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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

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