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Sep 21, 2022 · Netflix has some of the best adaptations from books out there. Bridgerton, You, The Queen's Gambit, Longmire, and more have all been adapted from novels.
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Shot in moody black-and-white, Steven Zaillian’s psychological thriller Ripley is a stylish take on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime classic The Talented Mr. Ripley. The 2024 limited series stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, a petty grifter in early ’60s New York who stumbles into a plum job when he’s hired to track down a wealthy businessman’s waywa...
Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones) and Alexander Woo (True Blood), and based on the best-selling novels by Cixin Liu, this epic drama has an unstoppable pop-culture pedigree. Spanning decades and continents, the eight-episode 3 Body Problem imagines what happens when a young scientist makes a bold decision in 1960s China that...
Looking for your next will they, won’t they romance? One Dayis the slow burn that will tug at your heartstrings. Based on David Nicholls’ bestselling novel, the 14-episode limited series explores how impulsive decisions can send our lives off track, before fate intervenes to course-correct. Dexter (Leo Woodall) and Emma (Ambika Mod)’s love story be...
Why stop at a Pulitzer? In 2023, Anthony Doerr’s stirring 2014 novel scored a mini-series adaptation as well. Developed by Steven Knight and directed by Shawn Levy, the WWII drama All the Light We Cannot See stars newcomer Aria Mia Lobertias Marie-Laure, a blind French teenage girl who flees Paris with her father (Mark Ruffalo) upon the invasion of...
A popular manga gets the live-action treatment with ONE PIECE, developed by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda from Eiichiro Oda’s series of the same name. The lively adventure talefollows a group of friends, led by pirate Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), who seek a storied treasure. Relying on their wits, their unique skills, and each other, the lovable cr...
Get spooked with these creepy tales from Mike Flanagan, who adapted Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House for the show and Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw for its follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor. Though each series tells a completely independent story, the two are linked by eerie vibes — and, of course, the premise of a haunting. Fla...
Sales of chess sets skyrocketed (really!) following the release of this mini-series written and directed by Scott Frank, based on Walter Tevis’ novel, about a chess prodigy in the 1960s. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon, a young woman who learns the game from the janitor at her orphanage. She competes her way to the highest level of the chess w...
You may think of Henry Cavill as Superman, but the DCEU isn’t the actor’s only foray into the world of the superpowered. Cavill stars in The Witcher, adapted from the novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, as the monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia. (He’ll pass the torch, and the sword, when Liam Hemsworth takes over the role in Season 4.) The fantasy serie...
One of the original Netflix originals, Orange Is the New Black premiered in 2013, ran for seven seasons, and collected dozens of accolades. Based on Piper Kerman’s memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison (and fictionalized beyond Kerman’s own experience), the dramedy chronicles the lives of the inmates in a women’s prison. The e...
Super-producer David E. Kelley logged a busy spring of 2022, when Anatomy of a Scandal and The Lincoln Lawyer were released within a month of each other. The latter show, adapted from Michael Connelly’s books about fictional defense lawyer Mickey Haller (Season 1 was based on The Brass Verdict, the second novel to feature the character), stars Manu...
Oct 13, 2022 · Network: Netflix. Based On: Elena Ferrate’s 2019 novel. The Fanbase: Ferrate adaptations are having a moment, so chances are anyone who loved the HBO series My Brilliant Friend or the Netflix...
Oct 25, 2024 · The art of adapting novels into a television series can be a daunting process. There are beloved characters to flesh out, and dedicated fan bases to serve. However, it continues to be one of the biggest markets for creating new TV, especially in the streaming landscape.
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- "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles.
- "Normal People" by Sally Rooney. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner.
- "Mindhunter" by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. During his 25-year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time.
- "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman. Buy the book on Amazon or Bookshop. As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read.
15 Best Movies Adapted from Books To Stream When You're Feeling Literary - Netflix Tudum. Alert your book club — these films like Leave the World Behind, All Quiet on the Western Front, and To All the Boys I've Loved Before are all based on great reads.
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Nov 26, 2023 · TV series are fantastic opportunities to expand on the source material. Here are 10 of Netflix's best shows based on books, ranked.
