Watch December’s New Mystery, Thriller, and True Crime Adaptations!

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Human Specimens (Amazon Prime) Courtesy of Amazon Prime Human Specimen by Kanae Minato If you don’t already know Kanae Minato, she has two great crime novels translated from Japanese to English: Penance and Confessions. They were both loved by Rioters, especially the latter. While Human Specimen hasn’t been translated yet for English readers, it does […]


Taking Stock of Some Tentpole Forthcoming Adaptations

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. A whole bunch of book adaptation news flew across my desk over the last few days. Let’s take stock of a few of the more interesting projects and see where they are, why they might […]


2025 Oscar-Nominated Mystery Adaptations

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced at the end of January and there are a fair amount of adaptations on the list: 7 of 10 of the Best Picture nominations are adaptations. I was particularly thrilled to see […]