headed to the big screen

 

These titles may be coming to a theater near you! I can tell you that one of my absolute favorites (this is Holley) is on the list, “Dear Edward!”

FICTION

THE FAMILY CHAO by Lan Samantha Chang

Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town.

THE SELFLESS ACT OF BREATHING by JJ Bola

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasized about escaping their daily lives and starting over.

A LADY'S GUIDE TO SELLING OUT by Sally Franson

Told in an unforgettable voice, with razor-sharp observations about everything from feminism to pop culture to social media, A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out is the story of a young woman untangling the contradictions of our era and trying to escape the rat race—by any means necessary.

THE MANGO BRIDE by Marivi Soliven

Two women, two cultures, and the fight to find a new life in America, despite the secrets of the past…

THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty

Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive....

WASHINGTON BLACK by Esi Edugyan

A dazzling adventure story about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world.

DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano

Dear Edward is at once a transcendent coming-of-age story, a multidimensional portrait of an unforgettable cast of characters, and a breathtaking illustration of all the ways a broken heart learns to love again.

BILLY SUMMERS by Stephen King

This spectacular can’t-pause novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It’s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.

ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . 

AFTERPARTIES by Anthony Veasna So

A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities.

NONFICTION

BEING MORTAL: MEDICINE AND WHAT MATTERS IN THE END by Atul Gawande

Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life - all the way to the very end. 

AN UGLY TRUTH: INSIDE FACEBOOK’S BATTLE FOR DOMINATION by Sheera Frenkel & Cecilia Kang

Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in a riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé that offers the definitive account of Facebook’s fall from grace. 

THE OUTRUN by Amy Liptrot

At the age of 30, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life.

THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL: FERGUSON, BALTIMORE AND A NEW ERA IN AMERICA’S RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT by Wesley Lowery

Studded with moments of joy and tragedy, They Can't Kill Us All offers a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect, showing that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice. 

YOUTH

LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND by M.T. Anderson

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization.

THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END by Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.

THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile

Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade novel in verse.

 

BONUS: 10 fantasy novels that would be great movies!

ADULT FANTASY

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

When someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma el-Sha’arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities is called onto the case.

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light unfolds in an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

This first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy is inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

A timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

This unforgettable debut - inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology - follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails?

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Scott Lynch’s first novel exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

A bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy.

TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It's a story that's literally burning to be told. 

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas' paranormal YA debut.

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