Take a look at what’s happening in January at APL!
Books Coming to Screens December 2025
Books coming to big and small screens this Dember!
Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw / Jeff Kinney
Greg must impress Holly Hills at an upcoming talent show. His father, Frank, plans to send him to military school. The central issue is Greg’s effort to prove to Frank that he does not need military schooling by participating in the show.
Dec 5th/ Disney/ Put on hold
The Twelve Dates of Christmas/ Jenny Bayliss
(The Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas)
Kate, a textile pattern designer, cares for her separated father Mac in Blexford, England. Laura introduces her to The 12 Dates of Christmas, a matchmaking program that rekindles her life and leads her to new adventures.
Dec 5th/ Hallmark/ Put on hold
Hamnet / Maggie O’Farrell
A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Dec 5th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
The one hundred nights of Hero/ Isabel Greenberg
When a charming house guest (Galitzine) arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry (Monroe), and their devoted maid Hero (Corrin), is thrown into chaos.
Dec 5th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
Percy Jackson and the Olympians/ Rick Riordan
(Season 2)
Demigod Percy Jackson leads a quest across America to prevent a war among the Olympian gods.
Dec 10th/ Disney/ Put on hold
The Housemaid / Freida McFadden
Follows a struggling woman who is happy to start over as a housemaid for an affluent, elite couple.
Dec 19th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
New Digital Items-November 2025
Audiobook
| 5 Classic Christmas Stories | Ernst T. A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, The Brothers Grimm, et. al. |
| The American Revolution: An Intimate History (unabridged) | Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Robert Petkoff, et. al. |
| Boleyn Traitor: A Novel (unabridged) | Philippa Gregory, Gemma Whelan |
| The Demon Awakens, Part 1 of 3 | R.A. Salvatore, Richard Rohan, Colleen Delany, et. al. |
| The Demon Awakens, Part 2 of 3 | R.A. Salvatore, Richard Rohan, Eric Messner, et. al. |
| The Demon Awakens, Part 3 of 3 | R.A. Salvatore, Richard Rohan, Eric Messner, et. al. |
| Ender’s Tribe | Orson Scott Card, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki, et. al. |
| The Greatest Sentence Ever Written | Walter Isaacson, Walter Isaacson, Holter Graham |
| The Hong Kong Widow | Kristen Loesch, Annie Q. Riegel |
| I Know How This Ends | Holly Smale, Alix Dunmore |
| Live Stream | Ash Wu, Mela Lee |
| The Long Climb: One Man’s Journey from Addiction to Faith (unabridged) | Robert Woods |
| Managing the Matthews | Haleigh Wenger, Alex Knox, Lisa Larsen |
| Player vs Player | Ash Wu, Mela Lee |
| The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires | Grady Hendrix, Full Cast, Dawn Ursula, et. al. |
| Swifterature: A Love Story: English Literature and Taylor Swift (unabridged) | Elly McCausland, Shakira Shute |
| The Uncool: A Memoir (unabridged) | Cameron Crowe, Cameron Crowe |
| The Widow: A Novel (unabridged) | John Grisham, Michael Beck |
| The American Revolution: An Intimate History | Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns |
| The Cotswolds Christmas Cafe: A BRAND-NEW utterly adorable cozy festive romance that will melt your heart this Christmas! | Lizzie Lee |
| I Know How This Ends: A Novel | Holly Smale |
| The Widow: A Novel | John Grisham |
Ebook
| The American Revolution: An Intimate History | Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns |
| The Cotswolds Christmas Cafe: A BRAND-NEW utterly adorable cozy festive romance that will melt your heart this Christmas! | Lizzie Lee |
| I Know How This Ends: A Novel | Holly Smale |
| The Widow: A Novel | John Grisham |
| Coldwire | Chloe Gong |
| I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends | Kylie Lee Baker |
| The Same Backward as Forward | Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
New Fiction-November 2025
| Bitter honey : | F AKINMADE, LOLA |
| The Devil in Oxford. | F ARMSTRONG, JESS |
| Clementine Crane Prefers Not To. | F BAIR, KRISTIN |
| Nash falls | F BALDACCI, DAVID |
| Brigands & Breadknives | F BALDREE, TRAVIS |
| The unveiling | F BARRY, QUAN |
| North Country. | F BONDURANT, MATT |
| From cradle to grave | F BOWEN, RHYS |
| Fox and furious | F BROWN, RITA |
| Simone in Pieces. | F BURROWAY, JANET |
| Crescent City Christmas chaos | F BYRON, ELLEN |
| Last call at the savoy | F CARLETON, BRISA |
| Property. | F CAYLEY, KATE |
| Christmas Bells. | F CHIAVERINI, JENNIFER |
| Exit Strategy | F CHILD, LEE |
| The last death of the year | F CHRISTIE, AGATHA |
| Executive power | F CLANCY, TOM |
| Crimson Thaw (Detective Justice). | F COFFIN, BRUCE |
| The Secret Christmas Library | F COLGAN, JENNY |
| All Spooked Up (A Haunted Paint Store Mystery, 1). | F COPPERMAN, E.J. |
| The tortoise’s tale : | F COULTER, KENDRA |
| Quantum tempest | F CUSSLER, CLIVE |
| The good daughters | F DALE, BRIGITTE |
| Tom’s crossing | F DANIELEWSKI, MARK |
| The reluctant reaper | F DAVIDSON, MARY |
| The tin men | F DEMILLE, NELSON |
| The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny | F DESAI, KIRAN |
| The Memory Gardener. | F DONOHUE, MEG |
| The King’s ransom | F EVANOVICH, JANET |
| The Christmas stranger | F EVANS, RICHARD |
| Who Knows You by Heart. | F FARLEY, C.J. |
| The hidden city | F FINCH, CHARLES |
| A Redbird Christmas. | F FLAGG, FANNIE |
| Her one regret | F FREITAS, DONNA |
| Lightbreakers | F GABEL, AJA |
| Haven’t Killed in Years | F GREEN AMY |
| Boleyn traitor : | F GREGORY, PHILLIPPA |
| The Ferryman and His Wife. | F GRYTTEN, FRODE |
| On a Sundown Sea. | F HALL, JILL |
| The everlasting | F HARROW, ALIX |
| The Academy | F HILDERBRAND, ELIN |
| The devil is a southpaw | F HOBSON, BRANDON |
| The knives before Christmas | F HOLLOWAY, J.KENT |
| Lucky Seed. | F HUANG, JUSTINIAN |
| Calling All Blessings: A Blessings Novel | F JENKINS, BEVERLY |
| You watched in silence | F JUSTINE, H. |
| Coyote Hills | F KELLERMAN, JONATHAN |
| Violet Thistlewaite is not a villain anymore | F KREMPHOLTZ, EMILY |
| Empire of the Dawn. | F KRISTOFF, JAY |
| The land of sweet forever : | F LEE, HARPER |
| Picket Line and Other Stories. | F LEONARD, ELMORE |
| The Christmas house | F LEWIS, BEVERLY |
| The Bone Thief. | F LILLIE, VANESSA |
| The Hong Kong Widow. | F LOESCH, KRISTEN |
| The burning library | F MACMILLAN, GILLY |
| A ferry merry Christmas | F MACOMBER, DEBBIE |
| Romance and peppermint lattes | F MACOMBER, DEBBIE |
| Otherwise Engaged | F MALLERY, SUSAN |
| Once Upon a Holidate. | F MALLERY, SUSAN |
| False witness : | F MARGOLIN, PHILLIP |
| Witches of dubious origin | F MCKINLAY, JENN |
| The eight heartbreaks of Hanukkah | F MELTZER, JEAN |
| The Sofa. | F MUNSON, SAM |
| The Ivory City : | F MURPHY, EMILY |
| Wreck | F NEWMAN, CATHERINE |
| Deeper than the Ocean. | F OJITO, MIRTA |
| Secret Nights and Northern Lights. | F OLIVER, MEGAN |
| Evensong | F O’NAN, STEWART |
| Wild Instinct | F PARKER, JEFFERSON |
| The Plan of Chicago. | F PEARCE, BARRY |
| The black wolf | F PENNY, LOUISE |
| Nina. | F PHILLIPS, LOUISE |
| Evil bones | F REICHS, KATHY |
| Framed in death | F ROBB, J.D. |
| The seven rings | F ROBERTS, NORA |
| The Man Next Door. | F ROBERTS, SHEILA |
| The eleventh hour : a quintet of stories | F RUSHDIE, SALMAN |
| The finest edge of twilight | F SALVATORE, R.A. |
| P.S. You’re the Worst. | F SEAGER, CHLOE |
| The Private Side of Friendship. | F SMITH, ALEXANDER |
| A Case of Life and Limb. | F SMITH, SALLY |
| I’ll Quit When I’m Dead. | F SMITHERD, LUKE |
| The Graceview patient | F STARLING, CAITLIN |
| The color of hope | F STEEL, DANIELLE |
| Yours For The Season. | F STONE, EMILY |
| The Dentist : | F SULLIVAN, TIM |
| The Bookshop Below. | F SUMMERS, GEORGIA |
| The Haunting of Emily Grace. | F TAYLOR, ELENA |
| The Botanist’s Assistant. | F TOWNSEND, PEGGY |
| Ladies in Waiting. | F TRIGIANI, ADRIANA |
| Good Hair Days. | F WALZ, GRACE |
| The Forget-Me-Not Library. | F WEBBER, HEATHER |
| Fallen city | F YOUNG, ADRIENNE |