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2026+2027 Books to Movie/TV to Read Before You Watch
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items Get excited! These books are being adapted for the screen, and you should read them ASAP!
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Romance
Thriller + Mystery
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action
Fiction
Romance
Out on Netflix January 9th, 2026! Emily Henry’s debut novel to movie adaptation. Friends to lovers, cute romance story about Poppy and Alex! A 5 star read too!
People We Meet on Vacation: Henry, Emily
Out summer/later 2026 on Amazon Prime! TV series based on this book and the characters in the interconnected standalone novels. Friends to lovers and some stuff in between, but mainly about characters Percy and Sam reconnecting. Love this book!
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Mid-to-late 2026 release on Amazon! Movie based on the best-selling novel by STEM Queen Ali Hazelwood. Lili Reinhart and Tom Batemen are the PERFECT cast for this movie and I am so exited because I LOVE THIS BOOK!
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Releasing sometime in 2026 on Netflix! Movie adaptation with Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki. SHE’S his bodyguard! Fake relationship and 90’s romcom vibes, couldn’t ask for more!
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Releasing March 13, 2026 in theaters! One of the better Colleen Hoover books in my opinion, so excited to see if it’s executed well! Rudy Pankow and Tyriq Withers are in this so I hope they portray their characters well. Excited overall!
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Movie coming out in theaters February 13th, 2026! Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel, known for its passionate and destructive love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. Said to be one of the best love stories ever, and I agree...
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Thriller + Mystery
Releasing in theaters in October 2026! Starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett. Different than Hoover’s normal work, as this is a thriller. Definitely so excited to see this on the big screen!
Verity: Hoover, Colleen
Movie hitting theaters on October 23rd, 2026! This novel is a supernatural romance about grief and connection, where an architect grieving his sister's death falls for a mysterious woman in Cape Cod, uncovering family secrets and a world of spirits. ...
Remain
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action
Movie coming out March 20th, 2026! My boyfriend’s favorite book ever, and he thinks this movie is going to be INSANE. A must-read before you see the movie.
Project Hail Mary by Andrew Weir
Movie coming out in theaters on November 20th, 2026! The best of the hunger, games, books, hands-down. Haymitch’s games are INSANE and I could not put this book down when I started it.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #5)
Show on HBO coming out January 18th, 2026! A prequel to Game of Thrones set about 100 years before. About Sir Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg!
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Game of Thrones Novella) by George R R Martin
Movie coming to theaters Janaury 2027. Starring Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, and Idris Elba. Inspired by West African mythology and culture, following Zélie Adebola as she tries to restore magic to her land of Orïsha after it was brutally suppressed b...
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Fiction
Movie coming out on Netflix May 8th, 2026! Starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman, with Olivia Newman directing the adaptation about a widow, a giant octopus, and a mystery at an aquarium! Such a great read. I HIGHLY recommend.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt
TV show hitting Apple TV+ on April 15th, 2026! Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a 20-year-old single mother, who turns to OnlyFans to make ends meet, with her ex-wrestler father helping with childcare, leading to internet fame and complicated family dyna...
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Movie coming out February 2027 starring Dakota and Elle Fanning. The novel is bout two sisters in France during World War II, Vianne and Isabelle, who take different paths to survive the German occupation, one through quiet resistance and the other t...
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah