A sequel to Jean Hanff Korelitz’s bestseller The Plot is coming this fall, the novel’s publisher, Celadon Books, has announced.
According to Celadon, Korelitz’s new novel, The Sequel, brings back Anna Williams-Bonner after she has “laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented” her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner. Now Anna “is living the contented life of a literary widow” and “enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity,” all while trying to write her own bestseller.
The Plot, which is currently being turned into a Hulu series starring Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali, was widely celebrated following its 2021 release. A Kirkus reviewer called the book “gripping and thoroughly unsettling” and a “satisfyingly twisty thriller.”
Korelitz is also the author ofThe Latecomer, which is currently being adapted as a limited series. Her other books include You Should Have Known, the basis for the 2020 HBO series The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland; and Admission, which was made into a 2013 film with Tina Fey.
The Sequel is slated for release on Oct. 1.
Amy Reiter is a writer in Brooklyn.
