After watching these popular streaming series and films, check out the books that inspired them.
Along for the ride
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
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.
The Boys omnibus. 1
This is going to hurt! In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the "supes" don't get out of line. And someone will! An Amazon Prime series.
Conversations with friends : a novel
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
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 flight attendant : a novel
A binge-drinking flight attendant wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a dead body and sneaks back to her work, telling a series of lies that complicate her ability to figure out what really happened. An HBO Max series.
The gray man
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.
Invincible. Compendium one
Introducing the first nine volumes of the greatest superhero comic in the universe, collected into one massive paperback edition! An Amazon Prime series.
Killing floor
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
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.
Locke & Key. 1, Welcome to Lovecraft
The story of the Keyhouse, a New England mansion, with doors that transform all who walk through them...and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it opens the most terrible door of all. A Netflix series.
No exit : a novel
Trapped at a Colorado rest stop with four strangers during a snowstorm, Darby Thomas must figure out which of them kidnapped the girl locked in a crate in the van parked next to Darby's car. A 2022 Hulu film.
Operation Mincemeat
Chronicles World War II's pivotal deception by two British naval officers who successfully fed false intelligence to the Nazis about where Allied forces were planning an attack in southern Europe. A Netflix film.
Pachinko
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
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.
Pieces of her : a novel
The daughter of a woman who has wanted nothing more than a quiet life in her small beachside home embarks on a desperate search for answers when she discovers the explosive truth about her mother's true identity. A 2022 Netflix series.
Roar
A collection of thought-provoking short stories from the author of P.S., I Love You include the tales of a woman who has inexplicably bite marks appear on her skin and a wife who returns her boring husband at the store. An anthology series on Apple TV+.
Shadow and bone
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.
The shining girls
The sole survivor of a time-traveling serial killer who began his murder spree in Depression-era Chicago tries to hunt him down in 1989 along with help from an ex-homicide reporter. A streaming series on Apple TV+
Slow horses
Intelligence agent River Cartwright, after being banished from high-profile work for incompetence, suspects a prominent British journalist with ties to an extremist party of being behind the kidnapping of a Muslim teenager. An Apple TV+ series.
Stay Close.
A bored suburban wife, a documentary photographer-turned-paparazzo and a detective who cannot let go of a cold case hide secrets from their loved ones only to have the past return in dangerous ways. A 2021 Netflix miniseries.
Tokyo vice : an American reporter on the police beat in Japan
An American journalist offers a unique, firsthand look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up, recounting his time as a crime reporter covering the seedy side of Japanese society. Inspiration for the HBO Max series.
The umbrella academy. 1, Apocalypse suite
As six superheroes unite to attend their adopted father's funeral, they must deal with their individual problems and team up to save the world from different foes. A Netflix series.
Virgin River
Arriving in the remote mountain town of Virgin River in response to an ad, recently widowed Melinda realizes that she has made a mistake, until she finds an abandoned baby on her porch and lets a former Marine into her heart. A Netflix series.
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