Books To Streaming
After watching these popular streaming series and films, check out the books that inspired them.
Along for the ride
Dessen, Sarah, author.
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating. A 2022 Netflix film.
Anatomy of a scandal : a novel
Vaughan, Sarah, 1972-
Desperate to clear the name of her loving and charismatic husband in the wake of scandalous accusations, Sophie clashes with a determined prosecution lawyer, Kate, who resolves to uncover the truth and bring Sophie's husband to justice. A 2022 Netflix miniseries.
Conversations with friends : a novel
Rooney, Sally, author.
Devoting herself to an intellectual life along with her best friend and former lover, a college student is drawn into the lives of a sophisticated journalist and her husband before the increasingly intimate relationship tests the boundaries of her resolve. A streaming series on Hulu.
Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
Macy, Beth, author.
Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities in Central Appalachia, to the current national crisis. A 2021 miniseries on Hulu.
The gray man
Greaney, Mark.
To those who lurk in the shadows, he's known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like money. And power. And there are men who hold these as the only currency worth fighting for. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. But Court Gentry is going to prove that, for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living and killing to stay alive. A 2022 Netflix movie.
Killing floor
Child, Lee.
A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation. Adapted into the Amazon Prime series Reacher.
Little fires everywhere : a novel
Ng, Celeste, author.
Fighting an ugly custody battle with an artistic tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both of their families. A 2020 Hulu series.
Pachinko
Lee, Min Jin, author.
In early 1900s Korea, prized daughter Sunja finds herself pregnant and alone, bringing shame on her family until a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan, in the saga of one family bound together as their faith and identity are called into question. An Apple TV+ series.
Paper girls. 1
Vaughan, Brian K., author.
In the early hours after Halloween on 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and supernatural mysteries collide in this series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood. An Amazon Prime series.
Shadow and bone
Bardugo, Leigh.
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold. A streaming series on Netflix.
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