10/18/2025: Dracula b y Bram Stoker
\nHe is a creature of darkness. His face deathly pale\ , his \;eyes ablaze with the fires of hell. He has been dead for centu ries\, yet he may never die. He waits in his crumbling castle in the mount ains of Transylvania\, as his prey draws closer and closer to destruction. ...
\nHere begins one of the most celebrated horror stories in histo ry\, the tale of an undead monster who craves the blood of his victims and relishes his dominance over mankind. With its delicious mix of action\, s uspense\, and looming dread\, Bram Stoker&rsquo\;s \;Dracula \;has terrified and inspired readers for more than a hundred years. \;
\ nAvailable on \;Hoopl a (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\, \;Libby (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\, and in \;print.
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11/15/2025: The Crucible \;by Arthur Miller
\nA group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the t own minister\, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire villag e is consumed by hysteria\, and innocent victims are put on trial\, leadin g to a \;devastating climax. \;
\nAvailable on \;Hoopla (ebook)\, \;Libby (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\ , and in \;print.
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12/20/2025: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
\nArea X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decade
s. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first
expedition returned with reports of a pristine\, Edenic landscape\; the s
econd expedition ended in mass suicide\; the third expedition in a hail of
gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh
expedition returned as shadows of their former selves\, and within weeks\
, all had died of cancer. In \;Annihilation\, the first volume of Jeff
VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy\, we join the twelfth expedition.
The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist\; a surveyor\; a p
sychologist\, the de facto leader\; and our narrator\, a biologist. Their
mission is to map the terrain\, record all observations of their surroundi
ngs and of one another\, and\, above all\, avoid being contaminated by Are
a X itself.
They arrive expecting the unexpected\, and Area X deliver
s&mdash\;they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that s
urpass understanding&mdash\;but it's the surprises that came across the bo
rder with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one
another that change everything.
Available on \;Libby (ebook &\; eAudiobook)\, and in \;print.
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