Literary
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Actually, the new Sherlock Holmes LEGO set from Barnes & Noble DOES count as a business expense
I'm just saying, when I put the Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook down in my taxes next year, I better not hear a damn peep from the IRS
April 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Here's every Sherlock Holmes story that's been used in CBS's Watson (so far)
Speaking in doctor terms, Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmesian canon doesn't make up the entire body of CBS hit medical mystery series Watson, but it is the backbone
April 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Life of Chuck is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer
While King’s reputation may be for horror novels, to dismiss him as 'only' a horror writer is to overlook some of his best work such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption to The Life of Chuck.
April 28, 2025
Avery Kaplan
News
Hollywood isn't in the market for original movies or TV shows, so Marvel's Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter is creating her own as books first
Krysten Ritter has revealed that her turn from acting to writing novels has been the result of Hollywood's adverse relationship with original material
April 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
V.E. Schwab, Ella McLeod, & Veronica Roth face off in Celebrity Author Trivia at London's MCM x EGX
A live taping of Celebrity Author Trivia with Ella McLeod, Veronica Roth, & V.E. Scbwab recorded at MCM x EGX 2024 in London.
April 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Divergent author Veronica Roth's spotlight panel from MCM x EGX 2024 in London
Veronica Roth talks about Divergent, her new series Curse Bearer, and how much her work owes itself to Chicago.
April 23, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Disney commissioned a historian to do an in-continuity history book on the rise of Star Wars' Empire, and he admits it feels pretty realistic right now
Whether he was talking about the actions of past or present governments, Dr. Chris Kempshall wouldn't say.
April 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
A literary Streisand effect: Bans on books like Gender Queer lead to increased readership, according to a new study
A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and George Mason University found that the circulation of the top 25 most banned books increased after they were banned
April 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Michigan town assembles 300 person human chain to help local bookstore move 9,100 books
The people of Chelsea, Michigan came out in full force to help Serendipity Books move their inventory to a new location across town
April 21, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Fantasy great Terry Pratchett is coming to comics as an extensive graphic novel program adapting his novels is announced - and his daughter is working on one of the books
Terry Pratchett's books, Thief of Time, The Wee Free Men, and Monstrous Regiment will all be adapted into graphic novels, due out in 2026 and 2027.
April 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
I never realized how much I wanted to see Star Wars' Thrawn in a shoujo-style manga until now
Lucasfilm is bringing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn novel to manga.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
TJ Klune shares the most influential queer literature in his life (and one surprising non-queer influence)
TJ Klune reveals the queer novels that most strongly influenced his life and approach to writing
April 14, 2025
Dave Buesing
News
Children of Blood and Bone author Tomi Adeyemi wrote 300 pages of Naruto fanfiction as a child - including a romance with Sasuke
The Children of Blood and Bone writer, Tomi Adeyemi, revealed at C2E2 2025 that her love for Naruto runs deep
April 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
TJ Klune's next book is his "most painful," the author teases (or should that be warns?)
Klune's next book won't be released for a year, but he did tease that his editor called him after reading to offer quite a compliment
April 12, 2025
Dave Buesing
News
TJ Klune's House in the Cerulean Sea may continue… as graphic novels
TJ Klune has an idea for spinoff graphic novels in the Cerulean Chronicles, and knows the House in the Cerulean Sea character who would star
April 11, 2025
Dave Buesing
News
Shannara author Terry Brooks on how publishing has changed in the past 50 years: "It's the story of America"
Once upon a time, the editors were in charge of the publishing industry, but not any longer, the legendary author explained
April 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
TJ Klune's good ideas don't just belong to him - sometimes they belong to Stranger Things and The Good Place, too
The acclaimed author shared two occasions where he independently came up with the high concepts behind two massive TV hits
April 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer graphic novel among most challenged books, according to American Library Association report
For a second year in a row, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, has ranked among the top most challenged books in American libraries
April 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
America's biggest publishers are so worried about libraries, they're asking Congress to step in to save them
Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, and more have authored a letter urging congress to protect the Institute of Museum and Library Services
April 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has written a true crime book... and Martin Scorsese is already prepping a movie adaptation
Co-written with journalist Nick Bilton, Dwayne Johnson's as-yet-untitled work tells the story of 70s Hawaiin mob boss Wilford 'Nappy' Pulawa
April 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Somewhere Beyond the Sea author TJ Klune on "the magic of being able to see yourself in the written word" and more
Klune, the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Bones Beneath My Skin, sat down with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson to talk representation, romance, and of course, the symbiotic nature of ravens and wolves
April 03, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter features horror’s scariest vampires since Stephen King's Salem’s Lot
Sick of vampires? Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is here to ignite new nightmares
April 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Popverse Picks: My favorite zombie things, including a Christmas musical, an Image Comics adaptation, and more
The Last of Us season 2 is clicking its way onto Max pretty soon; here's how to enjoy the genre even if you don't do shrooms
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Horror novels are a safe space for kids to confront scary things before they do it in real life, say YA authors including Leslie Lutz and J. Anderson Coats
Authors from the YA horror and thriller genres discussed why teenagers need to be reading stories that scare them.
March 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Books are doomed, because MrBeast is co-writing a thriller with James Patterson that sounds like Squid Game but worse
The novel, which has a working title of The Most Dangerous Game, is expected to net the pair a $1 million book deal and all of our contempt.
March 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Horror is "a great place to practice being scared," says Chuck Tingle, Seanan McGuire, and other leading authors in the genre
"I am actually out to traumatize you," McGuire told fans at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, but for good reasons. (Honest.)
March 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Shannara author Terry Brooks doesn't need to remember the details of his books, other people do that for him
"If someone else is wiling to do the research, I’m willing to let them do it!" Terry Brooks says about others helping keep the small stuff straight in Shannara
March 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare wants to revisit WWII's Kindertransport for a future novel
Cassandra Clare has a personal connection to the rescue of thousands of Jewish children during World War II, and she wants to write about it
March 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
"That was the first time in my life that I understood the written word had power": TJ Klune remembers his secret origin as an author
Acclaimed author TJ Klune opens up about the seventh grade teachers that changed his life
March 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Horror authors Joe Hill, Grady Hendrix, Stephen Graham Jones, Catriona Ward, and Owen King are bring their next stories exclusively to Amazon Kindle
Amazon wants to scare you in a good way - and not with these low prices.
March 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Chuck Tingle answers: Is there any topic in horror you can't write about?
Speaking at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, famously boundary-pushing author Chuck Tingle answered a fan's question about what is taboo in the most taboo genre
March 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese's next movie delves into the conceptions & misconceptions of American Christianity, based on one of Barack Obama's favorite books
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series is getting the big screen treatment from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Spotify knows you want more audiobooks, and it's asking new writers for them directly
Got a 10,000-20,000 word story in the romance, thriller, or scifi genre? Spotify might be interested in turning it into an audiobook
March 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Suzanne Collins unlikely to write another Hunger Games sequel book, at least according to her editor
With a new Hunger Games prequel book, Sunrise of the Reaping, out now, it seems that Suzanne Collins isn't keen on writing what comes next for Katniss
March 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Shannara creator Terry Brooks explains why he's not writing any more books in the series - and the new role he's stepping into for the series with Delilah S. Dawson
Terry Brooks isn't writing any more Shannara books on his own, but he's not done with the series
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse Picks: Our favorite novels from The Buffalo Hunter Hunter's Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is unquestionably a master of horror, and here's everything you need to get started with his work
March 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Sarah J. Maas' book publisher launches a whole new imprint for more like that, with Alan Moore & Samantha Shannon as next authors
The publisher of Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses series is breaking new ground with the sci-fi and fantasy imprint, Bloomsbury Archer
March 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
"Highballs for High Halls:" The mistakes J.R.R. Tolkien's typist made that drove him nuts during Lord of the Rings books
If you were composing The Lord of the Rings and setting the standard for fantasy literature for the rest of time, you might also be wary of typos
March 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Announcing Popverse Reads, with first guest Grady Hendrix!
Author Grady Hendrix joined Popverse LIVE in conversation on March 20, to discuss his newest novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
March 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
As we wait for the teen Witcher book & Witcher 4 game, two earlier books in the series are being re-translated by Andrzej Sapkowski's favorite translator
It's a perfect time to get into The Witcher, because two books in the series are getting a new English translation
March 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Acclaimed fantasy author Terry Brooks announces surprise retirement, and passes Shannara series to Delilah S. Dawson
Dawson was born in the same year as the first Shannara novel, and she'll take over the fantasy line after Brooks' final release coming March 11
March 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Prepare for a teenage, haughty Geralt of Rivia in new The Witcher prequel Crossroads of Ravens from creator Andrzej Sapkowski
The young adventures of a haughty & hottie The Witcher.
March 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling is "the author turned into the villain she wrote about”, says prose author (and self-described anti-J.K. Rowling) TJ Klune
There are ways to continue to enjoy Harry Potter without financially supporting the transphobic Rowling, argues the fan-favorite author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea
March 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Local fans and international food scenes helped transform Lara Croft from Tomb Raider to Snack Hunter
The author of the official Tomb Raider cookbook talked about how she worked her way around the fact that Lara never actually eats in the games when creating the cookbook
March 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
What keeps the Saw movies from being truly terrifying? Practical consideration over those death traps according to YA thriller authors
At ECCC 2025, talk (surprisingly) turned to whether or not the Saw movies are undermined by the real world considerations of what it would take to build the increasingly obtuse death traps in the horror franchise
March 07, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Guides
How to read the Shadowhunter Chronicles and all of Cassandra Clare’s books in release and chronological order
Everything you need to know about Cassandra Clare’s books, from The Shadowhunter Chronicles to The Magisterium
March 04, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Stephen King has a new book coming out this year called Never Flinch... but he re-wrote the whole thing after his wife gave it an honest, bad review
Never Flinch is due out in May 2025 but wouldn't be in the state it is in without Tabby's "no s***" approach to giving Stephen King feedback.
March 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The man behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption is about to become a novelist, thanks to a game gone wrong
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser is bringing his A Better Paradise podcast to prose later this year
February 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
The Witcher returns to Geralt's roots in this fall's ninth novel in the fantasy series that inspired the Netflix hit
September's Crossroad of Ravens will focus on an 18-year-old Geralt as he discovers just how unpopular Witchers can be
February 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
News
Nimona creator ND Stevenson revives his teenage pirate fantasy in his first prose novel, Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson and longtime publisher Harper Collins partner up for a middle-grade pirate prose novel called Scarlet Morning.
February 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
As a caregiver, I related to Solo Leveling's Sung Jin-Woo
How the reluctant heroism of Solo Leveling's Sung Jin-Woo spoke to my caregiver experiences.
February 13, 2025
Latonya Pennington
Guides
All the new & upcoming fiction books from Cassandra Clare, Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, Stephen Graham Jones, and more
Here are our most-anticipated new books coming in 2025.
February 12, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer sued for human trafficking following multiple counts of sexual abuse against the author
The lawsuit, which aims for more than $1 million in compensation, accuses the husband and wife pair of acting in tandem to procure a young live-in nanny for Neil Gaiman to abuse.
February 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
As we await ACOTAR book 6, all of the previous A Court of Thorns and Roses audiobooks are being re-recorded by Sarah J. Maas' (and her fans') favorite narrator
Fans' favorite Sarah J. Maas audiobook narrator is finally coming to do A Court of Thorns and Roses
January 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars ends a years-long publishing program this summer with a story with a story that's "big on all levels"
June's Trials of the Jedi brings the four-year-long High Republic publishing program to an end, and Star Wars veteran Charles Soule is responsible
January 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Guides
4 days in Seattle: Here's what else is going on during and around Emerald City Comic Con 2025
Need even more things to do in Seattle as you visit for ECCC '25? My my, you're adventurous, aren't you? Well don't worry, Popverse has you covered
January 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Ultimate Wolverine's Chris Condon, Metamorpho's Steve Lieber, and Great British Bake-Off's Kim-Joy are going to be part of Seattle's ECCC 2025 Artist's Alley - and we have the full list of creators taking part right here
Emerald City Comic Con 2025 is right around the corner, and we've got the full Artist's Alley and Writers Block participant lists for you to plan your visit
January 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
My personal reckoning with Neil Gaiman and his work, and our relationship with celebrities
As new corroborating reporting comes to light about the sexual assault allegations against author Neil Gaiman, Popverse editor-in-chief reconsiders his relationship with the writer and his work
January 15, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Neil Gaiman denies abuse allegations: "things that happened sitting beside things that emphatically did not happen"
The writer of Coraline, Sandman, American Gods, and co-creator of Good Omens has broken his silence over allegations of decades of abusive behavior, describing them as distorted or simply entirely fictional
January 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
"It's so nice to cry in public": Horror author Grady Hendrix on Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, life in a radical puppet collective, and watching his stories "go off to college"
The author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend's Exorcism, and (the just released!) Witchcraft for Wayward Girls sat down for an exclusive interview at NYCC '24. Read it in full on Popverse
January 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
SpoilersDune: Prophecy's Desmond Hart explained: His secret identity, his past, and his possible future [SPOILERS]
The sixth and final episode of Dune: Prophecy at least revealed who Travis Fimmel's Desmond Hart really is. Join us as we explore the answer, ask how it connects to Paul Atreides, and wonder what it means for Dune: Prophecy season 2
December 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' Eowyn actor Miranda Otto reveals how she connected with War of the Rohirrim's lead Hera
Shield-maidens of Rohan are not to be trifled with in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendairum. Éowyn, AKA Miranda Otto, ought to know, making her perfect to tell hero Hera's story in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
A brand new Lord of the Rings card game is coming to the US in 2025, and Popverse got a first-look at PAX Unplugged 2024
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game is a cooperative adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, set to release in January 2025. But at PAX Unplugged 2024, Popverse got to play a hand
December 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
George R.R. Martin can't believe he's 13 years late to finish the final Game of Thrones book either
"How could I be 13 years late?’ I don’t know," the author said in a recent interview
December 06, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Dune: Prophecy episode 3 took us to the planet that's the exact opposite of Arrakis. Here's what to know about Lankiveil
Lankiveil might not be the homeworld of House Harkonnen, but it is very, very important to their history (and the future we see in the Dune movies)
December 02, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Max is about to stream the 1978 animated Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien fans should check it out
The Ralph Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings (streaming December 1 on Max) is absolutely unlike the Peter Jackson films, but it does feature the scariest orcs you'll ever see and two science-fiction icons in its cast
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy's evil House Harkonnen has a shockingly tragic, even heroic, origin
The one member of Dune's villainous House Harkonnen that tried to do something good got screwed for it, and his descendants Tula and Valya are making that everyone else's problem
November 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Dune: Prophecy isn't just a Bene Gesserit origin story. It's essential viewing before Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three
Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Messiah adaptation is still a long way away (in our universe and theirs), but the Bene Gesserit's origins in Dune: Prophecy begin a moral arc that will culminate in what Frank Herbert called the "bottom line"of the saga
November 18, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Guides
Sisterhood of Dune ending explained: Understanding the book that Dune: Prophecy was based on
The book features all the political in-fighting, harrowing drug trips, and betrayal you should expect from Dune.
November 15, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
No big deal, but The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners may have just proved Popverse right about Ciarán Hinds's Dark Wizard
We told you that a Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power villain called the Dark Wizard was *not* what he appeared to be, and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay just confirmed as much. We were super wrong about The Stranger though
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to read Stephen King's The Dark Tower in order (release AND chronological)
If you want to read Stephen King's Dark Tower series in its totality, strap in for a wild ride
November 14, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
News
V.E. Schwab described her new book as being about "toxic lesbian vampires" and we love it already
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is due out in June 2025, which is not soon enough for our liking.
November 14, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
The US is a wasteland in the Mortal Engines Quartet because the cities would be "too cool" compared to the ones in the books
Giant, roving cities like New York and Chicago do sound pretty cool, to be fair
November 13, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
"You just do the books" - How Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King's Dark Tower series
Speaking at the Fall of the House of Usher panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Mike Flanagan gave Stephen King fans a look through the keyhole into his upcoming Dark Tower adaptation
October 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
How does horror author Grady Hendrix spend Halloween? He told us at New York Comic Con 2024
Hendrix, author of books like Horrorstör and the upcoming Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, clued us into a Philadelphia-based film festival that sounds like a screaming good time
October 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Boy Scout turned horror author Grady Hendrix teases his next book after 2025's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Want to know what Grady Hendrix is working with for his next nightmare novel? According to our NYCC, all you have to do is look into the trees...
October 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Celebrate America's national parks with a new Dr. Seuss/Parks Projects apparel collab
Oh, the places you'll go in this new 12-piece collection inspired by the classic Dr. Seuss book
October 29, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
V.E. Schwab confirms that her upcoming novel takes place in the same world as The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is the "feral older sister" of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, says the author
October 27, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Mike Flanagan credits Carla Gugino for "saving" Gerald's Game
Speaking at New York Comic Con 2024, Gerald's Game director Flanagan told the story of how he and Gugino began working together, starting with a very hectic filming schedule
October 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Bring out the pig's blood - Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King's Carrie for Amazon Prime Studios
Carrie will be the fifth Stephen King adaptation Mike Flanagan has overseen, after the already-released Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, plus the upcoming Life of Chuck and Dark Tower series
October 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
V. E. Schwab is coming to New York Comic Con and MCM London... and Popverse's Veronica Valencia will be there interviewing her!
Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab will be attending NYCC in New York and MCM Comic Con in London, chatting with our own senior video producer Veronica Valencia both times!
October 02, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power season 2 has opened the door (literally) to Fellowship of the Ring's Moria and the Balrog, with a surprise appearance by one of Tolkien's most important dwarves
Did you catch one of Tolkien's most important dwarves in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2?
September 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Tolkien writes of a mysterious pair of "Blue Wizards." Are they the real identities of the Stranger and the Dark Wizard in Rings of Power season 2?
Tolkien writes of a mysterious pair of "Blue Wizards." Are they the real identities of the Stranger and the Dark Wizard in Rings of Power season 2?
September 12, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power just introduced a major character (Tom Bombadil!) from The Fellowship of the Ring - here's what you need to know about him
Hey dol! Merry dol! Ring a dong dillo! Let's learn a bit about Tom Bombadillo!
September 05, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Unhappy with House of the Dragon? So is George R.R. Martin, and he's about to tell you "everything that's gone wrong"
The Fire & Blood author teased that he will one day write a tell-all post about his troubles with the HBO show. Our question - will it be here before Winds of Winter?
August 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What are the Rings of Power? A guide to the most coveted objects in Amazon Prime's Lord of the Rings series
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky...
August 23, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Guides
How does The Handmaid's Tale book end and what does it mean for the final season of the Hulu TV show?
The series has gone in it's own direction since the first season.
August 09, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Summer Reads 2024: Here's Popverse's personal book recs
From magic to Marvel and murder to Miyazaki, check out what's on our shelves this Summer of '24.
August 07, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Guides
It Ends with Us ending explained: What happens in the book's final chapters (ahead of the Blake Lively movie)
It Ends with Us' ending made us cry ugly tears.
August 05, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Glorfindel is coming to Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - here's what you need to know
The elf warrior, who went toe-to-toe with a Balrog in J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, was confirmed to be coming to the show at San Diego Comic Con
July 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
SDCC 2024: Just how much would it take to go to San Diego Comic-Con?
Hopefully you have a couple thousand dollars handy if you want to attend Comic-Con International: San Diego
July 09, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Rebecca Yarros' new Fourth Wing book Onyx Storm takes the series in a darker direction
The latest novel in the Empyrean series, invites readers to "Brave the dark"
July 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Meet Popverse's new staff writer, Grant DeArmitt
Popverse is entering year 2 with a new staff writer (and old face): Grant DeArmitt
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Queer romance novels to read this summer
It's Pride! It's beach read season! Check out these amazing novels.
June 19, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Guides
Here's how to read every Game of Thrones book in order while we wait for House of the Dragon season 3
Everything you need to know to read the stories that inspired Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and its spinoffs, whether chronologically or in release order.
June 17, 2024
Austin Gorton
Features
Bridgerton books reading order: What order to read (or re-read) all the books that inspired the Netflix hit
All the angst without the agonizing wait for a new season.
June 07, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
A new Hunger Games book (and movie) is coming out centered on Woody Harrelson's Haymitch - and it already has a release date!
Hunger Games' Haywitch Abernathy is going to make sure they remember him as he gets his own movie
June 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
The official Fourth Wing pronunciation guide, according to Rebecca Yarros herself
You've been saying Basgiath wrong the whole time, but don't worry Rebecca Yarros can help
May 17, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Spoilers!Netflix's Bridgerton season 3 part 1 ending explained (and a tease of mayhem to come in part 2!)
Netflix's costume drama Bridgerton returns with more romance, new characters, and so many costumes in season 3
May 16, 2024
Jim McDermott