Adult Winter Reading 2026.

December 1 - January 31

Fly into a world of good books this winter with Adult Winter Reading at SCPL!



Stop by any library location from December 1st to January 31st to pick up your Adult Winter Reading card or download it online to get started. Drop off your completed card at your local library and you’ll be rewarded with a winter hat to keep you warm this winter.*

*While supplies last



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    Books Made into Movies


    More of a movie buff than a bookworm? Check out these books that have been adapted into movies and find out the details of what made some of your favorite films so good.



    If Beale Street could talk197 p. ; 22 cm.
    Emmaxli, 484 p. ; 21 cm.
    Fingersmith511 p. ; 24 cm.
    Stories of your life and others333 p. ; 22 cm.
    Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair gamexv, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
    The color purple288 p. ; 21 cm.
    Dune517 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimerxiii, 721 p., [16] p. plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
    Call me by your name248 p. ; 22 cm
    Death on the Nile351 p. ; 22 cm.


    Fantasy Novels


    Tired of reading about this world’s drama? Try stepping into brand new worlds and different realities with these exciting fantasy novels. Whether it is set in another world or reimagines our world, these books are sure to provide the perfect escape from the day to day here in reality.



    The time traveler%27s wife : a novel518 p. ; 24 cm.
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell782 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    The historian : a novelx, 642 p. ; 22 cm.
    The lies of Locke Lamora499 p. : map ; 25 cm.
    The book of lost things339 p. ; 23 cm.
    The way of kings1007 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
    The night circus : a novel387 p. ; 24 cm.
    The ocean at the end of the lane181 p. ; 22 cm.
    Let the right one in472 p. ; 21 cm.
    A darker shade of magic400 pages ; 22 cm


    Books Set Outside the United States


    Take a trip somewhere new with a book set outside of the United States! Whether you're visiting another country, crossing oceans, or getting stranded in space, anything goes so long as it isn't within the 50 states.



    Déjà dead411 p. : map ; 25 cm.
    The No. 1 Ladies%27 Detective Agency235 p. ; 21 cm.
    The kite runner324 p. ; 24 cm.
    In the woods429, 22 p. ; 22 cm.
    The alchemistx, 197 p. map ; 21 cm.
    1Q84925 p. ; 24 cm.
    The nightingale440 pages ; 25 cm
    The sympathizer371 pages ; 24 cm
    Homegoing : a novel305 pages ; 24 cm.
    A gentleman in Moscow464 pages ; 23 cm

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