Calling all bookworms: Your reading list may soon be available to stream. With the rise of BookTok and popularity of book clubs, it’s no wonder the stories we can’t put down are quickly becoming the ones we can’t stop watching. In 2025 alone, book-based titles drove more than 9 billion global views, making up nearly 20% of all hours watched on Netflix. That momentum has only accelerated in 2026, with adaptations holding the No. 1 spot on the Top 10 English TV list for 8 of the first 13 weeks of the year.

From the swoony romance of People We Meet on Vacation to the twists and turns of His & Hers (which broke into the Most Popular TV list), these stories aren’t just racking up views — they’re sending fans back to the source material, boosting book sales and audiobook listens along the way.

If getting lost in a great book feels as satisfying as finishing an all-consuming show or movie, these upcoming page-to-screen adaptations hit that sweet spot. This World Book Day, read up on all the bestsellers getting the onscreen treatment this year — including Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie.

And gear up for the next chapter — even more fan favorites are already on the horizon: The God of the Woods (based on Liz Moore’s novel) and This Summer Will Be Different (based on Carley Fortune’s romance book) are set to premiere. Plus, new seasons of 3 Body Problem, Forever, and Bridgerton will offer fresh takes on page-turners from Liu Cixin, Judy Blume, and Julia Quinn.  

 

Man on Fire

Based on A.J. Quinnell’s book series, Man on Fire tells the story of John Creasy. Once a high-functioning and skilled Special Forces mercenary known for surviving even the most desolate of situations, Creasy is now plagued with intense PTSD. Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But before he can adjust to this new life, he finds himself back in the fire, fighting harder than ever.

Kyle Killen

Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll, Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale, Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy, Paul Ben-Victor

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The Chestnut Man

In this thrilling six-part series, based on Søren Sveistrup’s novel of the same name, Detectives Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) and Thulin (Danica Curcic) reunite as they race against time to catch a perpetrator playing a disturbing game of hide-and-seek in the gloomy mists of Copenhagen’s suburbs. As more victims are drawn into the deadly game and the body count rises, the duo must stop the killer before more lives are lost.

Milad Alami, Roni Ezra

Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Sofie Gråbøl, and Katinka Lærke Petersen

 

Remarkably Bright Creatures

A widow (Sally Field) who works at a local aquarium finds joy again when she forms an unlikely bond with a giant Pacific octopus and a wayward young man who comes to town in search of family. Together, they uncover a mystery that will lead them to a life-changing discovery and restore their sense of wonder. Based on the bestselling book by Shelby Van Pelt.

Olivia Newman

Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, Sofia Black-D’Elia

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Off the heels of cracking a cold case, Pip (Emma Myers) now awaits the trial. But a missing friend compels the good girl turned detective to solve another mystery. Based on the YA novel series by Holly Jackson, Season 2 will be adapted from the second book in the series, Good Girl, Bad Blood.

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Murder Mindfully

Björn Diemel (Tom Schilling) seemingly has his life under control: He has internalized the principles of mindfulness, quit his stressful job as a criminal defense lawyer, and become self-employed. He spends more time with his daughter, Emily (Pamuk Pilavci), and is more patient with his wife, Katharina (Emily Cox). But Björn has added an unusual responsibility to his life.
As legal representative of two mafia clans — whose bosses he’s mindfully made disappear from the scene — Björn must now take care of their affairs without revealing what really happened to them. The only person in on the secret is Dragan (Sascha Alexander Geršak), a mafioso with a degree in education. Murder Mindfully is based on the bestselling book series by Karsten Dusse.

Jan Ehlert, Oliver Berben

Tom Schilling, Britta Hammelstein, Murathan Muslu, Peter Jordan, Emily Cox, Friederike Kempter, Bastian Reiber

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The Marked Woman

The film follows the investigation of a case led by Detective Anna Ripoll (Candela Peña) — a woman has been found gagged and bound, inside a container in the port of Barcelona. She’s unable to remember who she is or how she got there. With Officer Quique Zárate (Pol López), Anna races against time to uncover the identity of the unknown woman and her forgotten secrets. The Marked Woman is an adaptation of the novel by Rosa Montero and Olivier Truc.

Gabe Ibáñez

Matías Mosteirín, Pola Zito

Candela Peña, Ana Rujas, Pol López

Sweet Magnolias

Sweet Magnolias follows lifelong best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, South Carolina, and beyond. Based on the book series by Sherryl Woods.

Sheryl J. Anderson

JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Heather Headley, Brooke Elliott

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Enola Holmes 3

Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before. Based on the Enola Holmes mystery series by Nancy Springer.

Philip Barantini

Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, with Henry Cavill and Helena Bonham Carter

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Little House on the Prairie

This bold reimagining of the iconic Little House on the Prairie book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder will bring to life the joy and grit of survival on the prairie. The new adaptation is an epic and thrilling family adventure with a kaleidoscopic view of the mythic American West. It’s an autobiographical story, some of it true and some of it imagined, of a 19th-century world that vanished with the arrival of the modern era and the closing of the frontier. It’s part fairy tale, part survival story, and part family saga.

Rebecca Sonnenshine

Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey, Crosby Fitzgerald, Skywalker Hughes, Jocko Sims, Warren Christie, Wren Zhawenim Gotts, Meegwun Fairbrother, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Xander Cole, Ryan Robbins

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Heartstopper Forever

Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) are inseparable, but with Nick preparing to leave for university and Charlie finding new independence at school, the reality of a long-distance relationship begins to weigh on them. Doubts take hold, and their relationship faces its biggest challenge yet. Meanwhile, their friends are also navigating the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronting the bittersweet challenges of growing up and moving on. Can first loves really last forever? The film finale of the Heartstopper series is based on the bestselling graphic novels by Alice Oseman.

Wash Westmoreland

Alice Oseman

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Despite the armistice and the signing of the Treaty of Neerlandia, peace doesn’t come to Macondo. The Conservatives, fearful of Colonel Aureliano Buendía’s threats, plot an attack that, by a twist of fate, will bring Fernanda del Carpio from Bogotá to the town. She goes on to marry Aureliano Segundo, one of the bastard Arcadio’s untamable twins, and to give Úrsula Iguarán her first legitimate heirs.

Meanwhile, José Arcadio Segundo, the other twin, becomes absorbed in José Arcadio Buendía’s manuscripts and accomplishes one of the patriarch’s wild dreams by connecting Macondo to the outside world. The railroad’s arrival paves the way for the banana business — which, in turn, will unleash the forces that lead the town to its downfall. In the end, Úrsula Iguarán’s curse is fulfilled — races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth. Based on Gabriel García Márquez’s bestselling magical realist novel.

Laura Mora, Carlos Moreno

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The Whisper Man

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Alex North. When his 8-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.”

James Ashcroft

Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Acston Luca Porto, Will Brill

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Lupin

Omar Sy reprises his iconic role as the gentleman thief Assane Diop in the French series based on books by Maurice Leblanc.

George Kay in collaboration with François Uzan, with the participation of Marie Roussin, Florent Meyer, and Tigran Rosine

Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Antoine Gouy, Soufiane Guerrab, Shirine Boutella, Théo Christine, Laïka Blanc-Francard

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Narnia

From Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Little Women), Narnia is based on the beloved stories by C.S. Lewis.

Greta Gerwig

Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Vincent Sieber-Smith, Greta Gerwig

Douglas Gresham and Melvin Adams for the C.S. Lewis Estate, Patty Whitcher

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A Dog's Perfect Christmas

Based on W. Bruce Cameron’s bestseller A Dog’s Purpose, this film follows a family in crisis where a teenager, her grandfather, and his trusty basset hound struggle to keep the household together at Christmas.

Cathryn Michon

Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia, Brooke Lena Johnson, Jennifer Tilly, Ethan Loomis, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mary Steenburgen

The Doll

When Stanisław falls in love with the aristocratic Izabela, he dedicates his entire life to winning her over. Inspired by the classic Polish novel by Bolesław Prus.

East of Eden

This modern interpretation of the 1952 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck explores the multigenerational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames.

Zoe Kazan

Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds, Joseph Zada, Joe Anders

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GUARDING STARS

When a no-nonsense bodyguard is assigned to protect a charming action star over the holidays, sparks fly, secrets unravel, and Christmas gets a whole lot more complicated. Based on the 2022 novel The Bodyguard by Katherine Center.

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

Leighton Meester, Jared Padalecki, Andie MacDowell, Walker Hayes, Noah LaLonde, Toby Sandeman, Rachael Ancheril, Phil Brooks, Ava Max

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I Will Find You

An innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive — and must break out of prison to find out the truth. Based on the thriller novel by New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.

Harlan Coben

Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, Logan Browning, Erin Richards, Chi McBride, Jonathan Tucker

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In a Holidaze

After making a romantic mistake of epic proportions, a directionless twentysomething finds herself trapped in a holiday time loop, forced to relive the same Christmas at her family’s cabin until she discovers what truly makes her happy. Based on the holiday romance novel by Christina Lauren.

Tiffany Paulsen

Maddie Ziegler, Rob Lowe, Graham Phillips, Elias Kacavas

The Map of Longing

Based on the novel by Spanish author Alice Kellen, this miniseries tells the poignant story of Greta (Alícia Falcó), who believes she was born to save her sister, Lucy (Georgina Amorós), who has leukemia. However, events take an unexpected turn, and Lucy dies, leaving Greta with a profound existential void. Lucy leaves behind the “Map of Longing,” a game that challenges Greta to confront her grief and discover her own path. On this journey, Greta meets Will (Pablo Álvarez), an enigmatic young man with a haunting past. Can we love someone else without loving ourselves?

Laura M. Campos, Gemma Ferraté

licia Falcó, Pablo Álvarez, Georgina Amorós

The Mosquito Bowl

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they’ll play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history — a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play. Based on the nonfiction book The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger.

Peter Berg

Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson, Tom Francis, Brent Comer, Dominic Bogart

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My Life With the Walter Boys

Following the loss of her family in a tragic accident, 15-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard has to learn to adapt to a new life in rural Colorado with her guardian — and eight very rowdy boys. Based on the YA romance novel by Ali Novak.

Melanie Halsall

Nikki Rodriguez, Sarah Rafferty, Marc Blucas, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Jaylan Evans

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My Sad Dead

Ema, a 60-year-old doctor, can see and hear the dead. She calls them “presences” and has lived her entire life avoiding letting this gift connect her with the suffering of others. But when her niece Julie — a disturbed young woman who can also communicate with the dead— arrives at her house, Ema is forced to get involved. What begins as a family reunion turns into a disturbing chain of events that alters the balance between the world of the living and the dead, infecting an entire neighborhood with voices from beyond. As the borders between life, death, and desire blur, Ema will have to confront her past, her daughter, and the ghosts she never let go. Based on stories from acclaimed Argentine author Mariana Enriquez.

Pablo Larraín

Mercedes Morán, Dolores Fonzi, Alejandra Flechner, Carlos Portaluppi, Germán de Silva, Luz Jiménez, Carolina Sánchez Álvarez

 

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen’s beloved classic novel returns in a new six-part series by bestselling author and screenwriter Dolly Alderton and director Euros Lyn (Heartstopper), starring Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet and Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy. 

Laura Lankester, Will Johnston, and Louise Mutter for Lookout Point, as well as Dolly Alderton, Euros Lyn, and Emma Corrin

Emma Corrin, Olivia Colman, Jack Lowden, Rufus Sewell, Freya Mavor, Jamie Demetriou, Daryl McCormack, Louis Partridge, Rhea Norwood, Fiona Shaw, Hopey Parish, Hollie Avery

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Ransom Canyon

Ransom Canyon follows three ranching families in the titular town as their lives and legacies are strained by loss, love, and loyalty against the sumptuous backdrop of Texas Hill Country. When a mysterious cowboy arrives in Ransom, he dredges up hidden secrets and raises the stakes of the families’ struggle over the land. The modern Western is based on the book series by Jodi Thomas.

April Blair

Minka Kelly, Josh Duhamel, Lizzy Greene, Garrett Wareing, Jack Schumacher, Marianly Tejada, Casey W. Johnson, Tatanka Means, Justin Johnson Cortez, Kenneth Miller, Philip Winchester, Jennifer Ens, Brett Cullen, and Niko Guardado

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The Trap

Renowned author Lisa Konrad (Friederike Becht) hasn’t left her house in nearly 10 years, ever since she witnessed the murder of her sister, Anna (Josephine Thiesen). But when Lisa believes she recognizes the killer on television, she sets out to trap him — using herself as the bait. The Trap is a psychological thriller based on the German novel of the same name by Melanie Raabe.

Isabel Kleefeld

Tom Spiess, Friederich Oetker

Unaccustomed Earth

Inspired by the internationally beloved Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection of the same name, Unaccustomed Earth is an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian American community navigating love, desire, and belonging. Rich with nuance, passion, and unforgettable characters, Unaccustomed Earth invites you into the elite and insular Indian American community of Cambridge, Massachusetts. When a star-crossed romance between a devoted wife and her long-lost love comes to light, a scandalous affair is born, and new battle lines are drawn in this intensely interconnected immigrant community.

Madhuri Shekar

Freida Pinto, Siddharth, Sarayu Blue, Indraneil Sengupta, Adi Roy, Iyla Sundarsingh McKaig, Justin Bartha, Jayant Kripalani, Parveen Kaur, Swayam Bhatia, Palomi Ghosh

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