A wealthy wife from the Hamptons is accused of murdering her husband after she has a fling with a bartender.
Josie Freedman
After getting hypnotized, a 16-year-old begins to see changes in the world around him.
The story of Brodeur’s relationship with her complicated and charismatic mother, who entangle her daughter in her extramarital affair at a young age.
Alice doesn’t believe in luck, but when she buys her crush, Teddy, a lottery ticket on a lark and he wins $140 million everything starts to change.
A short story about a veteran and his troubled family after he returns home from war.
Years after six college students snuck into a penitentiary on a night in 1980 that ended in murder, one of them is charged with the crime.
In the near-future, a venerated soldier returns home from an ongoing worldwide war and grapples with readjusting to civilian life.
A new book from highly regarded author Ann Patchett is making its way into the film rights market and turning heads. Commonwealth has been receiving rave reviews since its publication in mid-September from Harpercollins.
Spanning five decades, this book explores how a chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved and how the children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them.
The only feature story ever published by The New York Times Magazine to occupy an entire issue is now hitting the film rights market with plenty of buzz behind it. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart by veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson has been captivating readers since its publication earlier this month.
The story of the catastrophe that has fractured the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago, leading to the rise of ISIS and the global refugee crisis.
Netflix continues its big year of purchases as it picks up the rights to The Shambling Guide To New York City from author Mur Lafferty with plans to develop the book into a feature.
Two soon-to-be-mothers in the midst of a difficult labor are forced to reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures.
Erens’ third novel, which is set for publication by Tin House Books in May, has already landed on multiple “Most Anticiapted Books of 2016” lists, and it’s that kind of praise that has Eleven Hours stirring up some serious attention on the film rights market.
David Talbot exposes the truth behind Allen Dulles, the man responsible for transforming the CIA into the most powerful-and secretive-organization in Washington. The non-fiction work has been hailed as the year’s best spy thriller, and the TV and film rights are now available.
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful–and secretive–colossus in Washington.
Jay McInerney has returned to his roots yet again with Thin City, the third book featuring married couple Russell and Corinne Calloway. The latest novel completes a trilogy, and the rights to all three books are available on the market.
Picks up the story of Russell and Corinne Calloway, the New York City couple who made their first appearance in a 1985 short story Smoke, and follows them through the financial crisis of 2008.
Glenn Taylor’s third novel, A Hanging at Cinder Bottom, dives into the corrupt world of coal boomtowns at the dawn of the 20th century and has just hit the market.
A poker player and a cathouse madam reunite to try and set family affairs straight, and end up sentenced to hanging in Keystone, WV. Pitched as True Grit meets Carter Beat the Devil, this gritty novel is fresh to the market and offers a unique take on a heist film.
Follows a failed government program to genetically engineer the perfect soldier. But, when the test subjects starts eliminating the people who worked on the program, the CIA puts together a team to take him down.
The novel, which has been compared to 500 Days of Summer, follows the story of Alison, who heads to Hollywood from the Midwest to pursue her dreams of being an actress, leaving the love of her life Kyle behind.
An aspiring actress leaves the Midwest with sights on Hollywood, while the love of her life stays behind, miserable in a loveless marriage.
Logline: A love story, set in Los Angeles, centering on two strangers brought together by a strange offer from an unknown entity: spend two hours together once a week for a year, and they’ll each receive half a million dollars.
Recounts the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during a legendary flood.
Logline: Set in a world where women known as “Spinsters” can control time, the story follows a 16-year-old future Spinster who will play a vital role in the destiny of the world.
Logline: Matt Cruse is a cabin boy aboard the Aurora, the 900-foot, 14 story, luxury airship he has called home for the past two years. While crossing the Pacificus, Matt fearlessly rescues the unconscious pilot of a crippled hot air balloon. Before he dies, the balloonist tells him about the fantastic, impossible creatures, never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. Matt dismisses the story as the ravings of a dying man, but when Kate de Vries arrives on the Aurora a year later, determined to prove the story is true, Matt finds himself caught up in her quest and in love. Then one night, over the middle of the ocean, deadly air bandits board the Aurora. Far from any hope of rescue, Kate and Matt are flung into adventures beyond all imagining.
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