May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which is a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).

Learn more about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month here.

 

Join the library in honoring Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by checking out a book written by or about Asian Pacific Americans or by joining the library in reading and discussing Pachinko by Min Jin Lee on Thursday, May 26th at 6:00 p.m.

Register for the Pachinko discussion here.

 

Check out a list of 20 adult fiction and nonfiction books recommended by librarians that are by or about Asian Pacific Americans. Click the title to place a hold on the item.

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Pachinko by Ming Jin Lee

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Severance by Ling Ma

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Anti-Racists Reads

While at first glance this list seems extensive, it is certainly not exhaustive. The works listed below by Tredyffrin Township Librarians are not the only titles that discuss race and racism in the United States; there are many more titles and authors of color that we could not include due to space and time. Comment below if there are titles or authors you think should have been included. 

For all books, we provided links to Chester County Library System’s Libby (when available), the Chester County Library Catalog (when available), and a link to purchase either through Wayne’s Main Point Books or Amazon.com. There are a few items, however, that are not immediately available through Libby. As of June 2nd, Tredyffrin Townships Libraries are still closed and not offering curbside pick up at this time, so please do not place holds on physical items until the library offers these services. 

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Top Ten Teen Books of 2019

The Teens have spoken! The Top Ten YA books of 2019 have been decided.

You can read reviews by other teens on the DogoBooks website.

Interested in borrowing one of this year’s winning titles? Just click on an image below to find it in the CCLS catalog.

And the Winners Are . . .

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See all the Teens’ Top Ten books, plus titles from YALSA’s other awards and booklists, in the Teen Book Finder App.

Books to Movies 2019

Books to read before they hit the big screen in 2019

 A Dog’s Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron

 Film adaptation starring Bryce Dallas Howard & Ashley Judd expected January 11

 Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

 Film adaptation Ashes in the Snow starring Bel Powley & Peter Franzén expected January 11

 Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro

 Film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel starring Mahershala Ali & Rosa Salazar expected February 14

 The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell

 Film adaptation starring Blake Lively & Sterling K. Brown expected February 22

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

 Film adaptation How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World starring Jay Baruchel & America Ferrara expected February 22

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

 Film adaptation starring Tom Holland & Nick Jonas expected March 1

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis

 Film adaptation starring Haley Lu Richardson & Cole Sprouse expected March 22

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

 Film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett & Emma Nelson expected March 22

The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester

 Film adaptation Greyhound starring Tom Hanks & Elisabeth Shue expected March 22

Three Seconds by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellström

Film adaptation starring Rosamund Pike & Joel Kinneman expected March 22

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud Film adaptation Wounds starring Armie Hammer & Dakota Johnson expected March 29

The Best of Enemies by Osha Gray Davidson

Film adaptation starring Taraji P. Henson & Sam Rockwell expected April 5

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Film adaptation starring Jason Clarke & John Lithgow expected April 5

After by Anna Todd

 Film adaptation starring Josephine Langford & Hero Fiennes-Tiffin expected April 12

The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook

 Film adaptation starring Keira Knightley & Alexander Skarsgård expected April 26

The Sun is Also a Star

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Film adaptation starring Charles Melton & Yara Shahidi expected May 17

A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron

 Film adaptation starring Dennis Quaid & Josh Gad expected May 17

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

 Film adaptation starring Judi Dench & Josh Gad expected August 9

It by Stephen King

 Film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain & Bill Hader expected September 6

The Kitchen by Ollie Masters & Ming Doyle

 Film adaptation starring Melissa McCarthy & Tiffany Haddish expected September 20

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

 Film adaptation starring Amy Adams & Julianne Moore expected October 4

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

 Film adaptation starring Nicole Kidman & Ansel Elgort expected October 11

The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle

 Film adaptation starring Helen Mirren & Ian McKellan expected November 15

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

 Film adaptation starring Idris Elba & Taylor Swift expected December 20

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

 Film adaptation starring Harrison Ford & Karen Gillan expected December 25

Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

 Film adaptation starring Merle Streep & Emma Watson expected December 25

Film Adaptations with no release date as of January 2019

 

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

 Film adaptation starring Noah Centineo & Lana Condor

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

 Film adaptation cast not set

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

 Film adaptation starring Colin Firth & Julie Walters

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

 Film adaptation starring Elle Fanning & Justice Smith

Native Son

Native Son by Richard Wright

 Film adaptation starring Nick Robinson & Ashton Sanders

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison

 Film adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds

Books to Movies 2018

Books to read before they hit the big screen in 2018

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Forever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlin

Film adaptation expected January 19


 

Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton

Film adaptation titled 12 Horses expected January 19


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Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Film adaptation premiering at the Sundance Film Festival January 22

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Books to Movies 2017

Books to Read Before They Hit the Big Screen 2017

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Film release January 6, starring Taraji P. Henson & Octavia Spencer

Live By Night by Dennis Lehane
Film Release January 13, starring Ben Affleck & Zoe Saldana

A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Film Release January 27, starring Bradley Cooper & Britt Robertson

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Film release February 10, starring Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan

The Shack by William P. Young
Film release March 3, starring Sam Worthington & Octavia Spencer

Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Film release March 17, starring Emma Watson & Dan Stevens

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Film release March 24, as Allegiant Part 2, starring Shailene Woodley & Theo James

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Film release March 31, starring Jessica Chastain & Daniel BrĂĽh

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Film release April 7, starring Zoey Deutch & Halston Sage

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Film release April 7, starring Jacob Tremblay & Julia Roberts

The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Film release April 21, starring Charlie Hunnam & Robert Pattinson

The Circle by Dave Eggers
Film release April 28, starring Emma Watson & Tom Hanks

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Film release June 2, as Captain Underpants starring Ed Helms & Kevin Hart

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Film release July 14, starring Rachel Weisz & Sam Claflin

The Empire of a Thousand Planets by Pierre Christin
Film release July 21, as Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Dane DeHaan & Cara Delevingne

The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Film release July 28, starring Idris Elba & Matthew McConaghey

Jumanji by Chris Allsburg
Film release July 28, starring Dwayne Johnson & Jack Black

It by Stephen King
Film release September 8, starring Bill SkarsgĂĄrd & Finn Wolfhard

The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Film release October 20, starring Idris Elba & Kate Winslet

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Film release November 10, starring Jennifer Lawrence & Joel Edgerton

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Film release November 22, starring Kenneth Branagh & Leslie Odom, Jr.

Dates to be Announced

The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
Starring Asa Butterfield & Nick Offerman

Back from Tuichi : The Harrowing Life-and-Death Story of Survival in the Amazon Rainforest by Yossi Ghinsberg
Film to be released as Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe & Yasmin Kassim

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Starring Ross Lynch & Anne Heche

The Long Home by William Gay
Starring James Franco & Analeigh Tipton

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Starring Natalie Portman & Tessa Thompson

Books to Read Before They Hit the Big Screen

Rosie Dunne or Love, Rosie by Cecilia Ahern
Film release February 6 as Love, Rosie starring Lily Collins & Sam Clalfin

The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
Film Release February 6 as Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges & Kit Harrington

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Film Release February 13 starring Jamie Dornan & Dakota Johnson

The DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) by Kody Keplinger
Film release February 20 starring Mae Whitman & Robbie Amell

 Dead Stars by Bruce Wagner
Film release February 27 as Maps to the Stars starring Julianne Moore & Robert Pattinson

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
Film release March 13 starring Chris Hemsworth & Cillian Murphy

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Film release March 20 starring Shailene Woodley & Theo James

Serena by Ron Rash
Film release March 27 starring Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Film release April 10 starring Chris Hemsworth & Britt Robertson

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Film release April 17 starring Tom Hardy & Gary Oldman

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Film release May 1 starring Carey Mulligan & Michael Sheen

Paper Towns by John Green
Film release June 19 starring Cara Delevingne & Nat Wolff

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Film release September 18 starring Dylan O’Brien & Kaya Scodelario

Black Mass by Dick Lehr & Gerald O’Neill
Film release September 18 starring Johnny Depp & Benedict Cumberbatch

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Film release October 2 starring Daniel Radcliffe & James McAvoy

Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Film release October 9 starring Idris Elba & Scarlett Johansson

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Film release November 20 as Mockingjay: Part 2 starring Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson

The Martian by Andy Weir
Film release November 27 starring Matt Damon & Jessica Chastain

 

Make sure to get your hands on these books before the movies hit the big screen!