Top Adaptations

The most popular book-to-screen adaptations in US public libraries, ranked by catalog interest using Syndetics Unbound data.
Updated March 27, 2026
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Top Adaptations

The most popular book-to-screen adaptations in US public libraries, ranked by catalog interest using Syndetics Unbound data.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
Paper Book
OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews...
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave
Paper Book
With its breakneck pacing, dazzling plot twists and unforgettable characters, The Last Thing He Told Me is bestselling author Laura Dave's finest novel yet, certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Paper Book
THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah...
Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty
Paper Book
Give Mum the perfect escape with the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers 'A tour-de-force of a novel; brilliantly plotted and superbly written . . . The tension builds to a conclusion alive with...
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover
Paper Book
Don't miss IT STARTS WITH US, the sequel to IT ENDS WITH US! 'A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it' Anna Todd, author of the After <...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins
Paper Book
  "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the best Hunger Games movie of them all"USA TODAY "Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill"The...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J. D. Vance
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY 'Essential reading for this moment in history' New York Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'Brilliant ......
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL A BARACK OBAMA READING PICK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. 'The most...
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
Paper Book
'Just read it...Outstanding' Matt Haig 'To say I love this book is an understatement...It moved me to tears' Reese Witherspoon 'Beautifully written, completely charming, and extremely wise on the subject of adolescence and...
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
Paper Book
Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now. Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her favourite place in the world - the Fisher family's beach house. It has everything a girl could want- a swimming pool, a...
Dune
Frank Herbert
Paper Book
'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST 'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was...
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, KEVIN BACON, ETHAN HAWKE AND MAHERSHALA ALI *A THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLER* *THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2021* ...
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be...
The Duke and I
Julia Quinn
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A veritable treat' Daily Mail The first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created...
Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers. A New York Times bestseller. A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. ...
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE...
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
Paper Book
Enter the Grishaverse with the first book of the Shadow & Bone bestselling trilogy and international Netflix sensation by no. 1 New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laini Taylor. "This is what fantasy is for."...
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY<...
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown
Paper Book
A gloriously illustrated story of a robot's adventures in the wild
Long Bright River
Liz Moore
Paper Book
**NOW A MAJOR CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES** SELECTED BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS BEST BOOKS OF 2020 A New York Times bestseller and Guardian Book of the Month 'This flawless masterpiece deserves to be a...
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a...
Daisy Jones and The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Paper Book
NOW A SMASH HIT AMAZON PRIME TV STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONE The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling...
Dog Man
Dav Pilkey
Paper Book
  Howl with laughter with the FIRST book in the hilarious full-colour illustrated series, Dog Man, from the creator of Captain Underpants! George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular Captain Underpantsseries) are in big trouble
Heartstopper: Volume 1
Alice Oseman
Paper Book
*FALL IN LOVE WITH THE FINAL CHAPTER - PRE-ORDER HEARTSTOPPER VOLUME 6 NOW* *Read it before you see it: Heartstopper Forever movie coming July 17 from Netflix* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic...
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NO. 2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2022** **A Grazia Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for****Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar**...
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. 'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail ...
The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Paper Book
**NOW A MAJOR HULU ORIGINAL SERIES, AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON DISNEY+**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 'One of the biggest reads of the summer, and for good reason'...
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
Paper Book
The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! 'A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', GUARDIAN 'Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark...
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Paper Book
The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series. HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO. Look, I never asked to be the song of a Greek god, I was just a...
The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman
Paper Book
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce,...
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Paper Book
Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit)....
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
Ebook
  Book 1 in the New York Timesbestselling series - perfect for curious readers! 'This book reminded me of some of the children's books I grew up with, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Phantom Tollbooth.'RICK RIORDAN, author of the PERCY...
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