Pop culture news for readers: November 13, 2025

Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ... 

• The TV series The Rainmaker, based on John Grisham’s novel of the same name, has been renewed for a second season on USA Network (TV Fanatic). 

• Get a first look at Netflix's series adaptation of Run Away by Harlan Coben (The Hollywood Reporter). 

• Amazon MGM has won a bidding war for the rights to The Last Letter, a romantic drama (not romantasy) by Rebecca Yarros (The Hollywood Reporter). 

• Singer Sabrina Carpenter will star in and produce a musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (Deadline).