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The most complete, regularly updated directory of book-to-screen adaptations for 2025 and 2026. Sortable by studio, genre, release status, and format. Each entry links to the source book.

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Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney · Netflix · 2025 Q4

Starring: Andrew Scott, Peter Sarsgaard

Two brothers navigate grief, love, and identity after their father's death in this adaptation of Rooney's fourth novel.

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🎬 Film
Released

The Women

by Kristin Hannah · Sony Pictures · 2025 Q2

Starring: Sydney Sweeney

A young woman enlists as a combat nurse during the Vietnam War and returns home to a country that doesn't recognize her service.

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🎬 Film
Released

James

by Percival Everett · Amazon MGM · 2025 Q3

A retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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🎬 Film
Released

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey · A24 · 2025 Q4

Six astronauts orbit the Earth, watching the world below as they circle it sixteen times a day. Winner of the Booker Prize.

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📺 Series
In Production

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver · Hulu · 2026 Q2

A modern retelling of David Copperfield set in the Appalachian opioid crisis. Pulitzer Prize winner.

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🎬 Film
In Production

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin · Paramount · 2026 Q2

Two friends become creative partners in the world of video game design, spanning three decades.

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🎬 Film
Post-Production

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig · Working Title / Universal · 2026 Q3

Starring: Florence Pugh

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever.

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In Production

Fourth Wing

by Rebecca Yarros · Prime Video · 2026 Q4

A young woman enters a war college for dragon riders in this fantasy romance phenomenon.

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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney · Literary Fiction · 2024

Two brothers navigate grief, love, and identity after their father's death in this adaptation of Rooney's fourth novel.

⭐ Andrew Scott, Peter Sarsgaard
📺 Series
Netflix2025 Q4
Released
Bookshop.org
The Women
by Kristin Hannah · Historical Fiction · 2024

A young woman enlists as a combat nurse during the Vietnam War and returns home to a country that doesn't recognize her service.

⭐ Sydney Sweeney
🎬 Film
Sony Pictures2025 Q2
Released
Bookshop.org
James
by Percival Everett · Literary Fiction · 2024

A retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

🎬 Film
Amazon MGM2025 Q3
Released
Bookshop.org
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese · Literary Fiction · 2023

Three generations of a family in South India, spanning 1900 to 1977, linked by a mysterious condition.

📺 Series
Apple TV+2025 Q1
Released
Bookshop.org
All Fours
by Miranda July · Literary Fiction · 2024

A woman in her mid-forties sets off on a cross-country drive and ends up at a motel 30 minutes from home.

📺 Series
HBO2025 Q2
Released
Bookshop.org
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore · Thriller · 2024

A girl goes missing from a summer camp in the Adirondacks, echoing a disappearance from 25 years earlier.

📺 Limited Series
Peacock2025 Q3
Released
Bookshop.org
Orbital
by Samantha Harvey · Literary Fiction · 2023

Six astronauts orbit the Earth, watching the world below as they circle it sixteen times a day. Winner of the Booker Prize.

🎬 Film
A242025 Q4
Released
Bookshop.org
The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon · Historical Fiction · 2023

A midwife in 1789 Maine investigates a murder when a body is discovered frozen in the Kennebec River.

🎬 Film
Searchlight Pictures2026 Q1
In Production
Bookshop.org
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver · Literary Fiction · 2022

A modern retelling of David Copperfield set in the Appalachian opioid crisis. Pulitzer Prize winner.

📺 Series
Hulu2026 Q2
In Production
Bookshop.org
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin · Literary Fiction · 2022

Two friends become creative partners in the world of video game design, spanning three decades.

🎬 Film
Paramount2026 Q2
In Production
Bookshop.org
The Maid
by Nita Prose · Mystery · 2022

Molly the Maid discovers a dead body in a hotel suite and becomes the prime suspect.

📺 Series
Netflix2026 Q1
In Production
Bookshop.org
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus · Historical Fiction · 2022

A female chemist in the 1960s becomes the unlikely star of a cooking show. Feature film follow-up to the Apple TV+ series.

🎬 Film
Apple TV+2026 Q3
Announced
Bookshop.org
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig · Fiction · 2020

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever.

⭐ Florence Pugh
🎬 Film
Working Title / Universal2026 Q3
Post-Production
Bookshop.org
Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros · Fantasy Romance · 2023

A young woman enters a war college for dragon riders in this fantasy romance phenomenon.

📺 Series
Prime Video2026 Q4
In Production
Bookshop.org
Holly
by Stephen King · Thriller · 2023

Private investigator Holly Gibney investigates a series of disappearances in a college town.

🎬 Film
Blumhouse2026 Q2
In Production
Bookshop.org
The Familiar
by Leigh Bardugo · Fantasy · 2024

A servant in 16th-century Spain discovers a dangerous magical power that could save — or destroy — the Spanish Empire.

🎬 Film
Sony Pictures2026 Q3
Announced
Bookshop.org
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