Posted on October 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup — the bestselling exposé of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes written by Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou — is back on the Amazon bestseller charts thanks to the new documentary about Holmes, You Can See Everything (Variety).
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Read an excerpt of the Booker Prize-longlisted novel The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis (Literary Hub).
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You can also read an excerpt of Peculiar Stars by Rebecca Yarros; the novel, which comes out November 19, is a slow-burn romance and not part of her Fourth Wing universe (People).
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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger will publish a behind-the-scenes look at his tenure; One Last Time: Managing Crisis and Building Resilience at Disney comes out March 2 (People).
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Poet and writer Douglas Dunn, best known for his collection Elegies, died October 16 at age eighty-three (The Guardian).
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