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Book |
Author |
Dewey Number |
Description |
Anne
of Green Gables |
Montgomery,
L.M. |
Juv Fic
Mon |
Who
couldn’t use a little Anne? New series is getting rave reviews as well. |
The
Zookeeper’s Wife |
Ackerman,
Diane |
940.531 ACK |
Zookeeper helps many resistance activists and
refugee Jews hide in empty cages and her own home during WWII. |
The
Handmaid’s Tale |
Atwood,
Margarget |
FIC
ATW |
Both the book and the movie are getting a lot
of attention right now. |
The
Magicians |
Grossman,
Lev |
FIC
LEV |
This fantasy has
been made into a series. Compare to Narnia and the Lord of the Rings and see
what you think. |
The
Life of Pi |
Martel,
Yan |
FIC MAR |
The film won awards and the book is hard to
categorize. About a tiger, god and the human spirit. Or is it? |
Atonement |
McEwan,
Ian |
FIC
MCW |
Well received movie and wonderful book that
has many of the same themes as The Life of Pi—with a vastly different
setting. |
Live
By Night |
Lehane,
Dennis |
FIC
LEH |
From Jazz Age Boston to Tampa’s Latin Quarter
to the streets of Cuba this epic explores the roaring 20s. |
The
Lost City of Z |
Grann,
David |
918.11 GRA |
Amazing
true tale of adventure and obsession. |
The
Light Between Oceans |
Stedman,
M.L. |
Fic STE |
I have not heard one person say anything
other than this is an amazing book—and now it has been made into a movie. |
A
Hologram for the King |
Eggers,
Dave |
FIC
EGG |
Tom Hanks stars in this movie of a
businessman struggling to hold his life together in Saudi Arabia amid the
global economy’s gale force winds. |
American
Pastoral |
Roth,
Philip |
FIC
ROT |
Roth’s Pulitzer prize winning novel is made
into a movie. |
Me
Before You |
Moyes,
Jojo |
FIC MOY |
Heartbreaking romance comes to the big
screen. |
The
Girl on the Train |
Hawkins,
Paula |
FIC
HAW |
2015’s big thriller is made into a movie. |
The
Jungle Book |
Kipling,
Rudyard |
JUV
Fic KIP |
The classic comes to the screen once again. |