First Look: My 2010 resolutions!

GiveUnited States of Taraanother try. DittoIts Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Drink less water and more diet cola. Get soap-writing God Patrick Mulcahey to pen aSanta Barbarareunion script purely for my enjoyment. Convince Connie Britton to enter herself in the far-less-cluttered lead actress category at the Emmys. Finally plan that trip to Belgium (for obvious reasons). Spearhead a search party to track down mymissing Bay Area buddies....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Amanda Joyce

First look: Nancy Drew gets sleuthing in official prequel novelThe Curse

Nancy Drewis back on the case. Nancy Drew isnt one for ghost stories. But as Nancy begins investigating, the so-called marks of the curse become bolder…and more sinister. Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW A vandalized locker and ominous notes are one thing, but soon enough lives including Nancys ownare at stake. Kennedy McMann stars.The series was recently renewed for a second season. Below, EW can debut the cover forNancy Drew The Curse, as well as an official excerpt....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Louis Strong

First look: Nick Hornby's new novelJust Like Youis a love story 'against all odds'

The author of such classics as High Fidelity and About a Boy returns with another sweeping romance. EW has an exclusive preview. Nick Hornbyfeels like his next novel is taking on a whole new resonance. Just Like You by Nick Hornby.Credit: Riverhead But with most of the world practicing social distancing, it’s carrying a little extra meaning for him. “How they happen, how much we miss them when they’re not so easily forged....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Craig Patrick

First look: Noah Hawley's next novelAnthemis an epic about today's America

Now he’s taking on another heavy topic inAnthem, out Jan. 18, 2022. ** The lights flash, signaling the event is about to get underway. People move to take their seats. Credit: Carolyn Fong A group of unvaccinated 3rd graders clamor down the aisle to join their renegade families. Everybody has a theory, Judge Nadir has come to believe. A conviction, dogged and tenacious, which they refuse to surrender. Grand Central Publishing...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Jessica Perez

First look: Rosamund Pike is a ruthless con artist in TIFF premiereI Care a Lot

“And that was something I couldn’t shake, so I sat down to write about it.” Want more movie news? “I think you might sort of find yourself like that with people you know. Credit: Courtesy of TIFF And often that’s not the case. Your friends can surprise you both ways.” Ultimately, he hopes the film and its morally ambiguous characters stick with people and spark conversations. “People hopefully will be arguing about various parts of the film,” he says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Scott Ramirez

First look: Sabaa Tahir's new standalone novel is an epic love letter to the desert

All My Rage won’t hit shelves until next spring, but EW has the first three chapters. Sabaa Tahiris going in a new direction with her next novel. “The desert permeates the gloaming colors, the rising and setting suns, the grittiness of the text. Credit: © Ayesha Ahmad Photography 2021 He sipped a cup of tea and surveyed the storm looming above the kite-spattered skyline. Change her mind!I wanted to scream.Tell her I’m not ready....

May 1, 2025 · 18 min · 3813 words · John Scott

First look: Sandhya Menon spins a fake dating scheme in her frothy new novel

One of YAs fizziest writers is returning to freshen up an old, beloved trope: the fake-dating scheme. Sparks, of course, fly. But back to10 Things I Hate About Pinky. Courtesy Sandhya Menon The novel publishes June 30, 2020, and isavailable for pre-order. Pinky Kumar grinned at her friend Ashishs prone figure. This is amazing, she said, touching Ashs face. Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing It looked waxy and pale, and his lips were the exact right color of death....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1110 words · Christopher Washington

First Look: See Jessica Goodman's next YA page-turnerThey'll Never Catch Us

** STELLA I hate the way my sister Ellie breathes. She doesn’t huff or puff or pant or wheeze. No, Ellie’s breath is steady and sure and it never changes. Penguin Not when she accelerates around a particularly angled turn. Not even when she sprints the final hundred yards. Her breath is as consistent as the time. Jessica Goodman’s second novel is “They’ll Never Catch Us.".Allie Holloway I also hate the way Ellie’s ponytail never falls out of place....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Bradley Torres

First look: See the tart symbolism of Leila Slimani'sIn the Country of Others

Where does one go afterThe Perfect Nanny? To a not-so-perfect marriage. “He is Moroccan; she is French. Credit: Catherine Helie He is small, silent, swarthy; she is tall, blond, adventurous. EW is exclusively revealing the cover for the novel due outAug. “The lemange represents Aicha, the half-breed child, neither quite lemon nor quite orange. Penguin It also represents Amine and Mathilde, misunderstood and subject to the hostile glances of others....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Taylor Johnson

First look: Sheila Heti'sPure Colouris ghostly in the best way possible

Sheila Heti is used to being compared to modern-day philosophers. Now, with her next novel, the author is pushing her philosophizing to the next level. I look at the cover often. ‘Pure Colour,’ by Sheila Heti.Random House I feel like I am falling into it, when I look at it." The essence of it was bright and organic, vulnerable yet hopeful, and undeniably green." “I had a dream about Na when we were working on the cover,” she says....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Christopher Adams

First look:Of Women and Saltis an exciting debut about the perils of the U.S. immigration system

Her new novelOf Women and Saltfollows a multigenerational family from current-day Miami to their native Cuba and back. The daughter of Cuban and Mexican immigrants herself, Garcia wrote her own experiences into the book. As the official synopsis says, “In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Credit: MacMillan Carmen Miami, 2018 Jeanette, tell me that you want to live. Yesterday I looked at photos of you as a child. A book in your hand because that’s what you wanted to do at the beach....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Larry Hooper

First look:Realm Breakeris your next YA fantasy obsession

But there’s good news. EW has the exclusive first look at the new tome, starting with the cover. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. Credit: Lucas Passmore But she wont be alone. Check it out below, and mark your calendars for May. There was clear sight for miles. HarperCollins Children’s Books A good day for the end of a voyage....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1422 words · Allen Simpson

First Look:The Nestauthor Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney does delightful family drama again withGood Company

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is going back to the nest. Well, kind of. EW has the First Look of the book starting with the cover, designed by Allison Saltzman. Credit: Credit: Bader Howar ** Flora wasnt looking for the ring when she found it. Both, depending on how she thought about them. Flora had woken up thinking about the photo and she knew it had to be somewhere in the house....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Timothy Jones