books
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L.A.’s Most Exclusive Clubs Are Book Clubs
Waitlisted salons to raucous theme nights: New Hollywood meet-ups fight the algorithm and AI and, yes, also scout for adaptations
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BookTok Called the Hockey Boom. Shadow Daddies Are Next
Dark romances, dragons and morally ambiguous men are Hollywood’s next adaptation challenge — and big hope
Latest books stories
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6 Summer Reads Begging to Be Put Into Development
My hit list of hot IP that (somehow) hasn’t been snatched up
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Men Who Don’t Read Books: MrBeast, Clavicular — and Me
Inside the storytelling slump, plus recs from Bruce Bozzi, Chuck Klosterman and 5 more men who defy the data
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100 A-Listers’ Summer Reads; A24-Google DeepMind Fears; NBCU Breakup
Plus: AMC vs. the streaming giants; Academy shakeup
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🎧 The Books Hollywood Is Obsessed With This Summer
100 notables tell us what’s in their luggage — and on their nightstands
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100 Notables’ Summer Book Picks: Kathy Kennedy, Neal Mohan, Zohran Mamdani, Triple H & More
Stars, creators, politicos and power players reveal what they’re reading
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‘Heated Rivalry’ and the Risk of Loving Romance to Death
A once-niche genre is now a vertically integrated IP machine, and saturation is looming
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Inside Hollywood’s Book Wars: How a Top Universal Exec Decides What to Buy
IP guru Jordan Moblo on the ‘Heated Rivalry’ moment shaking up studios
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IP Picks: College Football Drama, ‘Goonies’ for Grownups in 6 Faves Up for Grabs
My best picks of 2025 still available, in a special preview of The Optionist
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IP 2024: What Sold, What Didn’t & Why (+ 6 Picks for Now)
A special edition of The Optionist, The Ankler’s sibling newsletter about the world of available rights