From Page to Screen 26-27 - borrow-read-repeat

This year is packed with highly anticipated page-to-screen adaptations. From Jacob Elordi in The Dog Stars to Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock reprising their roles in Practical Magic 2, we’re rolling out the red carpet for the books that inspired these exciting new releases.

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The Shards

Bret Easton Ellis

Now airing on FX and streaming on Hulu

A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city.

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Every Summer After

Carley Fortune

Every Year After—now streaming on Prime Video

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.

Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

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The Day You Begin

Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Rafael López

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices—now streaming on Netflix

Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

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Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Dark Matter Season 2—premieres August 28th on Apple TV+

A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy.

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The Dog Stars (Movie Tie-in Edition)

Peter Heller

Premieres only in theaters August 28th

From the author of The River: In this “end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning” (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is “an ode to friendship between two men . . . the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).

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Practical Magic: Deluxe Edition

Alice Hoffman

Practical Magic 2—premieres only in theaters on September 11th

The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching, New York Times bestselling novel that inspired the cult-classic film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.

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Zero Margin

Lee Child, Yasmin Angoe

Neagley—Premieres September 16th on Prime Video

The first explosive thriller in a Reacher spin-off series starring Frances Neagley—the inspiration for the upcoming Prime streaming series Neagley—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and critically acclaimed author Yasmin Angoe.

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The Love Hypothesis (Prime Tie-In)

Ali Hazelwood

Premieres September 23rd on Prime Video

Ali Hazelwood’s swoony instant New York Times bestselling novel—now in a beautiful movie tie-in edition.

A fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction.

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A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enriquez

My Sad Dead—Premieres September 24th on Netflix

The diabolical collection of short stories that inspired the Netflix series My Sad Dead, directed by Pablo Larraín.

In these twelve spellbinding short stories, including “My Sad Dead” and the other stories behind the Netflix series, achingly human characters encounter ghosts, goblins, and the macabre as they try to understand themselves.

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East of Eden (Netflix Tie-In)

John Steinbeck

Premieres October 1st on Netflix

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years—at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis—now a Netflix limited series, written and executive produced by Zoe Kazan, starring Florence Pugh.

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Klara and the Sun (Movie Tie-in): A GMA Book Club Pick

Kazuo Ishiguro

Premieres only in theaters on October 3rd

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams.

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a magnificent novel about the wondrous, mysterious nature of the human heart.

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Carrie

Stephen King

Premiers October 7th on Prime Video

Soon to be an original series from visionary showrunner Mike Flanagan. In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White’s life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror.

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Incidents Around the House

Josh Malerman

Other Mommy—premieres only in theaters on October 9th

A young girl’s troubled family is haunted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy” in this chilling tale from the author of Bird Box. Coming soon as the major motion picture Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain.

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Sense and Sensibility (Movie Tie-In)

Jane Austen

Premieres only in theaters on October 16th

Jane Austen’s timeless tale of sisters navigating love and loss—the inspiration for the new major motion picture starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

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Being Heumann

Judith Heumann

Premieres November 13th on Apple TV+

Soon to be a feature film directed by CODA’s Sian Heder. One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.

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Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

Dune: Part Three—premieres only in theaters on December 18th

The second novel in Frank Herbert’s magnificent science fiction saga, soon to be a major motin picture: Dune: Part Three.

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen; Edited by Patricia A. Matthew

Premieres late 2026 on Netflix

Austen’s most beloved novel, featuring her irrepressibly intelligent heroine, Elizabeth Bennet.

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Neuromancer

William Gibson

Premieres January 22, 2027 on Apple TV+

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future. Soon to be an Apple TV+ series.

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Coming Soon:

Remain

Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan

Premieres in theaters February 5, 2027

A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense. Coming soon as a major motion picture directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor.

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Beach Read

Emily Henry

Premieres in theaters May 7, 2027

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

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The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

Currently filming

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide. Soon to be a Netflix series starring Maya Hawke and Kerry Condon.

“Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt’s 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR

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The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

Matt Haig

Currently in Pre-Production

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Florence Pugh.

Available soon as a graphic novel: The Midnight Library

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