Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Hardcover
By Guillermo del Toro; Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Publisher: Insight Editions
Release Date: November 25, 2025

Social media is all abuzz right now with accolades for writer/director Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein. And with good reason: The new film, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth, is a visually stunning masterpiece from the visionary filmmaker. Though the Del Toro’s take is not entirely faithful to Mary Shelley’s 1818 classic novel, his reimagining certainly captures the spirit of the original tale about a scientist’s impetuous obsession with creating life from death. Now, Insight Editions has released Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro, a 240-page oversized hardcover that reproduces the director’s full shooting script.

The Art & Making Of Frankenstein: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Standard Trade Edition
Hardcover
By Sheila O’Malley
Introduction by Oscar Isaac; Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Publisher: Insight Editions
Release Date: October 28, 2025

The Art & Making Of Frankenstein: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro is a massive, beautifully crafted tome that provides an informative behind-the-scenes look at visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro‘s latest feature film, Frankenstein, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 literary masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

When director Guillermo del Toro calls something his “passion project,” you know that if he gets to see it through to fruition, it’s going to be amazing. Reimagining Mary Shelley’s classic novel for the big screen was one of Del Toro’s childhood aspirations, and with 2025’s Frankenstein, his dream has been triumphantly realized.

Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein, a new film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, hit theaters this weekend for a limited run before its Netflix debut on November 7, 2025. The director’s take on the classic is visually stunning and brilliant, so I highly recommend seeing it on the big screen while you can.

A few new related books will be published this Fall in conjunction with the film’s release. Below are details about each along with images.

– Coming October 28, 2025 from Penguin Books is the Netflix Tie-In Edition of Shelley’s 1818 version of the novel Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus. This version includes an introduction by Guillermo del Toro and features a cover with the movie’s creature, played by Jacob Elordi.

– Coming October 28, 2025 from Insight Editions is The Art & Making Of Frankenstein: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Along with the standard trade edition, two collector editions (Portfolio and Artifact Edition [LE]) will also be available.

– Coming November 25, 2025 from Insight Editions is Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay, which contains the Guillermo del Toro script along with an introduction by the filmmaker and more.

Monster, She Wrote
The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
Hardcover | Kindle | Audiobook
By Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Publisher: Quirk Books
Release date: September 17, 2019

They’re the queens of horror fiction — gothic horror’s founding mother Mary Shelley, haunted house maven Shirley Jackson, and vampire queen of the damned Anne Rice. But did you know that there have been and still are many other women writers like them contributing to the genre for centuries, most of whom wrote under repressive circumstances? Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, a new non-fiction book from Quirk Books, gives these women and their works a spotlight.

In this 352-page compendium, authors Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson dig deep into the feminine roots of the gothic horror genre, beginning with its precursors Margaret Cavendish and Ann Radcliffe before moving on to the creator herself, Mary Shelley, author of the early 19th century classic Frankenstein.

The holiday season is upon us, so it’s time to start looking into some of the year’s best book releases to give to your loved ones. This year sees many selections to choose from for fans of properties like Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, Dracula, and Frankenstein and authors like Anne Rice and J.R.R. Tolkien; tie-ins for Die Hard, Planet Of The Apes, The Walking Dead,, and Stranger Things, as well as titles by authors like Raymond E. Feist, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Grady Hendrix, and R.A. Salvatore.

Check out here below our Holiday Geek Gift Guide 2018 for Books, eBooks, and Audiobooks for our favorite holiday gift picks for this year for the reader in your life.