From Book to Screen (For Adults)
Looking for something new to read? Check out these
 recommendations curated by our librarians! 
 
Dune
by Frank Herbert

One of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time is presented in a beautiful hardcover edition that captures the adventure, mysticism, environmentalism and politics as a young boy on the desert planet Arrakis discovers his true destiny. Illustrations.
You love me : a you novel
by Caroline Kepnes

"The highly anticipated new thriller in Caroline Kepnes's hit You series, now a blockbuster Netflix show . . . Joe Goldberg is back. And he's going to start a family--even if it kills him. Joe Goldberg is done with cities, done with the muck and the posers, done with Love. Now, he's saying hello to nature, to simple pleasures on a cozy island in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in a long time, he can just breathe. He gets a job at the local library--he does know a thing or two about books--and that's where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian. Joe won't meddle, he will not obsess. He'll win her the old fashioned way . . . by providing a shoulder to cry on, a helping hand. Over time, they'll both heal their wounds and begin their happily ever after in this sleepy town. The trouble is . . . Mary Kaye already has a life. She's a mother. She's a friend. She's . . . busy. True love can only triumph if both people are willing to make room for the real thing. Joe cleared his decks. He's ready. Andhopefully, with his encouragement and undying support, Mary Kaye will do the right thing and make room for him"
Mudbound : a novel
by Hillary Jordan

In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta
Little women
by Louisa May Alcott

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England
The miracle of Dunkirk : the true story of Operation Dynamo
by Walter Lord

Details the story of the rescue of more than three hundred thousand Allied troops from the coast of Dunkirk during the spring of 1940
Malorie : a Bird Box novel
by Josh Malerman

A highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Bird Box focuses on the story of main character, Malorie, as she confronts the dangers of her near-future apocalypse world head-on. Movie tie-in.
The woman in the window
by A. J. Finn

An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window. Reissue. A #1 New York Times best-seller. Movie tie-in. 500,000 first printing. AB. K. LJ. NYT. PW.
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn

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