espionage and international relations…A subtle international thriller that offers simmering suspense and political insight.” Meanwhile, Civilian Reader calls the BOX 88 SERIES “[m]ust-reads…for all fans of espionage fiction,” adding that ICARUS 17 “is easily one of [their] most-anticipated novels of the year.” The Mysterious Press will publish the book on July 7, 2026.
DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of May 17, 2026, appearing at #1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction and Combined Print & E-Book lists. William Morrow published the book on April 28, 2026.