Following the success of Wicked, pop singer Ariana Grande has had quite the comeback. Last year’s Eternal Sunshine saw Grande receiving critical success, but fans were disappointed that the artist was snubbed at the Grammys. Now, Grande is back with a deluxe version of 2024’s album entitled Eternal Sunshine: Brighter Days Ahead. Along with the release of the deluxe album, which includes six new tracks, Grande treated fans to a 26-minute music video. The video and the album are highly conceptual and deeply personal. Grade explores the pain of ending her marriage and the tentative excitement of starting a new relationship through sci-fi imagery and nods to comic books, like X-Men, as well as classic literature, like Frankenstein. If, like many other Ariana Grande fans, you keep playing Brighter Days Ahead on repeat, here are three newly released (or soon-to-be-released) books that will keep you in that Eternal Sunshine headspace for the rest of 2025.
The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson WalkerIf you love the sci-fi elements of Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine that explore the concepts of memory, keep that vibe going with the latest from The Dreamers author Karen Thompson Walker. A year after her child is born, Jane is discovered in Prospect Park with no memory of what has happened to her. As psychiatrists try to unpack what has caused this lapse in Jane’s memory, our protagonist reveals that she is having visions of a young man who died 20 years ago—and he has a warning for her about something terrible that will happen in her future. |
No Ordinary Love by Myah ArielIf you loved Grande’s new album for the more personal aspects of it—the loss of a relationship and the start of something new—check out this romance novel that just released from Berkley at the beginning of April. Ella is a pop superstar whose eight-year marriage to a music producer has just ended after she finally gets fed up with his infidelity. In order to keep the tabloids happy, Ella enters into a PR-fueled “relationship” with MLB player Miles. This showmance could be just the thing to save both of their reputations, but what if it’s something more? |
The Manor of Dreams by Christina LiLove the crumbling mansion imagery in Ariana’s Brighter Days Ahead video? This one’s out from Avid Reader Press on May 6! Vivian Yin is the first Chinese actress to ever win an Oscar, and now that she’s dead, her remaining family members arrive at her deteriorating estate, hoping to discover their inheritance. But as Vivian’s family moves into the estate, they begin to uncover the truth about Vivian’s death and the painful, haunting legacy the reclusive actress is leaving behind. |
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