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Read these books before they hit the screen!

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The 1897 gothic horror novel has been adapted many times. Read the classic before watching Nosferatu, starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe, which releases in theaters on Christmas Day.

Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald

On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band. The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard around the world—Dylan’s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation. Catch the movie adaptation, A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, in theaters on Christmas Day.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson are back in the next installment in the Bridget Jones series, which hits the big screen in February. Bridget is now a single mother of two following the death of husband Mark Darcy four years previously, after he was killed on a humanitarian mission in Sudan.

The Electric State by Simon Stalenhag

This dystopian science fiction novel is set in an alternate technologically ravaged 1990s, and follows a teenage girl and her robot on a journey to the west coast of the United States in search of her long-lost brother. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan, and is scheduled to be released by Netflix on March 14th.

One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The 1967 novel tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the fictitious town of Macondo. The book has been adapted into a Netflix series that premieres on December 11th.

Not Without Hope by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman

This 2010 non-fiction bestseller describes a boating accident that Schuyler survived while his three friends, including NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, died. Zachary Levi stars in the movie adaptation that hit theaters in February.

The Odyssey by Homer

The ancient Greek epic poem follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. It has been adapted into a film called The Return that releases this month, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.

Jen Pace Dickenson is the Youth Services Librarian for Polk County Public Libraries. For information about the library’s resources, programs, and other services, visit polklibrary.org or call (828) 894-8721.