Release radar

New books in series worth catching up on, and adaptations worth refreshing for — with spoiler-safe refreshers and verified endings to get you ready.

Updated August 16, 2026

Book to screen

Read it — or refresh it — before you watch it.

Verity

Film · Amazon MGM · Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett

Read it first — or at least know how it ends.

How Verity ends →

Oct 2 in theaters

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Film · Lionsgate · prequel — Haymitch's Games, 24 years before Katniss

Going in cold? The original trilogy is on qBary.

The Hunger Games series → How the first book ends →

Nov 20 in theaters

Dune: Part Three

Film · adapts Dune Messiah, 17 years after Part Two

Hazy on where Paul's story stands? Two minutes fixes that.

How Dune ends →

Dec 18 in theaters

Pride and Prejudice

Netflix series · Dolly Alderton · Emma Corrin & Jack Lowden

Two hundred years of spoilers, zero shame in a refresher.

Pride and Prejudice on qBary →

This fall date TBA

The Housemaid's Secret

Film · Lionsgate · Sydney Sweeney and Kirsten Dunst

The sequel adapts book 2 — both Housemaid books are on qBary.

How The Housemaid ends → The Housemaid's Secret →

Dec 17, 2027 in theaters

New & next in series

Sequels with a catch-up path on qBary.

A Court of Thorns and Roses #6

Sarah J. Maas · Bloomsbury · book 7 follows Jan 12, 2027

All five earlier books are on qBary — five years since book 5 is a lot to remember.

The ACOTAR series → Start at book 1 →

Oct 27 2026

Threshing Day

Rebecca Yarros · thirteen stories from the Empyrean world

New to Basgiath? Start where everyone else did.

Fourth Wing on qBary →

Sep 29 2026

A Court of Thorns and Roses #7

Sarah J. Maas · the second half of the story book 6 begins

Back-to-back releases — one catch-up covers both.

The ACOTAR series →

Jan 12, 2027 2027

On the watchlist

Announced, no firm date — they move up when dates land.

Empyrean #4 — Rebecca Yarros · expected 2027 · The Empyrean →
The Time Traveler's Wife sequel — Audrey Niffenegger · announced · The original →
Outlander #10 — Diana Gabaldon · in progress · Outlander →
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo film — Netflix · Anna Kendrick directing · in development · The book on qBary →

The radar is curated weekly — new books in series qBary covers, and screen adaptations of books worth (re)reading. Tracking your shelves? Your library flags releases in series you've read.