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Southside Reads: Recommended Reads

Book to Screen (February 2025)

Welcome to Southside Reads! We’re challenging you to read a variety of books in 2025 by assigning a different category to every month, but don’t worry! The categories are broad enough to put your own spin on them.

For February, we want you to read a book that’s been adapted for television, film, or any other screen you can think of. No restrictions other than that. Go out and find a book, but if you want some suggestions to get you thinking, check out the list below (with information about local library availability*):

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Interior Chinatown book cover with link to Goodreads description page
High School book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal book cover with link to Goodreads description page
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Red, White & Royal Blue book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Nickel Boys book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Blue Is the Warmest Color book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Scarborough book cover with link to Goodreads description page
When Dimple Met Rishi book cover with link to Goodreads description page
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Her Nightly Embrace book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Miseducation of Cameron Post book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Queenie book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Expatriates book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Queen Sugar book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Tiny Pretty Things book cover with link to Goodreads description page

Key for Local Library Availability

Locations:

  • CVRL - Central Virginia Regional Library: Farmville, Buckingham, Cumberland
  • LU - Longwood University: Greenwood Library
  • HSC - Hampden-Sydney College: Bortz Library

Services:

*LU Libby/Overdrive is available for current students, faculty and staff only.