Lights, camera, action! These books have recently been adapted to film or will soon be released. Which ones are on your reading list?
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries.
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Kya Clark, the "Marsh Girl," grows up alone and something of a local legend in 1960s North Carolina. When a local celebrity turns up dead, Mya is the prime suspect, but there's much more to her story than anyone knows.
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Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
This dark action-thriller follows the story of five of the deadliest and highly trained assassins who all end up on the same train. Though they all have different targets, the looming question of why they are all on the same train and who is going to make it out alive hooks readers until the very end.
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White Bird by R.J. Palacio
Palacio's graphic novel traces the story of Sara, a young Jewish girl seeking refuge in a Nazi-occupied village in France during World War II. With her life on the line, the outcast boy she and her friends ignored becomes her best friend and companion.
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
This nonfiction, true-crime novel delves into the brutal murders of the Osage family in Oklahoma in the 1920s. Grann revisits the shocking murders that were fueled by prejudice and feelings of racially charged displacement toward Native Americans and the ensuing reactions from the newly created FBI.
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Two French sisters in World War II deal with the Nazi occupation in different ways. Vianne, the elder sister, is forced to allow a German officer to stay in her home while her husband is at the frontline. On the other hand, the younger sister, Isabelle, joins the French resistance.
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance.
The Black Phone by Joe Hill
Finney Shaw is a young boy who is kidnapped by a serial killer. While imprisoned in a soundproof basement, he finds a strange telephone that conveys the voices of the killer's previous victims, who each try to help him escape.
No Exit by Taylor Adams
A woman becomes stranded at a rest stop where she’s forced to shelter with a group of strangers, and the tension grows quickly when she discovers a young girl tied up and gagged in one of the stranger’s vans—clearly, a kidnapping in progress. Darby has to figure out who’s responsible and how to save the child, and herself, in this claustrophobic adaptation.