I have compiled a list of upcoming T.V. and movies that are based on novels. I am a sucker for reading a book literally right before I want to watch the T.V. show or movie. If I watch it before reading the book, I will never read it. So I like to be prepared and just read the books well ahead of the release date(s).
Happy reading, Book nerds!
***Some of the books listed below did not have release dates for 2020. Some are just pending filming, etc.
“The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James (Movie)
The Call of the Wild” by Jack London (Movie)
“Emma” by Jane Austin (Movie)
“The Invisible Man” by H.G. Wells (Movie)
“The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan” by English re-telling by Sherry Thomas (Movie)
“The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (Movie)
“Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer (Movie)
“Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie (Movie)
“The Witches” by Roald Dahl (Movie)
“Dune” by Denis Villenuve (Movie)
“The Story of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting (Movie)
“P.S. I Still Love You” by Jenny Han (Netflix Movie)
“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han (Netflix Movie)
“The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter (Movie)
“Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love” by Matthew Logelin (Movie) movie will be called “Fatherhood”
“David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens (Movie)
“Dragon Rider” by Cornelia Funke (Movie)
“News of the World” by Paulette Jiles (Movie)
“The Devil All the Time” by Donald Ray Pollock (Netflix Movie)
“Chaos Walking” by Patrick Ness (Movie)
“Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier (Movie)
“The Rhythm Section” by Mark Burnell (Movie)
“The Good Shepherd” by C.S. Forester (Movie) movie will be called “Greyhound”
“The Reincarnationist Papers” by D. Eric Maikranz
“The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate (Movie)
“Without Remorse” by Tom Clancy (Movie)
“Deep Water” by Patricia Highsmith (Movie)
“The Last Thing He Wanted” by Joan Didion (Movie)
“The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Movie)
“After We Collided” by Anna Todd (Netflix Movie)
“Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli (Movie)
“All the Bright Places” by Jennifer Niven (Netflix Movie)
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” by Iain Reid (Movie)
“The WIlloughbys” by Lois Lowry (Movie)
“Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance (Movie)
“Our Chemical Hearts” by Krystal Sutherland (Movie)
“The Outsider” by Stephen King (HBO)
“Locke and Key” Joe Hill (Netflix)
“The Good Lord Bird” by James McBride (Showtime)
New Season of “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon (Starz)
“Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Mg (Hulu)
“Snowpiercer” by Jacques Lob (TNT)
“The Falcon and the Winter Solider” by Ed Brubaker… (Disney +)
“A Vast Conspiracy” by Jeffery Toobin- Tv show called “Impeachment: American Crim Story” on FX
“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stephenson
“Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty (Hulu)
“The Pale Horse” by Agatha Christie (BBC and Amazon)
“Made for Love” by Alissa Nutting (HBO)
“The Lumianries” by Eleanor Catton (BBC)
“Enola Holmes” by Nancy Springer
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“I Know This Much is True” by Wally Lamb (HBO)
“The Stand” by Stephen King (CBS All Access)
“The Undoing/You should have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelitz
“Normal People” by Sally Rooney (BBC/HULU)
“Bridgerton Series” by Julia Quinn (TV)
“Fear Street” by R.L. Stein
“China Rich Girlfriend” by Kevin Kwan
“Umbrella Academy “by Gerald Way Season 2
“Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (HBO)
“Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (HBO)
“His Dark Materials” by Philip Pullman Season 2 on HBO based on “The Subtle Knife”
“Circe” by Madeline Miller (HBO)
“Shadow of the Bone” by Leigh Bardugo (Netlifx)
“Dash and Lily by David Lenithan and Rachel Cohn (Netflix)
“A Discovery of Witches” by Deborah Harkness Season 2 on AMC
“Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein (HBO)
“The Flight Attendant” by Chris Bohjalian (HBO)
Thank you this is a fun and useful list especially during these unusual times it is truly a great resource.
You are welcome! I enjoy reading books before the TV show or movie hits. I hope this helps other people as well!