Books to the Big and Small Screens 2023

The following books are being adapted into movies, miniseries, and TV shows to appear at your local theater, TV, and digital device.

Updated April 21, 2023
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'Salem's Lot
King, Stephen
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A NEW FILM, STREAMING ON MAX FALL OF 2024 * #1 BESTSELLER * Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide...
American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai.
Paper Book
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER * "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J....
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
Blume, Judy.
Paper Book
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a 12-year-old girl talks over with her own private God.
The ballad of songbirds and snakes
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
Ambition will fuel him.Competition will drive him.But power has its price.It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The...
The black-eyed blonde : a Philip Marlowe novel
Black, Benjamin
Paper Book
Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career "It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk had...
The cabin at the end of the world : a novel
Tremblay, Paul
Paper Book
Paul Tremblay's terrifying twist to the home invasion novel--inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures "Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." -- Stephen King Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote...
City on fire
Hallberg, Garth Risk
Paper Book
"A novel of head-snapping ambition and heart-stopping power--a novel that attests to its young author's boundless and unflagging talents." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times   New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the...
Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup--from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu...
Dear Edward : a novel
Napolitano, Ann
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * "Make sure you have tissues handy when you read [this] sure-footed tearjerker" (NPR) about a young boy who must learn to go on after surviving tragedy, from the author of the Oprah's...
Dune
Herbert, Frank
Paper Book
* DUNE: PART TWO * THE MAJOR MOTION PICTUREDirected by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert * Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh...
Hallowe'en party : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
Enjoy Agatha Christie's beloved classic, Hallowe'en Party--the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh! In this authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a Halloween party turns deadly, and it falls to Hercule...
Harold and the purple crayon
Johnson, Crockett
Paper Book
From beloved children's book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon! This imagination-sparking picture book belongs on every child's bookshelf. One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Armed only with an oversize purple crayon,...
Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
Grann, David
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New...
The last thing he told me : a novel
Dave, Laura
Paper Book
Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that's sold 3 million copies strong--now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner! The "page-turning, exhilarating" (PopSugar) and "heartfelt thriller" (...
The lying life of adults
Ferrante, Elena
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES & NATIONAL BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF 2020 The Washington Post・O, The Oprah Magazine・TIME Magazine・NPR・People Magazine・The New York Times Critics・The Guardian・Electric Literature・Financial Times&...
A man called Ove : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks! #1 New York Times bestseller--more than 3 million copies sold! Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon--the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside...
The pale blue eye
Bayard, Louis.
Paper Book
When the body of a suicide victim disappears at West Point Military Academy in 1831, only to be discovered hours later missing its heart, the Academy calls on retired detective Gus Landor to investigate. Landor is something of a legend among his peers, noted for an uncanny, Sherlock Holmes-like...
Saint X
Schaitkin, Alexis
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020, now a Hulu Original Series! "'Saint X' is hypnotic. Schaitkin's characters...are so intelligent and distinctive it feels not just easy, but necessary, to follow them. I devoured [it] in a day." -Oyinkan...
The screaming staircase
Stroud, Jonathan
Paper Book
*NOW A NETFLIX SERIES* Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms! A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts,...
Text for you : a novel
Cramer, Sofie
Paper Book
A heartwarming story of love, loss, serendipity, and texting. Now a major motion picture starring Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. After a heated argument, Clara's fiance stormed out of their apartment, but before they had a chance to reconcile, he died in a...
Tiny beautiful things : advice on love and life from Dear Sugar
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Soon to be a Hulu Original series * The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight--and absolute honesty--this "wise and...
The witching hour
Rice, Anne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the first installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles--the inspiration for the hit television series! "Extraordinary . . . Anne Rice offers more than just a story; she creates...

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