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The Biggest Book-to-Screen Adaptations of 2024
With the advent of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV+ we’re currently experiencing a kind of Golden Age for book-to-screen adaptations. Television and film have long looked to the book world for source material, but in recent years the sheer number of adaptations is astounding.
For us book nerds, it’s a win-win situation. Either we’ve already read the book, which means we get to assess the adaptation (and act slightly superior). Or we get hooked on the series and can double back to the original book. Everybody wins.
We’ve collected below 45 books that have been adapted to feature films or television series this year. Some are feature films, some are new streaming series, some are new seasons of existing series. Most have already debuted, but a few are slated for release in November and December.
We’ve included information and links for both the original books and the current screen adaptations. Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, along with ratings and reviews from your fellow Goodreads regulars. And you can use the Want to Read button to add any possibilities to your own digital shelf. Enjoy!
For us book nerds, it’s a win-win situation. Either we’ve already read the book, which means we get to assess the adaptation (and act slightly superior). Or we get hooked on the series and can double back to the original book. Everybody wins.
We’ve collected below 45 books that have been adapted to feature films or television series this year. Some are feature films, some are new streaming series, some are new seasons of existing series. Most have already debuted, but a few are slated for release in November and December.
We’ve included information and links for both the original books and the current screen adaptations. Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, along with ratings and reviews from your fellow Goodreads regulars. And you can use the Want to Read button to add any possibilities to your own digital shelf. Enjoy!
Gregory Maguire’s clever 1995 novel famously reimagines L. Frank Baum’s original Wizard of Oz story from the POV of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book became a very famous Broadway musical in 2003, and now the two-part feature-film adaptation is slated to hit theaters in November. But the whole Wicked phenomenon starts here with Maguire’s classic fantasy adventure, a marvel of inventive world-building, sophisticated themes, and layered characterizations.
When the romantic drama film It Ends with Us hit theaters in August, it made headlines for generating big box office numbers and juicy behind-the-scenes gossip. We book nerds, meanwhile, were tracking the continued success of self-publishing pioneer Colleen Hoover, author of the original novel, which won a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award. Based on her own parents’ relationship, Hoover’s book tackles themes of emotional abuse and domestic violence. She calls it the hardest book she’s ever written.
This 2002 historical romance from author Julia Quinn—book four in her popular Bridgertons series of novels—provides the plotline for this year’s third season of Netflix’s hugely popular TV adaptation. As a mass-media phenomenon, Quinn’s Regency-era romance has since ascended into the mainstream pop culture firmament. But serious fans may want to double back to this original book, which tells the full arc of the Polin love story. It’s dreamy.
Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the story of two Black boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida. The upcoming adaption is directed by RaMell Ross, whose 2018 documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening was nominated for an Oscar. Early reviews from the film fest circuit are beyond glowing.
This children's book about a robot stranded on an uninhabited island and who adopts an orphaned gosling is now a heartwarming family film. In the film, the robot is voiced by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, with a supporting cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, and Stephanie Hsu. Warning: Get ready to feel all the human emotions.
Harrison Ford fans will recall that author Scott Turow’s bestselling mystery-thriller was made into a pretty good movie in 1990. The remake of that movie, meanwhile, was a streaming series success for Jake Gyllenhaal and Apple TV+ earlier this year. The gist: High-powered attorney Rusty Sabich makes a series of poor decisions regarding love affairs and cover-up schemes. An acknowledged genre classic, the book won the 1987 Silver Dagger award from the Crime Writers’ Association.
HBO’s House of the Dragon, the prequel series to the mighty Game of Thrones, kicked off its hugely anticipated second season earlier this year. The new series is largely based on George R.R. Martin’s 2018 book Fire & Blood, a unique kind of fantasy saga formatted as a scholarly treatise written by a fictional historian. The first in a planned two-volume set, the book chronicles the brutal civil war fought between rival factions of the Targaryen dynasty, back in the day.
Author Charles Yu’s innovative second novel, winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction, uses playful allegory and razor-sharp satire to tackle issues of race, assimilation, and Asian stereotypes in the media. Cleverly, Yu formats his book as a rolling screenplay, in which our hero stumbles into an endless real-life cop show. The TV series adaptation of the novel is scheduled to premiere in November on Hulu, with Jimmy O. Yang as Willis Wu.
An inner-circle Hall of Fame champion in the sci-fi pantheon, Frank Herbert’s Dune opened entire new vistas of speculative fiction when it was first published in 1965. The latest big-screen adaptation, a two-parter, concluded in March, and plans are reportedly afoot for a third film based on Herbert’s 1969 sequel, Dune Messiah. The epic original novel is worth revisiting to appreciate how the book’s humanist themes resonate with our current sociological dilemmas.
Recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel follows the fate of a North Vietnam spy embedded in the South Vietnam army and, later, in an exiled Vietnamese community in the U.S. The novel strides boldly over multiple genres—historical fiction, mystery, espionage, comedy, metafiction—while speaking to the universal human experience. HBO’s miniseries of the same name, adapted from the novel, features Robert Downey Jr. in multiple roles.
Candice Carty-Williams’ debut novel introduces the character Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman trying to navigate the choppy waters of race, class, and love in contemporary London. Goodreads members looooooved this book—it was nominated for multiple Goodreads Choice Awards in 2019. British showbiz professionals evidently loved it, too. The TV series adaptation debuted this summer on Channel 4 in the U.K., and you can stream it now on Hulu.
It’s a pretty excellent daydream, really: Author Robinne Lee’s crazy-popular 2017 novel tells the story of a May-December romance between a single mom and a superhot boy-band singer who is 20 years her junior. The film adaptation, starring Anne Hathaway and released back in May, provides moviegoers with an old-school rom-com experience. Bonus trivia: Consensus on the rumor mill is that the book’s boy-band hottie was based on Harry Styles.
Set amid the drama of China’s Cultural Revolution, Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award–winning novel is a cerebral story of first alien contact and an acknowledged masterpiece of science fiction. The Netflix adaptation, released in March, has proved to be an enormous critical and popular success. But veterans of Cixin’s writing will tell you: Even the series can’t match the fever-dream intensity and flat-out strangeness of the original novels.
Banished to a hotel attic room during the Russian Revolution, bewildered aristocrat Count Alexander Rostov must come to terms with a world that is rapidly changing all around him. Amor Towles (The Lincoln Highway) is a dab hand with historical fiction, and his 2016 novel is a carefully crafted gem of storytelling. Ewan McGregor plays the title role in the British TV adaptation, which is available now on multiple streaming platforms.
First published in 1975, James Clavell’s historical epic follows a shipwrecked Englishman who must make his way in 17th-century feudal Japan. The book was turned into an era-defining network miniseries in 1980, and again this year for the streaming era with an eye toward better accuracy and fidelity. Clavell’s original novel is actually the third published in his Asian Saga series, but the first in terms of chronological story setting.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022, this slim tome set during the winter of 1985 tells the tale of an Irish coal merchant making a devastating discovery at the local convent. The film adaptation opened the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and stars Cillian Murphy. Lionsgate snapped up the distribution rights and recently announced a November 8 theatrical release in the U.S.
The current Apple TV+ series Masters of the Air was developed as a companion program to the previous World War II series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. But the storyline is directly informed by this 2006 nonfiction book by historian Donald L. Miller, which profiles the American bomber crews that served in the deadly air space above Germany. Crazy statistic: In 1943, an American bomber crewman stood a mere 1-in-5 chance of surviving his full tour of duty.
Earlier this year, the FX anthology series Feud switched gears by spotlighting the deeply unhealthy relationship between writer Truman Capote and his social group of New York City high-society women. Tilted Capote vs. The Swans, the limited series is based on this 2021 nonfiction book from journalist Laurence Leamer. Enthusiasts of scandal and glamour will dig it: Capote betrayed his famous pals when he wrote about their various private lives for Esquire magazine in the late 1960s. They didn’t love that. Hence, the feud.
At the corner of science fiction and techno-thriller, author Blake Crouch has annexed a valuable plot of genre real estate with his high-wire novels of near-future peril. His 2016 book Dark Matter explores aspects of quantum physics with the story of a scientist who gets flipped into a parallel version of his own life. The original novel has twists inside its twists and is recommended for fans of alternate-reality sci-fi. Apple TV+ debuted the series adaptation in May, starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connolly.
This imaginative 2021 novel from Irish author A.M. Shine effectively blends elements of horror, fantasy, and sci-fi into a labyrinthine scary story. Avoid spoilers on this one if you can. It’s safe to say you can expect a sinister concrete bunker in the woods, a hint of updated European folklore, and some very weird science. The Watchers was adapted into a feature film this summer, starring Dakota Fanning and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan. You might know her dad.
For several decades now, recovering journalist and Florida man Carl Hiaasen has been writing very funny crime thrillers set in the Sunshine State. His 2013 novel Bad Monkey features former detective Andrew Yancy and his adventures with dangerous criminals, Bahamian fishermen, at least one corrupt surgeon, and, yes, a bad monkey. Apple TV+ debuted the series adaptation in August, starring Vince Vaughn and—checking the notes here—Crystal the Monkey.
Georgia Hunter’s acclaimed 2017 historical fiction novel, which manages to be both harrowing and uplifting, tells the incredible true story of one Jewish family during the Holocaust. The book follows multiple threads as various family members flee Poland into exile or try to survive in the ghettos, in the labor camps, or while hiding among the enemy. The Hulu adaptation debuted in March and has been hailed as one of the year’s best series.
Holly Jackson’s YA murder mystery was a genuine pop culture phenomenon in 2019, as readers joined teenage heroine Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi in her quest to solve a cold-case murder-suicide. The story features the kind of professional-grade plot swerves that mystery lovers love to love. Adapted by the BBC earlier this year, the series was quickly snapped up by Netflix and exported to the rest of the world. Book people have the advantage and can get to the rest of the novel series right now.
Fans of Amazon Prime’s high-profile, big-budget J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation series The Rings of Power finally got their long-awaited Season Two fix this summer. LOTR nerds of sufficient intensity might want to double back to this collection of songs and poems featuring the mysterious entity known as Tom Bombadil. Word is that significant aspects of the Season Two storyline are based on Tolkien’s scattered writings on this most elusive character, whose true nature still eludes scholars.
The queen of the summer beach read, Elin Hilderbrand specializes in romance novels set in and around her hometown of Nantucket. The Perfect Couple, her first murder mystery, tells the twisty story of what happens when a body is discovered in the harbor just hours before the biggest wedding of the year. How many suspects can one murder have? Plenty, turns out. The streaming series adaptation—starring Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, and Dakota Fanning—premiered on Netflix in September.
First published in 1989 as an underground comic book series, the saga of The Crow leverages Native American mythology and goth-rock aesthetics to tell the story of an undead vigilante returned from the grave to avenge the murder of his fiancée. The saga has since been continued in various media, including this summer’s feature-film remake with Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs. For stubborn print media advocates, the original storyline can still be revisited in graphic novel form.
In 1938, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from the horrors of the Holocaust by masterminding the operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for “children's transport”). It’s an incredible story; around 6,000 people in the world today owe their lives to his tireless efforts. This year’s film biopic with Anthony Hopkins was based in large part on the exhaustively researched biography by Winton’s daughter Barbara Winton, first published in 2014 as If It's Not Impossible… The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton.
One of those books that defies genre classification—or even synopsis—Jaroslav Kalfar’s 2017 novel details the soul-deep friendship between an astronaut and, well, an alien spider. But Kalfar’s book is a deeply human affair, filled with humor and heart and some rather profound insights concerning life itself. (It also has a pretty good love story folded in.) Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan headline the well-received movie adaptation, Spaceman, which is now available on Netflix.
Way back in 1955, cartoonist and illustrator Crockett Johnson published a modest little children’s book that would go on to occupy millions of bedroom bookshelves worldwide. The premise is simple: Four-year-old Harold has a magic crayon. Whatever he draws becomes real. Adventure follows. This summer’s film adaptation sparked some intense nostalgia for a lot of grown-ups. If you want to dig deeper, Johnson wound up publishing a whole series of Harold books.
Rachel Yoder’s much-admired 2021 novel mixes dark comedy and psychological horror with some piercing sociological insights. The story concerns motherhood, essentially, and the sacrifices and suffering involved. It’s also about rage and primal urges and quite literally turning into a dog. Hollywood A-lister Amy Adams produces and stars in the feature film adaptation coming to theaters in December. The movie should be great—the film’s premiere was a huge hit at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Stan and Joy appear to be the perfect couple, admired and respected by their friends and neighbors and four grown children. But when family matriarch Joy goes missing, a cascade of unsettling family secrets is revealed. Australian author Liane Moriarty specializes in this kind of domestic mystery-thriller, and you can always count on several twisty twists. This 2021 novel was quickly snapped up for development—the subsequent TV miniseries, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, debuted in March on Peacock.
Before her death in 2022, author and journalist Rebecca Godfrey spent nearly three years adapting her 2005 true-crime classic for a miniseries run with Hulu. The book and the series both document Godfrey’s on-the-ground efforts as she investigates a teenage murder case in British Columbia. While the miniseries unfolds as a traditional narrative, the original book is a strictly nonfiction affair, albeit one written with the depth and complexity of a novel. Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough star in the Hulu series, which debuted in April.
As a fictional character, Tom Ripley is one of literature’s great anti-heroes, a brilliant young schemer who taps into a universal fascination with radical self-invention. Actor Matt Damon brought the character to mainstream attention in the popular 1999 film, but it all starts here with Patricia Highsmith’s rich psychological thriller. Highsmith herself was so taken with the character that she brought Ripley back in four subsequent sequel novels. The Netflix adaptation, simply titled Ripley, dropped in April to rave reviews.
A double nominee in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards (Historical Fiction and Debut Author), Heather Morris’ searing World War II novel tells the story of Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew forced to tattoo serial numbers on his fellow concentration camp prisoners. Morris’ startling book manages to find threads of grace and even triumph amid the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The series adaptation—a joint production of U.S., British, and Australian studios—debuted simultaneously in all three countries in May. In the U.S., you can currently find it on Peacock.
Laura Lippman’s hit 2019 novel is a kind of stealth operation—a classic historical mystery that’s also a thoughtful rumination on class, race, and gender issues in America. Set in 1960s Baltimore, the story follows a rookie reporter as she tries to solve the murder of a young Black woman. Lippman brings interesting variations to the standard crime fiction template, including a fascinating ghostly presence. This summer’s Apple TV+ series features an ace ensemble cast led by Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.
The title says it all with this acclaimed 2006 historical nonfiction book, which details the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the days following the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. Author and historian James L. Swanson conducted years of original research to get the story straight—his efforts won him a coveted Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Swanson’s book also forms the backbone of the Apple TV+ dramatization series Manhunt, which debuted in March.
It’s hard to find a truly new way to structure a love story, but British author David Nicholls managed the trick in 2009 with this hit novel, which checks in on the lives of two friends—and occasional lovers—every July 15, for 20 years. One Day was a word-of-mouth sensation upon release, as readers discovered the emotional depths plumbed by this ostensibly comic novel. This year’s series adaptation was a surprise hit for Netflix, suggesting that a new wave of fans is appreciating the delights of this unique love story.
The premise seems simple enough: A historical YA fantasy retelling of the life of 16th-century noblewoman Lady Jane Grey, who once ascended to the English throne for about a week and a half. But oh, the places you’ll go in this playful collaborative novel. Funny, romantic, and delightfully disrespectful to Tudor legacy, this original 2016 novel won over loads of Goodreaders and sparked two sequel books. Meanwhile, Amazon Prime got hip to the bit and debuted the series adaptation in June. Bonus fun: shape-shifters.
If you’re a fan of spy novels and you haven’t read any of Mick Herron’s Slough House books, go ahead and get one now. We’ll wait here. Herron has won a shelf-full of awards for his book series, which follows several underachieving MI5 operatives in London and abroad. Thrilling and funny in equal measures, the books inspired the British TV series Slow Horses, with Gary Oldman in the lead role. As it happens, Spook Street, the fourth novel in the original book series, provides the storyline for the show’s fourth season, now streaming on Apple TV+.
In the small town of Merinac, Kansas, it’s considered the biggest scandal ever. Amanda Moore, heir to Mimi’s fried chicken empire, has married Frank Pogociello and defected to archrival Chicken Frannie’s. When the reality-TV show Food Wars arrives to set up a head-to-head competition, Amanda’s sister Mae moves back from Brooklyn for a fried chicken showdown. K.J. Dell'Antonia’s 2020 novel, adapted into a miniseries, debuted in September on Hallmark's newly announced streaming service H+.
In this carefully researched nonfiction book, investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe spotlights a horrifying 1972 Belfast murder to tell the larger story of the Troubles, the extended conflict that raged in Ireland for more than 30 years. Keefe’s book was nominated for a National Book Award in 2018 and was praised for bringing an awful kind of clarity to the nature of sectarian violence. Based on Keefe’s research, the U.K. streaming series adaptation is slated to debut on Hulu in November.
Enduring at least one shattering heartbreak appears to be a mandatory element of the human condition. No one knows why, but it sucks. Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel chronicles one such affair, when Long Island college freshman Lucy Albright meets handsome junior Stephen DeMarco. Lovering’s book follows the two characters for eight years, through college and after, alternating between the two characters’ perspectives. Hulu’s streaming series, based on the book, debuted its first season in 2022. Season Two dropped in September.
This multigenerational family drama was a favorite in the historical fiction aisles upon publication in 2017. Author Min Jin Lee paints on a vast canvas, following four generations of a Korean immigrant family in Japan and elsewhere, from the early 1900s to the late 1980s. Connoisseurs of ambitious historical epics will want to give this novel a shot. Or you can take the 21st-century shortcut: Apple TV+ premiered the second season of the series adaptation in August.
British author Alice Oseman has earned the loyalty of an army of fans with her boy-meets-boy love story Heartstopper, a webcomic-turned-graphic novel series that also addresses issues of mental health and the unstoppable power of friendship. Her latest installment in the series, Heartstopper: Volume Four, won the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Graphic Novel. The plotline also informs Season Three of the British series adaptation, a coming-of-age romantic drama available via Netflix in the U.S.
Historical fiction is seldom this much fun: Juliet McDaniel’s 2018 debut novel follows recent divorcée Maxine Simmons, who is determined to win the 1969 Mrs. American Pie pageant, awarded to the nation’s best wife and mother. She just needs to scare up a new family. Palm Royale, the 2022 series adaptation from Apple TV+, was just greenlit for a second season. Heads up, though: The TV series rearranges the story quite a bit. The original novel remains the same. Book nerds are advised to choose accordingly.
Have you checked out any of these book-to-screen adaptations? Which ones catch your eye? Let us know in the comments below!
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SLOW HORSES IS FANTASTIC! Great books and a superb tv adaptation. Best discovery I've made this year.
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I read two books on this list, Dune and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which was okay. However, Dune was so enjoyable that I gave it nine out of ten. I haven't watched the movie, so is it any good?
I finished the new season of Heartstopper! It's soooo good
I loved Dune by Frank Herbert but I’ve not seen the film. I’ve also read Small Things like These but probably won’t watch the film. I’m not a big television fan.
I've watched Bridgerton, The Three Body Problem and The Perfect Couple, but I haven't read the books. I love Bridgerton and The Three Body Problem was quite good, but The Perfect Couple has a few loose ends. I think probably because of a bad adaptation or something like that
Fefyy wrote: "SLOW HORSES IS FANTASTIC! Great books and a superb tv adaptation. Best discovery I've made this year."I discovered it this year too. I was so shocked when I found out it's in its fourth season. Apple is like the anti Netflix. Full of sleeper hits. While Netflix keeps cancelling great shows in their first or second season.
There's nothing more annoying than buying a book online and then the cover ends up having an actor on the front rather than the original version.
Carole wrote: "There's nothing more annoying than buying a book online and then the cover ends up having an actor on the front rather than the original version."Preach. Those are a menace. Sometimes you get both the joys of a film shot optimised for flat composition and a sticker about how 'THIS IS NOW A MAJOR PICTURE ON THIS MINOR STREAMING SERVICE' which may not even be a sticker.
Fefyy wrote: "SLOW HORSES IS FANTASTIC! Great books and a superb tv adaptation. Best discovery I've made this year."I love the series and Gary Oldman is fantastic! Would you recommend reading in date order?
Heart stopper and a good girls guide to murder is one of my fav series ever. I have watched both of them and it ends with us too.
Karen wrote: "Fefyy wrote: "SLOW HORSES IS FANTASTIC! Great books and a superb tv adaptation. Best discovery I've made this year."I love the series and Gary Oldman is fantastic! Would you recommend reading in ..."
The books build on each other. I’d stick with the publication order if you really want to follow the story.
Also Manhunt has a wonderful original theme song sung by Danielle Ponder 🙏🏻🥳
Law wrote: "I read two books on this list, Dune and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which was okay. However, Dune was so enjoyable that I gave it nine out of ten. I haven't watched the movie, so is it any good?"Both the parts are amazing. Fine cinematography and direction.
The only book that I've read and watched the movie from this list is it ends with us 😬
The Piano Lesson is missing. The Wild Robot movie is an absolute masterpiece!
Is it just me or is the link to the "Dark & Twisty Reads Across Genres" article at the top of the GR page broken? It's been like that all week.
Law wrote: "I read two books on this list, Dune and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which was okay. However, Dune was so enjoyable that I gave it nine out of ten. I haven't watched the movie, so is it any good?"I've only watched the first part and it's good, but I was expecting it to be better. Still a nice watch though!
The movie “White Bird”, adapted from the graphic novel written by R.J. Palacio, was released on October 4th. I can’t say enough wonderful things about the book and the movie! 💜
Wicked doesn't really belong in this category. The film is based on the musical. And yes, the musical is technically based on the book. But having seen it on stage multiple times and read the book, the only thing they really share in common are the characters' names. I saw the book in a store with the film's cover on it and thought, oof. People are in for quite a shock (think PG vs. R rating in films-- and yes I know the movie is rated PG-13, I'm just making a point about tonal whiplash).
I’ve read so many on this list!! They were mostly great too 🎀 eg. a good girls guide to murder, the idea of you, heartstopper, and it ends with us ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I want to read Wicked, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Fire and Blood
I have one of the books in a TBR that I have to finish, which is one of the books. I have to read my favorite musical of all times
Love this article! Would love to read more about books that made it to the big screen.
Keeper of the lost cities was officially announced to become a movie That was early last year
Have we gotten any updates like oh I dunno A CAST LIST or if it’s still good to go
I need to sleep at night
Lovely list, but Percy Jackson needs to be on it
Law wrote: "I read two books on this list, Dune and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which was okay. However, Dune was so enjoyable that I gave it nine out of ten. I haven't watched the movie, so is it any good?"Dune as a movie is split into two parts/movies (more actually but that's all that's out now). The first is good but the second is GREAT! If you have the opportunity to watch via IMAX, definitely do so!
Carole wrote: "There's nothing more annoying than buying a book online and then the cover ends up having an actor on the front rather than the original version."I agree—they never cast leads the way I pictured them in my head, so having an image of a cast member on the cover annoys me.
I remember reading Harold and the Purple Crayon AND the Wild Robot!
Was hoping to see The Mercy Thompson series picked up (covid timed out the options). Do an article in “who do you want to see” it would be fascinating to have readers weigh in!
After seeing the dreadful first movie adaptation of Dune, one of my all-time favorite books, I learned there are some novels that really need to be read to fully appreciate and enjoy. I’ve never bothered to see the second release. Can anyone who has read the book tell me if it’s worth watching?
bluerose wrote: "Wicked doesn't really belong in this category. The film is based on the musical. And yes, the musical is technically based on the book. But having seen it on stage multiple times and read the book,..."I saw that it was the top of this list and immediately came to the comments to warn people. My husband read it this year and gave me the highlights as he was reading and it was a crazy time! I hope people do their research before picking it up.
I am so excited for the Wicked adaptation. I have been a fan of the stage musical for 20 and really hope it does it justice. Although I know the musical does venture from the book too.
No Anne Rice love? "Like Water for Chocolate" is getting a series on HBO. I never seen the original film, but the trailer made me want to check out the book! If no one seen "One Day" on Netflix, I highly recommend it.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin is also being made into a tv series in 2025!
Lorelei wrote: "Lovely list, but Percy Jackson needs to be on it"Yes!!
mireya wrote: "I finished the new season of Heartstopper! It's soooo good"OH EM GEE THAT B!TCH NETFLIX DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS AVAILABLE!!!
Julia wrote: "After seeing the dreadful first movie adaptation of Dune, one of my all-time favorite books, I learned there are some novels that really need to be read to fully appreciate and enjoy. I’ve never bo..."It's just a freaking phenomenal movie. It's a really decent adaptation, but I think anyone can and should watch it regardless!
i'm FOMO when it comes to movies. looking forward to the Wild Robot, Wicked & Nightbitch.
I loved the book version of A Gentleman in Moscow, and eagerly watched the first 4 episodes of the series. Many things are good about it (the Count, and other actors) but I felt they really focused on the bad and scary things in the story, and didn't take into account the lovely and delightful things at all-- i mean, i thought that was what was genius about the story, that the Count could make a good life despite his circumstances, and he had such a good and cheerful attitude. The book was often FUNNY. This series scared my mother, she doesn't want to see the rest of the series, even though she loved the book.
What about Uglies by Scott Westerfeld? That was a movie that came out this year
I highly recommend "The Outrun" by Amy Liptrot—it's a recently adapted recovery memoir (of which there are NOT many, so this is HUGE) about a young woman who returns home to the Orkney Islands of Scotland to stay sober. If you liked "H is for Hawk," there's a similar complex, "healing power of nature" theme. VERY IMPORTANT: It stars Saoirse Ronan, and she's getting Oscar-nomination-worthy buzz from Variety for her performance. It's currently in theaters!
This won’t be the first time Harold and the purple crayon hits the stage either! There was a limited run show I think on pbs in the early 2000s. So nostalgic
Good list, but incomplete:+ Paul Schrader's upcoming "Oh Canada," starring Richard Gere, is based on the last novel of Russell Banks, "Foregone."
+ Pedro Almódovar's upcoming "The Room Next Door," starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, is based on the Sigrid Nunez novel, "What Are You Going Through."
+ Luca Guadagnino's upcoming "Queer," starring Daniel Craig, is based on the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name.
Then there are also adaptations of these books in the works: "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska," with Jeremy Allen White playing Springsteen; "In the Hand of Dante" by Nick Tosches, directed by Julian Schnabel and starring Al Pacino and Martin Scorsese (the movie's title will be shortened to "Hand of Dante"), and "A Life of Jesus" by Shūsaku Endō, to be adapted by Scorsese as his next film.
Okay, that's all I got for now.
You forgot Three Woman, Uglies and Breakdown by B.A Paris, the movie was called Blackwater Lane.
I have the wicked book is on one of my TBR
Julia wrote: "After seeing the dreadful first movie adaptation of Dune, one of my all-time favorite books, I learned there are some novels that really need to be read to fully appreciate and enjoy. I’ve never bo..."Totally worth watching. The new movies stick much closer to the book. A few things change in the adaptation but definitely worth watching. The first movie is terrible. Only redeeming factors of that one are the special effects of the worms (they are pretty good for 1984) and the pugs. Lynch butchered the story.
Where👏is👏the👏Count👏of👏Monte👏Cristo!👏That movie adaptation slapped!
Interior to chinatown- I CAN'T WAIT I WILL WATCH IT WITH MY MOM
