AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoNew Books & Reviews: October’s reading list is stacked, from Bonnie Garmus’s follow-up Peck & Peck to Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita and Yiyun Li’s Music Against the Night, while The Mercy Step (Marcia Hutchinson) spotlights a Yorkshire childhood shaped by books and fear. Publishing & Adaptations: NYRB is bringing cult 1990s dark-cute manga Nekojiru Udon to English in 2027, and Verity keeps dominating screens with a flood of reviews of Colleen Hoover’s latest adaptation. Children’s & Manga: Battle in 5 Seconds returns after a health hiatus, and new picture-book picks lean into identity, belonging, and spooky comfort. Book Culture & Events: Local festivals and book fairs keep popping up—Story Lane debuts in Reading, and LIT Fest hits Lockhart with a free-book giveaway for kids. Policy & Public Life (book-adjacent): Sen. Cory Booker moves to block renaming the USS Doris Miller, and Arkansas rolls out Rapid DNA at booking stations.
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