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VaughanPL: Reading Challenge 2024: Read the first book in a series

April's reading challenge is to read the first book in a series! You can start by selecting one of the titles on this list, or feel free to pick up the first book in any series - that still counts! Ready for more? Find all of our Reading Challenge 2024 topics at https://www.vaughanpl.info/blog/reading-challenge-2024.

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  • Dune is set in the distant future in a feudal interstellar society. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the…
    Book, 1999New York : Ace Books, [1999] — FIC Herbe
  • Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now she has been thrust into an elite war college for dragon riders where the only rule is graduate or perish. This novel is an…
    Book, 2023Shrewsbury, PA : Red Tower Books, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, 2023. — FIC Yarro
  • If you’re looking for some amped-up Jane Austen-esque courtship shenanigans, then you'll enjoy this easy-to-binge book series for romantics. The first book, The Duke and I, came out in 2000 and introduces Lady Whistledown, a mysterious writer who…
    Book, 2020New York, New York : Avon Books, [2020] — FIC Quinn
  • This novel tells the story of Lauren Olamina, a young woman who lives in a near-future dystopian California. When her home community succumbs to the destructive forces of the world around it, Lauren is forced onto the road in search of a new life.…
    Book, 2016New York : Seven Stories Press, [2016] — FIC Butle
  • A powerful and thought-provoking novel that delves into the complexities of small-town life, the bonds of friendship, and the consequences of silence. Set in a remote Swedish town, the story revolves around a junior ice hockey team and a violent act…
    Book, 2017Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2017. — FIC Backm
  • The first book in Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s world-acclaimed quartet of Neapolitan novels, which documents the friendship between Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo. The novel takes place in an impoverished neighborhood in 1950s Naples, Italy. It…
    Book, 2012New York : Europa Editions, 2012. — FIC Ferra
  • This novel introduces Detective William Warwick. The son of a criminal lawyer, William goes against his family’s tradition of going to law school and instead ventures to his goal of becoming a detective. Proving himself to be of value and great…
    Book, 2019New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019. — FIC Arche
  • A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. A mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense.
    Book, 2011New York : Viking, [2011] — FIC Harkn
  • The iconic story of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and talkative orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with middle-aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on their farm in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. The novel follows Anne as she grows up, makes…
    Book, 2014New York, N.Y. ; Toronto : Aladdin, 2014. — J FIC Montg
  • A captivating novel that dives into the extravagant and hidden world of Asia's elite. It follows the love story of Rachel Chu and Nick Young as they navigate through family drama, social expectations, and the complexities of wealth. With a perfect…
    Book, 2013[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2013] — FIC Kwan
  • This novel follows the story of Feyre, who inadvertently kills a fairy and finds herself on the wrong side of the fairy/human border. She is given the choice to die in exchange for the life she took or go to live as a human prisoner in the land of…
    Book, 2015New York : Bloomsbury, 2015. — YA FIC Maas
  • A Nigerian-inspired fantasy novel about a quest to restore magic to the land. In a world where magic has disappeared and maji have been slaughtered by a ruthless king, a girl named Zélie joins forces with the Princess Amari and embarks on a quest to…
    Book, 2018New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — YA FIC Adeye
  • A solidly crafted adventure story about Irene, a Librarian and professional spy for the mysterious and magical outside-of-time-and-space Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. Irene and her enigmatic assistant Kai, are sent on a…
    Unknown, 2016New York, New York : ROC, [2016] — FIC Cogma
  • Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in 20 years - not since she was promised to him at the age of 4. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in…
    Book, 2014New York : Kensington Books, 2014. — FIC Dev
  • Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the opening novel of The Lord of the Rings - the greatest fantasy epic of all time. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule…
    Book, 199–?London : HarperCollins, [199-?] — FIC Tolki 1966