Monday, October 19, 2020

Read & Watch: TV Shows Based on Books

With all the time we've been spending at home this year, we have been watching a lot of TV! Did you know some of these currently popular series are based on books? 

HBO Shows Based on Books

Lovecraft Country is based on Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff - This popular new series on HBO is not out on DVD yet, but the book it's based on was published in 2016.

His Dark Materials based on Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

My Brilliant Friend is based on the Neapolian novel series by Elena Ferrante. The first season is based on the book of the same name and the season is based on the sequel, My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New NameThe show has been renewed for a third season based on Ferrante's third novel in the series called Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay.

Mrs. Fletcher based on the book by Tom Perrotta.

I Know This Much is True miniseries is based on the novel by Wally Lamb.

The Big Little Lies miniseries is based on the book by Liane Moriarty.


Netflix Shows Based on Books

The 100 is loosely based on the series by Kass Morgan. There are four books in the series: The 100, The 100: Day 21The 100: Homecoming, and The 100: Rebellion.

Haunting of Bly Manor is based loosely on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Vampire Diaries is based on the series by L.J. Smith. There are four novels in the original series: The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury and Dark Reunion

The Witcher is based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. There are eight books in the series as well as several spin offs and and short stories. The first book in the series is The Last Wish.

You based on Caroline Kepnes book of the same name and her sequel Hidden Bodies.


Hulu Shoes Based on Books

Little Fires Everywhere miniseries is based on the book by Celeste Ng.

The Handmaid's Tale is based on the classic book by Margaret Atwood.

Normal People is based on the novel by Sally Rooney

Killing Eve is based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings. There are four books in this series. The first one is Codename Villanelle.

Shrill is loosely based on the series of essays written by Lindy West in the book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman.

Queen Sugar is base don the novel of the same name by Natalie Baszile.




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