Please help us celebrate the 20th year of Clinton County Reads with a special From Page To Screen edition. Choose one of these books made into movies to help determine the title that everyone reads.
The county-wide reading program features a list of five titles from which to choose. Selections must be submitted by Jan. 24.
The nominated titles are The Children of Men by P.D. James; The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith; A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley; The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean; and Women Talking by Miriam Toews.
Paper ballots are available at all three public libraries in Clinton County. You also may vote online here or by visiting the event's Facebook page.
Clinton County Reads is a month-long event usually beginning in mid-March that invites the entire county to read one book and attend various programs and book discussions in order to bring everyone closer together.
Here is a brief summary of each of the books on the 2025 ballot:
- The Children of Men by P.D. James — With the human race on the verge of extinction, an Oxford historian meets a woman who shatters his shell of passivity and brings him into an unlikely circle of revolutionaries who may save the world.
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith — Pongo the Dalmatian and his wife undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil.
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley — The author relates his inspirational effort to find his Indian birthplace, including how he was accidentally separated from his family in the 1980s, his survival on the streets of Calcutta, and his headline-making Google Earth search.
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean — Describes the life and times of John Laroche, a plant smuggler and orchid thief, and the eccentric world of Florida's obsessed collectors of rare plants.
Women Talking by Miriam Toews — After learning the men in the community have been drugging and attacking more than 100 women, eight Mennonite women meet in secret to decide what to do.
Clinton County Reads is sponsored by the Blanchester Public Library, Sabina Public Library, the Wilmington Public Library and Books 'n More.