If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie or that the fun-looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The Library is here to the rescue! Here, we will be exploring the movie adaptations soon to hit screens big and small, and give you the chance to read before you view.
Coming This September
The Long Walk by Stephen King
In a dystopian future, young men get the chance to compete in a grueling match known as The Long Walk. To win, they must walk at a pace of four miles per hour until there is only one man standing. He who wins gets anything he wants for the rest of his life. But those who cannot keep pace are forcibly and violently removed. The film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk will premiere in theaters on September 12, 2025.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
After losing her mother, six-year-old Sophia joins her grandmother for a summer on a small island in the Gulf of Finland. Together they ponder life and death, independence and coexistence, love and loss. Tove Jansson’s classic The Summer Book is a quiet and slow encapsulation of a simple summer in twenty-two vignettes. The film adaptation starring Glenn Close will premiere in theaters on September 19, 2025.