This summer, like all summers, will bring a parade of new movies and TV series to the pop culture carnival. Here’s your chance to score some cool points. When discussing the hot new film or show, it’s always a nice feeling to be able to say: “Oh, right, I read the book…”
To help everyone keep up with the intersection of all things literary and all things Hollywood, we’ve gathered 45 books adapted into films or series just in the past year or so—from the beginning of 2025 through May 2026. As a bonus, we’ve rounded up 32 more books slated to debut as films or series throughout the rest of this year. (Keep in mind that production calendars are always in flux, and premiere dates often get delayed.)
There’s a lot to love here:
Buzzy streaming series, both
brand-new and those already
several seasons in.
Oscar-winning feature films.
Agatha Christie classics.
Old high school English class artifacts.
Ryan Gosling movies.
And longtime bookworms will recognize many author names below, including legends like
Margaret Atwood and
Isabel Allende; new voices like
Julia May Jonas and
Shelby Van Pelt; and, of course, the undisputed career champion of book-to-screen adaptation,
Stephen King.
Click on the book cover images below to get more information on each title, and use the
Want to Read button to organize your own virtual bookshelf. If you want additional details, double back to our most recent
book-to-screen adaptations guide.
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