"minor characters"" and she mentions that ""Students of writing will find 'Watchman' fascinating."" While not fully praising the book she finds the publication of ""Watchman"" an important step stone in understanding Harper Lee's work. The publication of the novel (announced by her lawyer) raised concerns over why Lee, who for 55 years had maintained that she would never write another book, would suddenly choose to publish again. In February 2015, the State of Alabama, through its Human Resources Department, launched an investigation into whether Lee was competent enough to consent to the publishing of ""Go Set a Watchman"". The investigation"
"the book ahead of the Bible as one ""every adult should read before they die"". It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown. ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" was Lee's only published book until ""Go Set a Watchman"", an earlier draft of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity"
"Go Set a Watchman Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee published on July 14, 2015 by HarperCollins, United States and William Heinemann, United Kingdom. Although written before her first and only other published novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ""To Kill a Mockingbird""and initially promoted by its publisher as a sequelit is now more widely accepted as being a first draft of the famous novel. The title comes from Isaiah 21:6: ""For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth."" It alludes to Jean Louise Finch's view of her"
"on 22 October 2015 in the United Kingdom. In 2017, the BBC released a ""Cormoran Strike"" television series, starring Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike, it was picked up by HBO for distribution in the United States and Canada. In March 2017, Rowling revealed the fourth novel's title via Twitter in a game of ""Hangman"" with her followers. After many failed attempts, followers finally guessed correctly. Rowling confirmed that the next novel's title is ""Lethal White"". While intended for a 2017 release, Rowling revealed on Twitter the book was taking longer than expected and would be the longest book in the"
"pages"". The commercial and critical success of the novel led to pressure on Lee to publish a second novel but Hohoff ""guarded Nelle like a junkyard dog"". After their successful collaboration, Hohoff and Lee remained close. When Lee found an extra-toed kitten huddled against a pipe in the basement of her apartment building, she persuaded Hohoff and her husband to adopt him. ""She knew us very well and pulled out all the right stops,"" Hohoff wrote in her memoir. When Hohoff died in 1974, Lee felt devastated. In 2015, Harper published ""Go Set a Watchman"", an early draft for ""To"
"""New York Times"" Bestseller list. In 2015, Lapin inked a significant six-figure deal with Crown Business, a division of Penguin Random House, for her second book entitled ""Boss Bitch"". In 2018, BenBella announced they are publishing Lapin's third book, ""Becoming Super Woman"" slated to be released in March 2019. ""Redbook"" magazine named Lapin their permanent money columnist in 2015, a first for a Hearst Corporation publication. Also in 2015, she was named the host and only female judge of ""Hatched"", a business competition show on The CW Network, airing Saturday mornings. The show was renewed for its second season in"
"of that ship's artificial consciousness, as she attempts to revenge herself on the ruler of her civilization. The sequel, ""Ancillary Sword"", was published in October 2014, and the conclusion, ""Ancillary Mercy"", was published in October 2015. ""Night's Slow Poison"" (2014) and ""She Commands Me and I Obey"" (2014) are short stories set in the same universe. In 2015, Orbit Books purchased two additional novels from Leckie. The first, ""Provenance"", was published on 3 October 2017 and is set in the ""Imperial Radch"" universe. The second was to have been an unrelated science fiction novel. In April 2018, Orbit announced that"
"2018, ""Firstborn"" won Ream Makers' paranormal book award as well as Book of the Year""."" The duology is currently in development for TV by Radar Pictures and Ed Burns' Marlboro Road Gang Productions. Lee's upcoming apocalyptic thriller, ""The Line Between"", about a young woman ousted from an apocalyptic cult as a pandemic breaks out across the United States, releases January 29, 2019. The sequel, ""A Single Light"", releases August 13, 2019. Lee is known for her depth of characterization and sympathetic rendering of traditionally maligned characters. Reviewers praise her lyrical prose, emotive settings and historical detail. Lee lives with her"
"""The Washington Post"", NPR, ""Vogue"", ""The Globe and Mail"", ""Christian Science Monitor"", and ""Kirkus Reviews"". Her third novel, ""Fates and Furies"", was released in September 2015 and was also a ""New York Times"" and Booksense bestseller. ""Fates and Furies"" is a portrait of at 24-year marriage from two points of view, first the husband's and then the wife's. It was nominated for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction, the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and was featured in numerous ""Best of 2015"" fiction lists, including the selection by Amazon.com as the Best Book of 2015. President"
"these sites herself in hope of finding someone connected to Kate. The film rights for the novel were acquired in May 2015 by Reese Witherspoon's production company, Pacific Standard. Second Life (novel) Second Life is the second novel of S. J. Watson, published in February 2015. Second Life is the story of Julia, who has a perfect life with her husband Hugh and their adopted son, until an incident changes everything. Her sister Kate is murdered in an apparently random attack in Paris and the police seems to be stuck in their investigations. Julia decides to inquire into the murder"
"released on January 12, 2016, and was listed at #10 on ""The New York Times"" hardcover nonfiction best-seller list for January 31, 2016. The title for ""The Only Pirate at the Party"" owed its origin to Stirling's diagnosis of cross-dominance in the second grade, for which an eye patch was prescribed. She was uncomfortable with the treatment until she began pretending she was a pirate. Stirling became intrigued by the pirate lifestyle, and said: On October 1, 2013, Stirling teamed with the non-profit Atlanta Music Project to help spread appreciation of music to children who might not otherwise have the"
"the ""Los Angeles Times"" Book Prize and the St. Francis College Literary Prize. In 2015, Attenberg published her fifth book, ""Saint Mazie"" (Hachette). Buzzfeed listed ""Saint Mazie"" as one of the 27 ""Most Exciting Books of 2015."" Attenberg's next novel, ""All Grown Up"", was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US in March 2017, and in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Holland in 2017–2018. Attenberg's essays, treating a various topics, can be found in ""The New York Times"", ""The Wall Street Journal"", ""Vogue"", ""Elle"" and Lenny Letter. Attenberg splits her time between Brooklyn, NY, and New Orleans, LA."
"officially announced that Veronica Roth had reached a two-book deal with HarperCollins. On May 5, 2016, the title of the first book and the release date were revealed. ""Carve the Mark"" was published on January 17, 2017 by HarperCollins and its sequel is anticipated in 2018. HarperCollins described the books as being ""in the vein of ""Star Wars"", the story of a boy who forms an unlikely alliance with an enemy."" ""Carve the Mark"" received mixed but mostly positive reviews. Brian Truitt of ""USA Today"" wrote that despite the ""overwhelming amount of exposition"" which opens the novel, the story ""excels"
"New York Times"" bestseller list. ""The Wall Street Journal"" called the novel, ""the best pure sci-fi novel in years"". It was made into a film starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, which was released October 2, 2015. A fan-fiction story written by Weir, ""Lacero"", was published in the 2016 edition of ""Ready Player One"", making it canonical to the book's fictional universe. The work functions as a prequel to the main novel. In 2015 Weir announced he was working on his second novel, provisionally titled ""Zhek"", which he described as ""a more traditional sci-fi novel with aliens, telepathy, faster-than-light travel,"
"The Queen of Sheba, ""The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen,"" released September 2014 to starred reviews. It was named a Best of Christian Fiction selection by ""Library Journal"" and also became a bestseller. In 2015, it finalized for the ECPA 2015 Christian Book Award for fiction, won by Lee's ""Iscariot"" the year before. Lee continues her study of historically significant, maligned characters in her House of Bathory duology (""The Progeny"", Firstborn)--a pair of supernatural suspense thrillers centered around the fictional descendants of the ""Blood Countess"" Elizabeth Báthroy. In 2016 ""The Progeny"" landed on the IndieBound bestseller list. In"
"According to Lee's lawyer Tonja Carter, following an initial meeting to appraise Lee's assets in 2011, she re-examined Lee's safe-deposit box in 2014 and found the manuscript for ""Go Set a Watchman"". After contacting Lee and reading the manuscript, she passed it on to Lee's agent Andrew Nurnberg. On February 3, 2015, it was announced that HarperCollins would publish ""Go Set a Watchman"", which includes versions of many of the characters in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". According to a HarperCollins press release, it was originally thought that the ""Watchman"" manuscript was lost. According to Nurnberg, ""Mockingbird"" was originally intended to"
"2000, Lee self-published an autobiography, ""The Secret Life of Hyapatia Lee"". In 2016, she authored a self-help book, ""Native Strength – The First Step on the Path to an Indomitable Life"", the first in a series. She has subsequently put out four additional Native Strength self-help books. In 2017 four more of her Native Strength series books were published: ""Stories Around the Wheel of Life"", ""Star People, Skinwalkers, and Raven Mockers: Aliens and Native Americans"", ""Overcoming Bullies: The Third Step on the Native Strength Path"", and ""The Circles of Life: The Second Step on the Native Strength Path"". She views"
"Ancillary Justice Ancillary Justice is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013. It is Leckie's debut novel and the first in her ""Imperial Radch"" space opera trilogy, followed by ""Ancillary Sword"" (2014) and ""Ancillary Mercy"" (2015). The novel follows Breq, the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery and the vessel of that ship's artificial consciousness, as she seeks revenge against the ruler of her civilization. ""Ancillary Justice"" received critical praise, won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, BSFA Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award and Locus Award, and was nominated for several other science"
"idea."" He states that, ""a publisher that cared about Harper Lee's legacy would have taken those words to heart, and declined to publish ""Go Set a Watchman""the good idea that Lee eventually transformed into a gem. That HarperCollins decided instead to manufacture a phony literary event isn't surprising. It's just sad."" Others have questioned the context of the book's release, not in matters of consent, but that it has been publicized as a sequel as opposed to an unedited first draft. There is no foreword to the book, and the dust jacket, although noting that the book was written in"
"the fourth novel, ""The Sacrifice"", on the 20 September 2012; the fifth novel, ""The Fallen,"" on 12 September 2013; the sixth novel, ""The Hunted,"" on 4 September 2014; and the final book, ""The End,"" on 10 November 2015. Disney Hyperion released Higson's short story companion book in the series, titled ""Geeks vs. Zombies"", on 5 June 2012; it portrays an exclusive scene from ""The Fear"", set on World Book Day. In Holloway, London, a year after a mystery disease/virus has turned anyone sixteen and over into voracious, cannibalistic, zombie-like creatures, the surviving children have formed a number of groups to"
"published on October 6, 2015. ""Carry On"" is based on the book series central to the plot of ""Fangirl."" It acts as the eighth book in a fictional series by Gemma T. Leslie about a boy ""mage"" named Simon Snow who attends a ""magickal"" school called Watford. In his eighth year at school, Simon struggles to come to terms with his calling as the ""Chosen One"" meant to destroy the Insidious Humdrum, a magical force destroying the ""world of mages."" He embarks on his quest with his best friend Penelope and his girlfriend Agatha, all the while struggling with T."
"10, 2015. The film adaptation of ""Torment"" will be based on the performance of ""Fallen"". Torment (novel) Torment is the second novel in the ""Fallen"" series written by Lauren Kate. It is a young adult, fantasy, paranormal romance published in 2010 under Delacorte Press. It continues the story of Lucinda Price, who is cursed by being reincarnated every 17 years after involving herself in a romantic relationship with a fallen angel named Daniel. Something seems to be different during this lifetime, and Daniel is determined to keep Luce safe from hostile forces while he teams up with other angels and"
"book sold slowly at first, with sales taking off after Abbott put together a strong marketing campaign. Abbott followed up ""Only the Innocent"" in 2013 with ""The Back Road"" and in 2014 with ""Sleep Tight"". Her fourth novel, ""Stranger Child"", was published on 24 February 2015. Later that year, she published the novella ""Nowhere Child"", which has the same characters as ""Stranger Child"". In 2016, she published her sixth novel, ""Kill Me Again"". Her five novels and one novella all focus on relationships and crime, and all feature the same detective, Chief Inspector Tom Douglas. Abbott has described the character"
"The Harlequin (novel) The Harlequin is the fifteenth book in the """" series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K. Hamilton; it was released June 5, 2007. is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world—a world already overflowing with power—have come creatures so feared that powerful, centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin can mean three things. It can mean that they're watching, or that they're tormenting, or that they're going to kill you. The Harlequin belong to"
"the novel was republished in the US by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2014 under the title ""Vivian Apple at the End of the World"". A sequel followed in 2015, also with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, entitled ""Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle"". ""Cosmopolitan"" named ""Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle"" to a 2015 list of ""24 New Books Every Twentysomething Woman Needs to Read This Fall"". In 2015, Coyle's story ""Fear Itself"", originally written in graduate school and published in ""One Story"", was collected in the ""Best American Nonrequired Reading"" anthology. The story was also awarded a 2016 Pushcart Prize. Katie Coyle Katie"
"2015, days before Lee's highly anticipated second novel ""Go Set a Watchman"", was officially published, the first chapter was released on ""The Guardian"" for public viewing. On that day, a ""New York Times"" review of the book (which is set about twenty years after the time period depicted in ""Mockingbird"" but is not a chronological sequel) revealed that Atticus, depicted in this version as being in his early seventies, is portrayed as a far less-progressive character. He makes comments that favor segregation and has attended a Citizens’ Council meeting. This has proved controversial to many readers, unaware perhaps that although"
"""Hamilton"" producer Jeffrey Seller and his partner Flody Suarez. The second ""InterWorld"" book, titled ""The Silver Dream"", was released on April 23, 2013. The third and final book in the series, titled ""Eternity's Wheel"", was released on May 19, 2015. InterWorld InterWorld is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. The book was published in 2007 by EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes, try to stop the two forces of magic and science"
"The sequel ""Stiletto"" was simultaneously released in the United States and United Kingdom on 14 June 2016 through Little, Brown and Company. The book follows a young woman in her thirties who wakes up in a park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. She's unable to remember anything about herself or how she or the bodies got there, and her only clue is a letter in her coat pocket that says, ""To You"". Inside is a letter that tells her the body previously belonged to Myfanwy Thomas, who worked in a secret government organization and was targeted by an unknown"
"executive producing. The following month, Midler said she was not fond of the idea of a remake and she would not be taking part in it. In July 2018, a book titled ""Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel"" was released, containing a novelization of the film and a sequel story. The sequel focuses on Max and Allison's daughter, Poppy, who grew up hearing the family story of the first film and parents who avoid Halloween as much as possible. Poppy is skeptical of the tale and ends up in the Sanderson house on Halloween, twenty-five years to the day after"
"released on July 28, 2015. It contained three short stories, including a prequel to the trilogy. N. K. Jemisin Nora K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and a psychologist. Her fiction explores a wide variety of themes, including cultural conflict and oppression. She has won several awards for her work, including the Locus Award, and, as of her August 2018 win, the three books of her Broken Earth series have made her the only author to have won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years. In 2009 and 2010,"
"In 2018, a sequel, ""Stone Mad"", was released. Karen Memory Karen Memory is a steampunk novel by Elizabeth Bear. It was published by Tor Books, on February 3, 2015; a Japanese-language version was published on October 20, 2017. In an alternate 1878, Karen Memery (""like memory only spelt with an e"") is a teenage prostitute in the Pacific Northwest, whose life becomes complicated by the arrival of a serial killer, by a rival pimp's attempt to run for mayor, and by mad science. National Public Radio described the novel as ""a bracing yet charming adventure yarn,"" praising Bear for giving"
"Star Wars (2015 comic book) Star Wars is an ongoing ""Star Wars"" comic series published by Marvel Comics since January 14, 2015. Originally written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday, it is set between the 1977 film ""Star Wars"" and its 1980 sequel, ""The Empire Strikes Back"". The series features classic ""Star Wars"" characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. It was one of three new ""Star Wars"" comics by Marvel announced in July 2014, along with """" and the limited series """". In 2017, Jason Aaron stepped down as the comic's writer and"
"interpretation. The two books weren't without controversy from conservative readers--""Demon"" for its darkly spiritual subject matter and ""Havah ""for its sensuality in the portrayal of Eve's relationship with Adam. In 2010, Lee left her position with Gallup and signed to write the post-apocalyptic Books of Mortals series with ""New York Times"" bestseller, Ted Dekker. ""Forbidden"", the first novel in the series, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list in September 2011, as did the second installment, ""Mortal"", in June 2012. ""Sovereign"", the conclusion to the series, released June 2013 and became a bestseller in the Christian market. ""Iscariot"", Lee's"