Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is Top Ten Books That Should be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies.
With one glaring exception, I am opting not to include anything that, to my knowledge, has already been adapted, even if I haven’t yet seen it (the Cormoran Strike series and The Last Dragonslayer, for instance). By and large, I’ve also excluded novels I absolutely adore, because they’ll just never be done well enough to suit me (the Lady Sherlock series, The Night Circus, Thursday Next, and others).
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks (imagine how adorable this graphic novel would be as a Halloween romance!)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (because as much as I love the BBC version and like the other versions, there is always room for another adaptation)
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (sweet but also serious — think of all the famous gay people they could get to be the chorus!)
- The Marvels by Brian Selznick (of his three illustrated novels, I think this is the one that would scale best to the small screen)
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (a documentary obviously)
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (this and its sequels are just begging to be turned into an ongoing family tv series)
- Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (I think someone (Reese Witherspoon, maybe?) is adapting this feminist YA novel to film and I want it NOW)
- The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin (another documentary — I don’t know why I think that nonfiction that makes me furious should be adapted, except that I guess I want more people to be angry, too)
- The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson (a multicultural middle-grade caper — this is just waiting for someone to option it)
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (how has Masterpiece not grabbed this gothic mystery as an adaptation already?)
Come back another day and I could probably give you a completely different list. I could probably give you a week’s worth of Christmas books that should be adapted…
How about you? What books would you like to see come to the small screen near you?
I’d love to see more documentaries. And there are lots of great books out there that would make great documentaries.
Comment by Deb Nance at Readerbuzz 08.18.20 @ 5:23 amOoh I really enjoyed Moxie, I’d love to see it on screen!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-277/
Since the studios love making series and movies from classics, they’re in public domain, I think Pride and Prejudice will have a few more iterations. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/08/ttt-081820.html
Comment by Patrick M. Prescott 08.18.20 @ 7:05 amI’d love to watch The Thirteenth Tale on the big or the small screen!
My TTT .
Comment by Lydia 08.18.20 @ 9:07 amI would LOVE a The Thirteenth Tale movie! That is an awesome idea!
Comment by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse 08.18.20 @ 7:53 pmI love that you put Pride & Prejudice on your list because I agree … as much as I love the ones that are out there, we can always use more 🙂
Comment by Megan | Bookstacks & Golden Moms 08.19.20 @ 10:43 amThe Thirteenth Tale is still sitting on my TBR shelf. I really want to read it this year! And, I’m always up for more P&P adaptations.
Comment by Aj @ Read All The Things! 08.20.20 @ 8:35 amOh my goodness. Pumpkinheads would be adorable!! We need that in the world. 😉
Comment by Dedra @ A Book Wandererq 08.22.20 @ 2:15 pm