2024 Prioritize Your Shelf Challenge - hosted by wanderonwards

An adaptation, a new edition, a re-release, or a special edition.
What book(s) did a fantastic job of adapting the original work for a new (and sometimes, vastly different) audience? For example, Young Reader’s editions, graphic novel adaptations, 10-year anniversary editions, a new take on a story now out of copyright, or a special edition.

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Saint by Sierra Simone

Saint

Priest #3

Sierra Simone

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction erotica lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder

The Lunar Chronicles #1

Marissa Meyer

390 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance science fiction young adult adventurous medium-paced
The Necessity of Rain by Sarah Chorn

The Necessity of Rain

Sarah Chorn

316 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

The Johnstown Flood

David McCullough

302 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative reflective medium-paced
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Hercule Poirot #6

Agatha Christie

317 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Silver Flames

A Court of Thorns and Roses #4

Sarah J. Maas

784 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thích Nhất Hạnh

You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

Thích Nhất Hạnh

160 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction self help informative inspiring slow-paced
Saga: Compendium One by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Saga: Compendium One

Saga #01-54

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

1328 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous fast-paced
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

Rick Riordan

10 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced