2024 Reading Challenge: Read a book set in the future

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Are you participating in the 2024 Reading Challenge? We have 12 challenges to complete throughout the year and every month we’ll feature one of the challenge prompts. This month we’re featuring the prompt “a book set in the future.” Listed below are just a few books that fit the prompt but there are plenty of other books you can pick up! 

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Middle Grade

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 The dog who saved the world /The last cuentista/ We’re not from here/ The lion of Mars

Young Adult

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The ones we’re meant to find /Scythe/Blood like magic / Cinder/  Feed 

Adult

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Boundless / Saturn run / Providence / The future/ Lock in 

Graphic Novels

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Project Nought/Arca/ The infinity particle / Target practice 

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Books Coming to Screens: November 2024

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Here /Richard McGuire

Here (2024) - IMDb
From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump (1994), Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form.
Nov 1st/ Theatres 

Lost on a Mountain in Maine / Donn Fendler as told to Joseph B. Egan

Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024) - IMDb
Based on the book by the same name, the film tells the inspiring story of a 12-year-old boy, who, separated from his family by a fast moving storm, must fight to stay alive during his nine-day adventure lost in the backwoods of Maine.
Nov 1st/ Theatres / Put on hold

Pedro Páramo / Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo (2024) - IMDb

Follows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires, and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo lover, overlord, murderer.

Nov 6th/ Netflix

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever / Barbara Robinson

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) - IMDb

Nobody is ready for the mayhem and surprises that ensue when six of the worst youngsters disrupt the town’s yearly Christmas performance.

Nov 8th/ Theatres / Put on hold

The Nickel Boys / Colson Whitehead

Nickel Boys (2024) - IMDb

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Nov 8th/ Theatres / Put on hold

Small Things Like These / Claire Keegan

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In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own.
Nov 8th/ Theatres / Put on hold

Alex Cross series/ James Patterson

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TV series based on James Paterson’s Alex Cross novels. Alex Cross uses forensic psychology to analyze killers’ minds, delving into victims’ psyches to identify murderers and bring them to justice
Nov 14th/ Amazon / Put on hold

Say nothing / Patrick Radden Keefe

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Spanning four tumultuous decades during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Nov 14th/ FX and Hulu/ Put on hold

Silo Trilogy / Hugh Howey

(Season Two)

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Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.

Nov 15th/ Apple TV/ Put on hold 

Dune: Prophecy

(based on the world by Frank Herbert)

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TV series set in the ‘Dune’ universe which centers on the lives of the Bene Gesserit.
Nov 17th/ HBO / Put on hold

Interior Chinatown / Charles Yu

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The story of an Asian-American actor struggling against clichéd roles and stereotypes, both at work and in his personal life.
Nov 19th/ Hulu / Put on hold

Press Start! / Thomas Flintham

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Sunny and Rue Zaki, a dynamic brother and sister duo whose mysterious game controller gives them the ability to enter the world of their favorite fast-paced video game.

Nov 21st/ Peacock / Put on hold

Outlander/ Diane Gabaldon

(Season 7 part 2)

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Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.

Nov 22nd/ Starz / Put on hold

Out of my mind / Sharon M. Draper

Amazon cover imageOut of My Mind (2024) - IMDb
Melody Brooks is navigating sixth grade as a nonverbal wheelchair user who has cerebral palsy. With the help of some assistive technology and her devoted allies, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it
Nov 22nd/ Disney + / Put on hold

The Piano Lesson / August Wilson

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Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

Nov 22nd/ Netflix/ Put on hold

The Helicopter Heist / Jonas Bonnier

The Helicopter Heist (TV Mini Series 2024) - IMDb
The Helicopter Heist is a reality-based and character-driven suspense series in eight parts about the drama behind one of the most spectacular heists in history, a grand and fast paced Icarus tale about winning, or losing, it all.
Nov 22nd/ Netflix

Wicked / Gregory Maguire

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After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining two-part cinematic event this holiday season.

Nov 22nd/ Theatres/ Put on hold
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New eBooks and eAudiobooks – October 2024

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Aisle Nine Ian X. Cho, Jacob McNatt Audiobook
Eynhallow Tim McGregor, Angela Ness Audiobook
Here One Moment Liane Moriarty, Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill Audiobook
The House Where Death Lives: An Anthology (unabridged) Alex Brown, Jennifer Aquino, Nova Ren Suma, et. al. Audiobook
I Was Told There Would Be Romance Marie Arnold, Melinda Sewak Audiobook
Immortal Dark Tigest Girma, Jordan Cobb Audiobook
Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies Abigail Hing Wen, Eric Yang Audiobook
Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Krystal Hammond, et. al. Audiobook
The Midnight Feast: A Novel (unabridged) Lucy Foley, Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, et. al. Audiobook
The Monstrous Kind Lydia Gregovic, Fran Burgoyne Audiobook
Much Ado About Margaret: A Novel (unabridged) Madeleine Roux, Suzie Rai Audiobook
Oath of Loyalty Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, George Guidall Audiobook
Only for the Holidays Abiola Bello, Nneka Okoye, Kenton Thomas Audiobook
Polostan Neal Stephenson, January LaVoy Audiobook
Ruin Road Lamar Giles, J. D. Jackson Audiobook
Some Like it Cold Elle McNicoll, Charlie Sanderson Audiobook
Tangleroot Kalela Williams, Maggie Thompson Audiobook
This Ravenous Fate Hayley Dennings, Tamika Katon-Donegal Audiobook
Tiger’s Tale Colleen Houck, Zura Johnson, Neil Shah Audiobook
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay Kelly McWilliams, Henriette Zoutomou Audiobook
Aisle Nine Ian X. Cho eBook
All the Jingle Ladies Beth Garrod eBook
Eynhallow Tim McGregor eBook
The House Where Death Lives Alex Brown, Nova Ren Suma, Gina Chen, et. al. eBook
I Was Told There Would Be Romance Marie Arnold eBook
Influencer Adam Cesare eBook
Killer House Party Lily Anderson eBook
Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies Abigail Hing Wen eBook
Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick eBook
The Monstrous Kind Lydia Gregovic eBook
Only for the Holidays Abiola Bello eBook
Polostan Neal Stephenson eBook
Tangleroot Kalela Williams eBook
Tiger’s Tale: The Tiger’s Curse Continues Colleen Houck eBook
The Unfinished Cheryl Isaacs eBook
The Wedding People: A Novel Alison Espach eBook
Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay Kelly McWilliams eBook
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