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Recent book to screen adaptations.

Updated March 21, 2024
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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. Robert...
Any day now /
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 2
Apples never fall :
Moriarty, Liane.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller ● A Peacock Original TV Series-Now Streaming! ● "Gripping."―Oprah.com ● From Liane Moriarty, the bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples...
Argylle
Conway, Elly
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the star-studded film Argylle, now streaming on Apple TV+, featuring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cena, and directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kingsman trilogy fame ...
Bad luck and trouble : a Jack Reacher novel
Child, Lee.
Audiobook
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES * The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher! "Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times From a helicopter high...
The best of us
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! In Sullivan's Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where good...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 4
Black cake :
Wilkerson, Charmaine,
Paper Book
NOW A HULU STREAMING SERIES * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * Two estranged siblings delve into their mother's hidden past--and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake--in this immersive family saga, "a...
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Brown, Daniel
Paper Book
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the...
Bridgerton : the duke & I
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix....
Bridgerton series book 1
Capote's women : a true story of love, betrayal, and a swan song for an era
Leamer, Laurence
Paper Book
DON'T MISS FX's FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS--THE ORIGINAL SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK--NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON HULU! New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman...
Catching fireflies /
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller -- When bullying threatens to destroy a teen's life, painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J. C. Fullerton. With the Sweet Magnolias, they bring the town together to protect a promising student's future, and to establish...
The Sweet Magnolias series book 9
The color purple
Walker, Alice
Paper Book
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Winner of the National Book Award   Published to unprecedented acclaim,The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in...
The Country Guesthouse
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr delivers an emotional and triumphant novel about the fierce...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 5
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 Rising, and...
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
A deluxe hardcover edition of the best-selling science-fiction book of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition
Eileen
Moshfegh, Ottessa
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture streaming on Hulu, starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "Eileen is a remarkable piece of writing, always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious. Its first...
Erasure
Everett, Percival L.
Audiobook
The expatriates /
Lee, Janice Y. K.
Paper Book
THE INSPIRATION FOR EXPATS--AN ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN--NOW STREAMING ON PRIME VIDEO "Devastating and heartwarming, and exquisite in every way, this is a book you'll fall deeply in love with and never want to put down."--Kevin Kwan, author of...
The family gathering /
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River! An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 3
Feels like family
Woods, Sherryl
Audiobook

The Sweet Magnolias series book 3

Fool me once
Coben, Harlan
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn this impossible-to-put-down thriller, Maya, a former special ops pilot home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya's husband, Joe -- who had been brutally murdered...
A gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers * A New York Times "Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century" Pick From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a...
Home in Carolina /
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods There's no place like home, especially if it's Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. She'd always envisioned a life...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 5

Honeysuckle summer
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorHer devastating marriage behind her, Raylene Hammond is truly thankful for her best friends, the Sweet Magnolias. They've taken her in, shielding her from the world. Then she meets sheriff's deputy Carter Rollins, and suddenly Raylene's haven no longer feels quite...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 7

It's in his kiss
Quinn, Julia
Audiobook
Meet Our Hero . . . Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past . . . and the key to...

Bridgerton series book 7

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 York...
Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a ...
The Lord God made them all /
Herriot, James
Paper Book
The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful and the fourth volume in James Herriot's classic collections of animal stories--the basis for the PBS Masterpiece television series, All Creatures Great and Small. In this...
All Creatures Great and Small series
Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer
Swanson, James L.
Paper Book
The acclaimed and thrilling account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the twelve-day chase for John Wilkes Booth, winner of the Edgar Award and adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ Series "A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln's killers that will mesmerize the reader from start...

"Manhunt" series on AppleTV+

Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany
Miller, Donald L.
Paper Book
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the...
Midnight promises
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerWhen Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it it was a romance worthy of any Sweet Magnolia fantasy. The sexy personal trainer made it his mission to restore Karen's strength ? physical and emotional ? and to charm her children.Now, a few years into...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 8

An offer from a gentleman
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.<...

Bridgerton series book 3

On the way to the wedding
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Gregory Bridgerton, in the final installment of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland...

Bridgerton series book 8

One day
Nicholls, David
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES  * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. * What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. *  "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting...
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London . . . Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows...

Bridgerton series book 4

Shogun :
Clavell, James
Paper Book
FX/Hulu's Shōgun has won nineteen Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, and four Critics Choice Awards, among many other accolades. The most talked about and awarded series on television. Read the book that started it all! The classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a...
Stealing home
Woods, Sherryl.
Ebook
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods For the Sweet Magnolias, friendship lasts a lifetime... Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity and have the best friends a woman could...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 1

Swan Point /
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods draws readers back into the world of strong friendships and heartfelt emotions in Serenity, South Carolina  Determined to build a new life for her family after her divorce, Adelia Hernandez has bought a home in the historic Swan...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 11

Sweet tea at sunrise
Woods, Sherryl.
Audiobook

The Sweet Magnolias series book 6

The three-body problem
Liu, Cixin.
Paper Book
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America "A mind-bending epic."--The New York Times * "War of the Worlds for...
Tiny Beautiful Things :
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...
To Sir Phillip, with love
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
ELOISE'S STORY Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but...

Bridgerton series book 5

The viscount who loved me
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
# 1 New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the...

Bridgerton series book 2

We were the lucky ones
Hunter, Georgia
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive--and to reunite--We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds  <...
Welcome to Serenity /
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods When Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Carolina, she found a whole lot more than professional satisfaction. She discovered the deep...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 4

What we find
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Available on Crave in Canada and The CW in the US. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series explores the healing powers of Colorado as one woman seeks the happiness she's long been missing. Maggie Sullivan knows she...
Sullivan's Crossing series book 1
When he was wicked
Quinn, Julia
Paper Book
In every life there is a turning point . . . A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton. A...

Bridgerton series book 6

Where azaleas bloom
Woods, Sherryl.
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerSingle mom Lynn Morrow is determined to put food on the table for her son and daughter. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband has failed to meet his obligations time and again. Enter contractor Mitch Franklin, an unlikely knight in shining armor. A widower with two grieving sons,...

The Sweet Magnolias series book 10


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