booksTuesday, June 23, 2026
Today's book news is a mix of pop culture tie-ins and literary curiosities. A Buffy cookbook and an X-Men comic preview cater to franchise fans, while a fairy folklore book and a reflective essay offer something deeper. The thread is less about industry shifts and more about the variety of niches books occupy.
Two franchise expansions land today, one edible and one collectible.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is getting an official cookbook from Simon & Schuster, with 60 recipes named after characters and in-jokes. It's a niche collectible for fans, not a culinary landmark.
X-Men: Outback #1 preview revisits the Australian era of the team, but the article's framing is a satirical bit about LOLtron taking over the site. The comic itself may be of interest to X-Men completists.
Two very different books explore the cyclical nature of human experience and the magic of mythical creatures.
An interview with illustrator Sarah Jane Coleman about illustrating nearly 100 mythical creatures for The Fairy Spotter's Guide. The challenge of finding visual references for obscure folklore from around the world gives this a scholarly angle.
A reflective essay on how human emotions remain cyclical despite technological progress, drawing parallels from the plague to today. It's a quiet, philosophical piece that argues we haven't evolved as much as we think.
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