PEN America literary awards

 

PEN America has announced the Longlists for the 2023 Literary Awards. The Awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and critics. These authors are committed to recognizing their contemporaries, from promising debut writers to those who have had a continuous, lasting impact on the literary landscape. Spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay, science writing, translation, and more, these Longlisted books are dynamic, diverse, and thought-provoking examples of literary excellence.

PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD

To a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new ground by reshaping the boundaries of its form and signaling strong potential for lasting influence.

Judges: Joan Naviyuk Kane, Lauren Groff, Madeleine Thien

My Pinup, Hilton Als 

Acting Class, Nick Drnaso 

If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery 

Dr. No, Percival Everett 

Very Cold People, Sarah Manguso 

Milkweed Smithereens, Bernadette Mayer 

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English, Noor Naga 

The White Mosque, Sofia Samatar 

Customs, Solmaz Sharif 

Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty 

PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD

To an exceptional book-length work of any literary genre by an author of color.

Judges: Jenn Baker, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Nina McConigley, Erika L. Sanchez

Golden Ax, Rio Cortez 

Shutter, Ramona Emerson 

The Black Period, Hafizah Augustus Geter 

The Listening Skin: Poems, Glenis Redmond 

Gorgoneion, Casey Rocheteau 

All the Flowers Kneeling, Paul Tran 

The Town of Babylon, Alejandro Varela 

Making Love with the Land, Joshua Whitehead 

Last Summer on State Street, Toya Wolfe 

Solito, Javier Zamora 

PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION

To an author whose debut collection of short stories represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise for future work.

Judges: Nafissa Thompson Spires, Chris Gonzalez, Susan Muaddi Darraj

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, Sindya Bhanoo 

Rainbow Rainbow, Lydia Conklin 

Is This How You Eat a Watermelon?, Zein El-Amine 

If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery 

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, Meron Hadero 

A Calm & Normal Heart, Chelsea T. Hicks 

What We Fed to the Manticore, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri 

The Anchored World, Jasmine Sawers 

Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty 

Manywhere, Morgan Thomas 

PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL

To a debut novel of exceptional literary merit by an American author.

Judges: Gina Apostol, Oscar Cásares, Matthew Salesses

A Tiny Upward Shove, Melissa Chadburn 

The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan 

Activities of Daily Living, Lisa Hsiao Chen 

Shutter, Ramona Emerson 

Nuclear Family, Joseph Han

Calling For a Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah 

Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley 

How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu 

Little Rabbit, Alyssa Songsiridej 

Which Side Are You On, Ryan Lee Wong 

PEN/VOELCKER AWARD FOR POETRY COLLECTION

To a poet whose distinguished collection of poetry represents a notable and accomplished literary presence.

Judges: Kimiko Hahn, Molly McCully Brown, Allison Rollins, Willie Perdomo

Smoking the Bible, Chris Abani 

[To] The Last [Be] Human, Jorie Graham 

Maafa, Harmony Holiday 

The Hurting Kind, Ada Limon 

To The Realization of Perfect Helplessness, Robin Coste Lewis 

Cain Named The Animal, Shane Mcrae 

Pink Waves, Sawako Nakayasu 

blood snow, Dg Nanouk Okpik 

Then The War, Carl Phillips 

Best Barbarian, Roger Reeves 

PEN AWARD FOR POETRY IN TRANSLATION

For a book-length translation of poetry from any language into English.

Judges: Baba Badji, Mona Kareem, Julia Leverone

The Loose Pearl, Paula Ilabaca Nuñez, translated from Spanish by Daniel Borzutzky 

No Way in the Skin without This Bloody Embrace, Jean D’Amérique, translated from French by Conor Bracken 

The Threshold, Iman Mersal, translated from Arabic by Robyn Creswell

claus and the scorpion, Lara Dopazo Ruibal, translated from Galician by Laura Cesarco Eglin

Dolore Minimo, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, translated from Italian by Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech

Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season, Forough Farrokhzad, translated from Persian by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. 

distant transit, Maja Haderlap, translated from German by Tess Lewis

Motherfield, Julia Cimafiejeva, translated from Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort and Hanif Abdurraqib

The Rust of History, Sotero Rivera Avilés, translated from Spanish by Raquel Salas Rivera 

Adela Zamudio: Selected Poetry & Prose, Adela Zamudio, translated from Spanish by Lynette Yetter

PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE

For a book-length translation of prose from any language into English.

Judges: Layla Benitez-James, Slava Faybysh, Sora Kim-Russell, Elton Uliana

All Your Children, Scattered, Beata Umybyeyi Mairesse, translated from French by Alison Anderson

The Tatami Galaxy, Tomihiko Morimi, translated from Japanese by Emily Balistrieri

Jawbone, Mónica Ojeda, translated from Spanish by Sarah Booker

Call Me Cassandra, Marcial Gala, translated from Spanish by Anna Kushner

Moldy Strawberries, Caio Fernando Abreu, translated from Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato

Toño the Infallible, Evelio Rosero, translated from Spanish by Victor Meadowcroft and Anne McLean

Ghost Town, Kevin Chen, translated from Taiwanese by Darryl Sterk

People from Bloomington, Budi Darma, translated from Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao

A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast, Dorthe Nors, translated from by Caroline Waight

Pina, Titaua Peu, translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman

PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY

For a seasoned writer whose collection of essays is an expansion on their corpus of work and preserves the distinguished art form of the essay.

Judges: Jill Lepore, John McWhorter, Simon Winchester

I’ll Show Myself Out, Jessi Klein 

Translating Myself and Others, Jhumpa Lahiri 

A Place in the World, Frances Mayes 

Still No Word From You, Peter Orner 

Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties, Suzanne Roberts 

Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris

Small Acreages: New and Selected Essays, Georgia Green Stamper 

Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening, Laurie Stone 

A Left-Handed Woman, Judith Thurman 

The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home, Alison Townsend 

PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD

For a work that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of the physical or biological sciences and communicates complex scientific concepts to a lay audience.

Judges: Tim Folger, David Hu, Emily Raboteau

Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, Frans de Waal 

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage, Rachel E. Gross 

Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers, Erica Hannickel 

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction, David George Haskell 

A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain, Sara Manning Peskin 

The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood, Dhun Sethna 

Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math, Manil Suri 

Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, Florence Williams 

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, Ed Yong 

Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters, Marlene Zuk

PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY

For a biography of exceptional literary, narrative, and artistic merit, based on scrupulous research.

Judges: Manu Bhagavan, Silvana Paternostro

An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Deathof Howard Baskerville, Reza Aslan 

Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Strugglefor Equality, Tomiko Brown-Nagin 

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-HopProducer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Dan Charnas

The Adventures of Herbie Cohen: The World's Greatest Negotiator, Rich Cohen 

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the AmericanCentury, Beverly Gage 

The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot’s Hidden Muse, Lyndall Gordon 

Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda, Ruth Harris 

Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century, Jennifer Homans 

The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini,and Hitler, David I. Kertzer 

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, Aidan Levy 

PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION

For a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective that illuminates important contemporary issues.

Judges: Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Geraldo Cadava, Sofija Stefanovic

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey withAfghan Refugees, Matthieu Aikins 

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods, Lyndsie Bourgon 

After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the AmericanDream and Blew Up Our Politics–And How to Fix It, Will Bunch 

The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’sRacial Reckoning, Eve Fairbanks 

Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in theBorderlands, Kelly Lytle Hernandez 

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon toUnderstand the Soul of a Nation, Imani Perry 

The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind, Martin Sixsmith 

The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality andDisease Collide, Steven W. Thrasher 

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched aWorkplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet, Nell McShane Wulfhart 

Solito, Javier Zamora 

 

film and tv adaptations

 

Mark your calendar for the Short Story Matinee series coming this spring!

SATURDAY, March 4th at 11am
SUNDAY, April 2nd at 3pm
SUNDAY, May 7th at 3pm
SUNDAY, June 4th at 3pm

Get your popcorn ready for a wealth of exciting book-to-screen adaptations coming in 2023! From a highly anticipated film based on Suzanne Collins’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes to a series based on Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry, BookBub lists 15 titles for readers and moviegoers of all kinds to look forward to this year. Here are the movies and TV shows based on books that we can’t wait to watch in 2023.

The Mayfair Witches series by Anne Rice

Calling all fantasy fans! Mayfair Witches, a series based on Anne Rice’s bestselling trilogy, will be streaming on AMC on January 5. Alexandra Daddario stars in the upcoming adaptation as a young neurosurgeon who learns she comes from a long line of witches — and must grapple with her newly discovered powers while fighting a sinister force that has long haunted her family. Watch the trailer here. The trilogy consists of The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos.

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is at the helm for Knock at the Cabin, a film adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s novel The Cabin at the End of the World. The novel centers around Eric and Andrew, a couple who travel to a forest retreat for vacation with their daughter, Wen. But the secluded cabin soon proves far from relaxing when four strangers break in and hold the family hostage. With a cast …

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates are set to star in the long-awaited film adaptation of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by the one and only Judy Blume! Though challenged and banned when it was first released in 1970 due to its mention of topics like sex and religion, this classic novel, named a Time Magazine Best Book of All Time, has earned modern acclaim and widespread adoration.

Text for You by Sofie Cramer

Rom-com fans have a lot to look forward to in 2023! After the death of her fiancé, Mira copes by sending romantic texts to what once was his phone number — and when journalist Rob begins receiving anonymous love messages, he becomes determined to meet the woman behind the beautiful words. Based on Sofie Cramer’s charming novel Text for You, Love Again stars Quantico actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Director Martin Scorsese dives into the world of westerns with his upcoming film adaptation of National Book Award finalist Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. The nonfiction book details a string of mysterious killings targeting members of the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma — and recounts the newly formed FBI’s winding path toward exposing the chilling conspiracy.

American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Based on American Prometheus, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Oppenheimer details the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known for his involvement in World War II’s Manhattan Project, where he played a crucial role in developing the atomic bomb. Christopher Nolan serves as writer and director of the film.

Dune by Frank Herbert

Following Dune winning an astounding six Academy Award in 2021, the anticipated follow-up to the smash-hit is coming to the big screen next fall! Dune: Part Two is based on the second half of Frank Hebert’s sci-fi epic novel of the same name, which follows Paul Atreides as he joins forces with the Fremen to seek revenge for his family. Denis Villeneuve returns to direct.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games fans have long awaited a new installment in the wildly popular film franchise, and it’s finally here! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes comes to life in a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s prequel novel, which explores the life of young Coriolanus Snow before he becomes the oppressive president of Panem.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Nearly 40 years after Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning novel was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg, the heartrending story of The Color Purple is returning to the big screen as a musical. Based on the 2005 Broadway show, the new film follows the struggles of Celie, a Black teenager in 20th-century rural Georgia, as she grapples with the oppression.

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Dearest readers, the Bridgerton family’s return is sure to be the talk of the ton this London season, with season three of the hit Netflix series inspired by Julia Quinn’s Regency-era romance novels set to premiere this year! Fans have been swooning for the gorgeous visuals and romantic plots that have become Bridgerton staples, and the newest installment is sure to be no different.

The Three-Body Problem series by Cixin Liu

Sci-fi fans won’t want to miss The Three-Body Problem trilogy’s small-screen adaptation set to premiere in 2023! In the series’s first novel by Cixin Liu, an alien civilization on the brink of destruction during China’s Cultural Revolution plans to invade Earth after a secret military project makes contact. The books in the trilogy are The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death's End.

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Based on Casey McQuiston’s heartwarming and hilarious New York Times bestseller, Red, White, & Royal Blue follows Alex, the First Son of the United States, who agrees to a fake friendship with British prince Henry to mend their public image — but their posed camaraderie soon develops into something more.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lee Eisenberg serves as showrunner for Lessons in Chemistry, a series based on Bonnie Garmus’s acclaimed 2022 bestseller. Set in the early 1960s, the novel centers around Elizabeth Zott, a scientist who’s sick of being limited to the domestic sphere. After an unplanned pregnancy causes her to lose her job, Elizabeth accepts an offer to host a TV cooking show.

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Last Thing He Told Me is sure to be a pulse-pounding new series based on Laura Dave’s #1 New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick. After her husband mysteriously disappears, Hannah sets out on a thrilling search for the truth with her stepdaughter, Bailey. The series stars Jennifer Garner as Hannah and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Owen. 

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Shailene Woodley plays a grieving writer embarking on an unforgettable journey in Three Women, a series based on the #1 New York Times bestselling novel by Lisa Taddeo. The riveting true story follows three American women from different backgrounds as they navigate the boundaries of sex and relationships while trying to find their place in the world.

https://www.bookbub.com/blog/book-to-screen-2023

mysteries, thrillers, and glass onions

 

January features a great slate of mysteries to thrill and thrillers to chill!

EXILES BY JANE HARPER

Aaron Falk deals with financial investigations as a federal investigator but takes a very rare leave from work to visit friends and his godchild. There, he’s plunged into a small community and the case of a mother who went missing one year ago from a busy festival, seemingly in front of everyone.

EVERYBODY KNOWS BY JORDAN HARPER

Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag” publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA’s most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls “The Beast.” They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. This is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes, and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds.

CITY UNDER ONE ROOF BY IRIS YAMASHITA

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter.

THE BANDIT QUEENS BY PARINI SHROFF

A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful—until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands—in this razor-sharp debut.

WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS BY KATE ALICE MARSHALL

Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes. And they were liars. For decades, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But now Olivia wants to tell, and Naomi sets out to find out what really happened in the woods―no matter how dangerous the truth turns out to be.

JUST THE NICEST COUPLE BY MARY KUBICA

A husband’s disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica.

AGAINST THE CURRANT BY OLIVIA MATTHEWS

Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York: Lyndsay Murray is opening Spice Isle Bakery with her family, and it’s everything she’s ever wanted. The West Indian bakery is her way to give back to the community she loves, stay connected to her Grenadian roots, and work side-by-side with her family. The only thing getting a rise out of Lyndsay is Claudio Fabrizi, a disgruntled fellow bakery owner who does not want any competition. On opening day, he comes into the bakery threatening to shut them down. Fed up, Lyndsay takes him to task in front of what seems to be the whole neighborhood. So when Claudio turns up dead a day later―murdered―Lyndsay is unfortunately the prime suspect.

FINLAY DONOVAN JUMPS THE GUN BY ELLE COSIMANO

Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather unexpected reasons―but none quite like this. After she and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero accidentally destroyed a luxury car that they may have "borrowed" in the process of saving the life of Finlay's ex-husband, the Russian mob got her out of debt. But now Finlay owes them…

THE TWYFORD CODE BY JANICE HALLETT

Forty years ago, Steven “Smithy” Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. When he showed it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, she believed that it was part of a secret code that ran through all of Twyford’s novels. And when she disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy became convinced that she had been right. Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Smithy decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades.

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE BY BENJAMIN STEVENSON

Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this “utterly original” (Jane Harper), “not to be missed” (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.

In the high school category:

PROMISE BOYS BY NICK BROOKS

For dark academia fans! J.B., Ramón, and Trey must adhere to the Urban Promise Prep School’s strict rules, which relies on extreme discipline to turn boys into men. When Principal Moore is murdered, the three boys end up at the top of the suspect list and realize coming together to solve the murder is their only hope of not being arrested.

THE BLACK QUEEN BY JUMATA EMILL

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.

If viewing is more your style (and, like me, you’re obsessed with Glass Onion!), some of these may fit the bill.  From brooding classics to hilarious ensemble casts, you may have to put everything on the backburner to make it through your watchlists with these!

The Lady Vanishes

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris (Margaret Lockwood) befriends elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty). When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler (Michael Redgrave) and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Gosford Park

Robert Altman, one of America's most distinctive filmmakers, journeys to England for the first time to create a unique film mosaic with an outstanding ensemble cast. Set in the 1930's, "Gosford Park" brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

Memories of Murder

In 1986, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha) are two simple-minded detectives assigned to a double murder investigation in a South Korean province. But when the murderer strikes several more times with the same pattern, the detectives realize that they are chasing the country's first documented serial killer. Relying on only their basic skills and tools, Park and Jo attempt to piece together the clues and solve the case in this thriller based on true events.

Brick

After receiving a frantic phone call from his ex-girlfriend, teenage loner Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) learns that her dead body has been found. Vowing to solve her murder himself, he must infiltrate high-school cliques that he previously avoided. His search for the truth places him before some of the school's roughest characters, leading to a confrontation with a drug dealer known as "the Pin (Lukas Haas)."

Clue

Based on the popular board game, this comedy begins at a dinner party hosted by Mr. Boddy, where he admits to blackmailing his visitors. These guests, who have been given aliases, are Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mrs. White and Col. Mustard. When Boddy turns up murdered, all are suspects, and together they try to figure out who is the killer

Game Night

Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

The Thin Man

The sparkling start of the series features the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solve murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier, Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 1930s upper-class Manhattan, The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy, clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship. 

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Two-bit crook Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) stumbles into an audition for a mystery film while on the run from the cops. Winning the part, he lands in Hollywood, where he's flung into a tangled, murderous conspiracy with his childhood sweetheart, Harmony Lane (Michelle Monaghan), and hard-boiled private eye Perry van Shrike (Val Kilmer).

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) (more adaptations were done in 2001, starring Alfred Molina, and 2017, starring Kenneth Branagh)

Having concluded a case, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Express. But when an unpopular billionaire is murdered en route, Poirot takes up the case, and everyone on board the famous train is a suspect. Using an avalanche blocking the tracks to his advantage, Poirot gradually realizes that many of the passengers have revenge as a motive, and he begins to home in on the culprit.

Rear Window (1954) (another adaptation from 1998 starred Christopher Reeve)

A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and wife, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the original Swedish adaptation premiered in 2010)

Disgraced financial reporter Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) finds a chance to redeem his honor after being hired by wealthy Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to solve the 40-year-old murder of Vanger's niece, Harriet. Vanger believes that Harriet was killed by a member of his own family. Eventually joining Blomkvist on his dangerous quest for the truth is Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), an unusual but ingenious investigator whose fragile trust is not easily won.

The Maltese Falcon

In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary Astor). As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man (Peter Lorre) demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort.

Death on the Nile (2004) (more adaptations came out in 1978, starring Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, and David Niven, and in 2022, starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, and Armie Hammer)

While on a holiday cruise in Egypt, the Belgian sleuth (David Suchet) investigates the murder of a rich heiress who had many enemies.

To Catch a Thief

Notorious cat burglar John Robie (Cary Grant) has long since retired to tend vineyards on the French Riviera. When a series of robberies is committed in his style, John must clear his name. Armed with a list of people who own the most expensive jewels currently in the area, John begins following the first owner, young Francie (Grace Kelly). When her jewels are stolen, Francie suspects John, destroying their tentative romance. John goes on the lam to catch the thief and clear his own name.

The Long Goodbye

Private detective Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is asked by his old buddy Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) for a ride to Mexico. He obliges, and when he gets back to Los Angeles is questioned by police about the death of Terry's wife. Marlowe remains a suspect until it's reported that Terry has committed suicide in Mexico. Marlowe doesn't buy it but takes a new case from a beautiful blond, Eileen Wade (Nina van Pallandt), who coincidentally has a past with Terry.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that's la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves- and Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads. When Dickie's father asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own.

Only available streaming:

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living among them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it's too late.          

Three Pines (Amazon)

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (Alfred Molina) investigates murders in Three Pines.  He sees things that others do not: the light between the cracks, the mythic in the mundane, long-buried secrets.  Along the way he faces a few of his own ghosts.

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https://time.com/6240295/mysteries-watch-after-glass-onion/
https://www.vulture.com/article/warm-weather-murder-mysteries.html
https://bookriot.com/new-mystery-thrillers-january-2023/