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Book-to-screen adaptations
Follow confirmed films and series based on books readers are already discussing. Statuses come from official streamer or studio announcements; “in development” never means a release date is guaranteed.
Recent and upcoming adaptations
Last editorial review: July 28, 2026
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Netflix · Streaming
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, season 2
Based on: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Screen date: April 30, 2026
Season two adapts Good Girl, Bad Blood and continues Pip’s investigation story.
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Netflix · Streaming
People We Meet on Vacation
Based on: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Screen date: July 10, 2026
Emily Henry’s friends-to-lovers vacation romance is now a feature film.
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Prime Video · Series ordered
Fourth Wing
Based on: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Screen date: In development
Amazon MGM Studios ordered a television adaptation with Rebecca Yarros as an executive producer.
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Prime Video · Upcoming
Carrie
Based on: Carrie by Stephen King
Screen date: October 7, 2026
Mike Flanagan’s eight-episode series is the first television-series adaptation of the novel.
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Netflix · In development
This Summer Will Be Different
Based on: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Screen date: Date not announced
The best-friend’s-brother romance is being developed as a series.
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Netflix · Upcoming
3 Body Problem, new season
Based on: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Screen date: Date not announced
Netflix lists a new season among its coming book adaptations.
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Netflix · Upcoming
One Hundred Years of Solitude, part 2
Based on: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Screen date: August 2026
The second part continues the Buendía family saga in Macondo.
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Netflix · Upcoming
In a Holidaze
Based on: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Screen date: 2026
The holiday time-loop romance is becoming a feature film.
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Netflix · Upcoming
Guarding Stars
Based on: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Screen date: 2026
The romantic comedy is being adapted under the screen title Guarding Stars.
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Netflix · Upcoming
The Whisper Man
Based on: The Whisper Man by Alex North
Screen date: Summer 2026
The serial-killer thriller becomes a film led by Robert De Niro and Michelle Monaghan.
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Apple TV · Streaming
Lucky
Based on: Lucky by Marissa Stapley
Screen date: July 15, 2026
Anya Taylor-Joy stars in the limited series about a woman pulled back into a life of crime.
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Netflix · Upcoming
Pride and Prejudice
Based on: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Screen date: 2026
A new six-part adaptation stars Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden.
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Why adaptation status needs careful wording
Rights acquisitions, announced development, a series order, completed production, and a released title are different milestones. This hub states the latest confirmed stage without turning casting rumors into release promises.
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