Controversial literary topics: August 19, 2024

News from the book world isn't always rainbows and butterflies — and readers aren't a monolith.

So here are various literary posts that may or may not raise your hackles ... 

• The stars of It Ends With Us, based on the Colleen Hoover novel, are responding to some fan backlash over the way they've been promoting the movie, which as you may know addresses domestic violence (The Independent).

• A book called Karma Is a Cat will tell the stories behind pop superstar Taylor Swift's feline pets (Publishers Weekly).

• Chasten Buttigieg, husband of US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, has announced his debut picture book, Papa’s Coming Home (People).

• New College of Florida was caught literally throwing out hundreds of books, most of them on LGBTQ+ and gender topics (Literary Hub).