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IP Picks🔎: A YA Thriller with ‘Housemaid’ Energy & a True-Crime Tale
➕ A prickly rock n’ roll genius and an ‘Only Murders’-like procedural
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: 2025 Faves That Are Still Available
➕ A New Year’s upgrade deal for a full Optionist subscription!
 • Andy Lewis
Inside 2025’s IP Market: What Sold, Stalled and What Comes Next
➕Lessons from the year’s bestselling books, and how the death of magazine journalism is rattling dealmakers
 • Andy Lewis
Inside 2025’s IP Market: What Sold, Stalled and What Comes Next
➕Lessons from the year’s bestselling books, and how the death of magazine journalism is rattling dealmakers
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: An Epic About the War on Drugs & a Divorce That Shocked America
➕ Taylor Swift’s book bump
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: An Epic About the War on Drugs & a Divorce That Shocked America
➕ Taylor Swift’s book bump
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A ‘Beef’-Like Revenge Thriller and ‘The Secret History’ meets ‘Alice in Wonderland’
âž• Netflix says book adaptations drive views. Who knew?
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A ‘Beef’-Like Revenge Thriller and ‘The Secret History’ meets ‘Alice in Wonderland’
âž• Netflix says book adaptations drive views. Who knew?
 • Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Granny vs. Goliath, a Real-Life ‘Reacher’ and ‘Blade Runner’ for the VR Era
âž• Would you make an Olivia Nuzzi-Ryan Lizza movie now?
 • Andy Lewis
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