Take a look at what’s happening at the Andover Public Library this December!
2025 National Book Awards
The National Book Award winners and finalist have been announced. Take a look at the winners, as well as the books that were nominated for this pretentious award.
Note: we don’t currently have any of the Poetry winners or nominees in the system. For a complete list, look here.
Fiction
Winner
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
Finalists
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar / The Antidote by Karen Russell/ North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford/ Palaver by Bryan Washington
Longlist
Flashlight by Susan Choi /The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy /The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri /Only Son by Kevin Moffett/ The Pelican Child by Joy Williams
Nonfiction
Winner
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Finalists
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy by Julia Ioffe /Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li /Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe/ When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas
Longlist
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State by Caleb Gayle /For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising by Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy /The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin /Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening by Ben Ratliff/ The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow
Translated Literature
Winner
We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Finalists
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle/ The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje /We Computers: A Ghazal Novel by Hamid Ismailov/ Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno
Longlist
The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera /Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa /We Do Not Part by Han Kang /Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir /Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico
Young People’s Literature
Winner
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri
Finalists
A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff/ The Leaving Room by Amber McBride /Truth Is by Hannah V. Sawyerr /(S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi
Longlist
A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila /The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum /The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes /A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne /Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
If you enjoy Fly Guy …try these books
If you enjoy Fly Guy, here are a few more books and authors that may interest you.
That’s my book! and other stories by Salina Yoon/ Too many Jacks by Mac Barnett /See the cat : three stories about a dog by David LaRochelle / What about worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins/ Max Spaniel : funny lunch by David Catrow
Nothing fits a dinosaur by Jonathan Fenske /We are growing! by Laurie Keller / My friends make me happy! by Jan Thomas/ Narwhal : unicorn of the sea by Ben Clanton / Mercy Watson to the rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Books Coming to Screens November 2025
The Sneetches/ Dr. Seuss
Follows star-belly and moon-belly creatures. They are friends and realize that their differences are to be celebrated, not a source of conflict.
Nov 3rd/ Netflix/ Put on hold
The Bad Guys / Aaron Blabey
(The Bad Guys: Breaking In)
Before becoming THE Bad Guys, they were just criminals seeking notoriety. Wolf leads their crew on daring heists to top the 6 News Nightly’s Worst List, but being truly bad isn’t their strong suit.
Nov 6th/ Netflix/ Put on hold
The Destiny of the Republic / Candice Millard
(Death by Lightning)
Death by Lightning dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him.
Nov 6th/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Frankenstein / Mary Shelley
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Nov 7th/ Netflix/ Put on hold
I wish you all the best / Mason Deaver
After being kicked out of the house by their parents, a teen embarks upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship, and family.
Nov 7th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
The Nazi and the Psychiatrist /Jack El-Hai
(Nuremberg)
A WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring.
Nov 7th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
Wingfeather Saga/Andrew Peterson
(Season 3)
Animated series based on Andrew Peterson’s fantasy novels detailing the adventures of the Igiby family and their pursuit by the venomous Fangs of Dang and their evil overlord, Gnag the Nameless.
Nov 12th/ Angel/ Put on hold
The Running Man / Stephen King
A man joins a game show where contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by “hunters” hired to kill them.
Nov 14th/ Theaters/ Put on hold
Train Dreams /Denis Johnson
Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
Nov 21st/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Wicked / Gregory Maguire
Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Nov 21st/ Theaters/ Put on hold