Page-to-screen adaptations have been a mainstay at the movies for as long as the movies have been a thing, but 2026 is a particularly robust year.

It’s already been an elite year for those of us who love movies (almost) as much as we love books, and fall looks somehow even more stacked.

Here’s what we’ll be watching:

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This fall is shaping up to be a great one for books in general (and I do mean a great one), and I’m especially excited for the banger list of Latine releases we have to look forward to.

Here’s a sample of what’s in store:

Peep the full list, and add to your hold or preorder lists now.

—VD

A triple threat of danger, dark secrets, and suspense. 

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What’s cozier than a culinary mystery? As fall creeps up on us and we can bear to look at the kitchen range again, readers in search of entertainment and inspiration need look no further than a culinary cozy. As Anne Mai Yee Jansen writes:

Food often features prominently in many of these cozy reads, with some culinarily-focused cozy mysteries even including recipes after the story’s conclusion. Culinary cozies tend to share all these traits, but with one added caveat: the sleuth is also a skilled, and sometimes professional, chef or baker.

Dip your tasting spoons into the world of culinary cozies with a sampling of series:

Happy eating reading!

Since we are in the midst of back-to-school season and fall is right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to plan to read some of the most recent dark academia with your book club.

There are 1950s witches (courtesy of Alice Hoffman), deadly tarot, and more. There’s lots of romantasy, a little drug dealing, and a sapphic boarding school mystery set in the late 1920s.

A few new dark academia books for you and your book club:

Find more dark academia novels for your book club. —EE

Claustrophobic sci-fi horror with an epic scope

In Icefall: The Rise of the Nine by Michael Newman and Jon Land, a melting glacier reveals an alien ship that crashed into Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier 150,000 years ago and has remained hidden ever since. As the ice recedes, the ship’s deadly inhabitants—a team of nine superbeings placed on Earth a million years ago—emerge. 

Unfolding over the course of just five days, this electrifying thriller barrels toward a final confrontation on a volcanic island that will determine the fate of civilization.

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S. M. Hallow is the author of The Halls of the Dead, out this week from Harper Voyager. Below, Hallow recommends three queer historical gothic novels.

The Wives of Herrick Hall by Julie Lew: In 1799, a disgraced young woman becomes the companion to a Lady in the isolated Herrick Hall. Lady Blake suffers from nightly visions of her impending death, and Herrick Hall is haunted by its previous mistresses. If you’ve longed for a sapphic take on Rebecca or Jane Eyre, and if you like ghosts, family secrets, curses, and forbidden love, this is perfect for your TBR.

The White North Has Thy Bones by Dorian Ravenscroft: After returning to London from a dangerous arctic voyage in 1860, one of the five surviving sailors murders his family… but says it was not of his own free will. When he’s hanged, a journalist tracks down two of the other surviving sailors, one of whom is a psychic medium who claims the Arctic granted him otherworldly powers. If you like toxic gays, ghosts, and humans who make desperate choices in even more desperate situations, you can’t miss this book, out October 22.

The Halls of the Dead by S. M. Hallow: In a magical version of 1849 London, a witch missing a piece of her soul uses the forbidden art of necromancy to resurrect her murdered beloved. A true resurrection has not been achieved since the time of Christ, yet this one succeeds… with cannibalistic consequences. Together with an undead monk-turned-Victorian-gentlemen, these three necromancers pursue revenge against the corrupt judge who is the source of all their misery. If you enjoy polyamorous romance, trips to and from the afterlife, and characters singing Christmas carols while covered in blood, my novel The Halls of the Dead is definitely for you.

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Did you know? Rollins has a doctorate in veterinary medicine from The University of Missouri.

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Written by Rebecca Schinsky, Vanessa Diaz, Sharifah Williams, Danika Ellis, Erica Ezeifedi, and Jeff O’Neal. Thanks to Vanessa Diaz for copy editing.

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