Grady Hendrix

2 weeks ago | ebroky.com | Tracy Deonn |Grady Hendrix |Elsie Silver

BookTok still runs the publishing industry. Many of the books you might hear about most on TikTok aren’t exactly recent. Readers get pulled into the community by watching re-reads of Harry Potter or first reads of A Court of Thorns and Roses, the gripping young adult fantasy series by Sarah J. Maas. But when a new novel comes out, BookTok can turn contemporary. Here are the top 12 books published in 2025 so far, according to BookTok, organized alphabetically by author. How many have you read?

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Grady Hendrix |Chris Poggiali

. rev. ed. Jul. 2025. 384p. ISBN 9780762489480. $40. FILM COPY ISBN Novelist and New York Asian Film Festival founder Hendrix ( Witchcraft for Wayward Girls) and film historian Poggiali shed light on martial arts films in the new edition of this engaging and informative book, which originally came out in 2021. At the beginning of the 20th century, martial arts encompassed a variety of styles, including kung fu.

2 months ago | sheerluxe.com | Eleanor Magill |Grady Hendrix |Abby Jimenez |Alice Feeny

Originally published in 1995, this dystopian novel has found a new audience thanks to BookTok. It tells the story of a girl and 39 women locked in an underground bunker, exploring themes of isolation and resilience. With no memory of the outside world, the protagonist becomes obsessed with escape and understanding her origins. Sparse and haunting, this philosophical novel examines what it means to be human in the absence of society, love and even names.

2 months ago | crimereads.com | Grady Hendrix

From the introduction to the essay: Grady Hendrix began his career as a horror novelist leaning into parody and humor, but over the years, while he has found ways to continue to incorporate humor, his novels have gotten progressively more serious and darker. Hendrix’s stories feature a strong, often nostalgic sense of place and even stronger female protagonists overcoming dangerous, supernatural events that arise from what readers can easily identify as mundane situations.

Feb 7, 2025 | caffeinatedbookreviewer.com | Grady Hendrix

7th Feb In Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, the author explores witchcraft and the horrors young women faced when they got in the family way 70s and end up spending time away from their loved ones at the Wayward Girls home. The horror elements were as much about what happened to these young girls as it was the witch they encounter.