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How to Build a Cult Following: Lessons from Fiction’s Most Charismatic Manipulators

Why do we root for people we’d cross the street to avoid in real life? Fiction is crowded with liars, schemers, stalkers, even killers … and somehow, they have fan clubs. Whether it’s Tom Ripley’s suave cons, Amy Dunne’s razor-sharp vengeance, or Joe Goldberg’s murderous devotion, these characters inspire not…

Monique SnymanSeptember 2, 2025

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11 Cures for Your Season Three White Lotus Hangover

Did you become far too invested in The White Lotus Season Three for it to only be eight episodes? Have you scrolled through every Tweet, TikTok carousel and Instagram comment about the finale and still aren’t satisfied? Are you dreaming of a vacation where the conversation poolside is seeping with…

BookTribApril 6, 2025

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Elite Assassin Never Misses His Mark in 2022’s Top Watched Netflix Film

The film adaptation of Mark Greaney’s first thriller, The Gray Man (Berkley), premiered on Netflix earlier this year and quickly became the platform’s most-watched movie of 2022 — and it’s currently the fourth most-watched original film in Netflix history. The movie was an instant audience favorite, and a sequel and…

BookTribOctober 19, 2022

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Fail or Fave: Screen Adaptations of Books

Many of us have had this experience: one of our favorite books has been turned into a movie or a TV series and we are so excited to see it come to life on the screen! We might comb entertainment news to find out which actors will play which characters.…

BookTribFebruary 2, 2022

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“My Policeman” Brings 1950s Forbidden Gay Romance to Life on Screen

My Policeman (Penguin Books) isn’t your ordinary love triangle. In 1957, we meet Marion, a young woman hopelessly in love with Tom, her best friend’s brother. Tom — training to become a policeman — returns her affections, but holds a secret of his own. He’s started seeing Patrick, a confident…

Megan BeauregardOctober 24, 2022

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Successful Woman’s Secret Won’t Stay Buried in New Netflix Film

Late in September, Netflix premiered its adaptation of the 2015 New York Times best-selling psychological thriller, Luckiest Girl Alive, by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster). Bruna Papandrea, film producer of Wild, Big Little Lies and Luckiest Girl Alive, has said of Knoll’s writing style, “I deeply admire her boldness of…

BookTribOctober 20, 2022

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“Where The Crawdads Sing” Steps Out of the Bayou and Onto the Big Screen in Stunning Form

Delia Owens‘ 2018 novel, Where The Crawdads Sing (Penguin Publishing Group), one of the bestselling books of all time, is at its heart an empowering tale of a girl who survives. Left by her family to fend for herself, a young white girl grows up in 1950s coastal North Carolina, an endless…

Wyatt SemenukJuly 14, 2022

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On-Screen Villain Overtakes the Good Guy in Recent Popularity Poll

Maybe authors have had it all wrong – at least those authors with aspirations of seeing their properties turned into movies or TV shows. That is, if you buy into results of a recent survey conducted by OnePoll. According to the survey of 2,011 U.S. adults, close to 60 percent…

BookTribOctober 25, 2022

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Screenwriter Spotlight: Follow Nora Ephron’s Influence Back to Where It All Started

The TV and film industry has seen more than its fair share of success lately. Have you been binging HBO’s talk-of-the-town drama, Succession? If you’re looking for something a little brighter, how about Apple TV+’s heartwarming hit Ted Lasso? For anyone interested in a little bit of both (or Selena…

Wyatt SemenukJune 10, 2022

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Sizzle and Seduction Return in Sexy “Bridgerton” 2nd Season Based on “The Viscount Who Loved Me”

The excitement is building as the second season of the sexy Netflix rom-com, Bridgerton is set to return in March. According to our favorite gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown, the next installment promises to be a “whole lot spicier.”On Whistledown’s authority, season two of Bridgerton is inspired by Julia Quinn’s sequel…

Jodé MillmanMarch 4, 2022

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