16 Recent Book to TV Adaptations You Might Want to Check Out

Shadowhunters, Freeform

Love or hate this adaptation – and we’ve heard from both sides – one thing is for sure, there’s a certain appeal to seeing characters you imagined for years come alive on screen. Besides, you can’t let someone else make decisions for you. Decide for yourself how you feel about this adaptation.

Anne With An E, Netflix

Anne of Green Gables has enchanted people for generations, and now this new, grittier and more realistic adaptation looks to show, not just the happy orphan who found a family and always showed us how to be happy in spite of bad circumstances, but to give a real, in-depth look at how hard that can be at times, and how the most optimistic among us sometimes struggle, as well.

Outlander, Starz

Sing me a song of a love story that transcends not just time, but medium. Jaime and Claire’s story on Outlander is one many fans fell in love with in book form, and which Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe have brought to love in such a way as to make us fall in love with them too.

If you like romance-focused stories (and can handle more than a bit of violence), this is the adaptation for you.

The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu

Every once in a while an adaptation comes and reminds us, not just of how transcendental the book was in the first place, but of how important is to tell stories in a world like the one we live in today. This is hard to watch, and gritty and beautifully shot, and if it touches something inside us, it’s because it feels like the dystopia these characters are living in is very close to reality.

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Netflix

Yes, bad things happen, and often, they happen to good people, to innocent people, to children even, but as Lemony Snicket reminds us, you can get through even the darkest of times if you stick close to your family, if you’re smart, resourceful, and brave. And, of course, if you learn how to harness laughter.

Famous in Love, Freeform

Girl hits it big and goes from girl-next-door to bona fide star. Also, there’s a love triangle – the fun kind, not the OMG it’s so obvious who she’s gonna pick why can’t she get a clue kind.

And, good news, the show was already renewed for Season 2, so you can fall in love without fear of it being taken from you.

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