From mystery to science fiction, memoirs to historical epics, the literary world has long been mined for television and movie fodder. The drive for content has network and cable television, streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, working overtime to develop great scripts from well-known and hidden gems from books.
April 30
Here are some recent shows you may have missed at the end of 2017, or are premiering in early 2018. Not all are on DVD yet…we will add them to our collection as they become available or are requested.
Available from the Library on DVD
- American Gods Season 1 (Starz)
Fantasy – Adapted from the novel by Neil Gaiman - Big Little Lies Season 1 (HBO)
Drama – Adapted from the novel by Liane Moriarty - Emerald City, Season 1 (NBC)
Fantasy – Inspired by the Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum - Game of Thrones Seasons 1-7 (HBO)
Fantasy – From the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin - Poldark Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 (PBS, Amazon Prime) – Historical Drama – Adapted from the novels by Winston Graham
- Victoria (PBS, Amazon Prime)
Historical Drama – Adapted from the novel by Daisy Goodwin
Available on TV, Cable, or Streaming (and eventually on DVD…)
- Midnight, Texas Season 1 (NBC) – Supernatural drama adapted from the series by Charlaine Harris
- Handmaid’s Tale Season 1 (Hulu) – Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood
- Alias Grace (Netflix) – Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood
- Electric Dreams (Amazon Prime) – Adapted from the sci-fi short stories by Philip K. Dick
- Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime)- Adapted from the thriller stories and characters of Tom Clancy
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, Seasons 1 & 2 (Netflix) – Adapted from the children’s series by Lemony Snicket.
New or Upcoming Shows (Not Available on DVD)
- Alienist (January 22 on TNT) – Historical crime drama – Adapted from the novel by Caleb Carr
- Altered Carbon (February 2 on Netflix) – Sci-Fi – Adapted from the novel by Richard Morgan
- The Looming Tower (February 28 on Hulu) – Drama/Thriller – Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright
- Instinct (March on CBS) – Thriller – Adaptation of James Patterson’s Murder Games
- Rise (March 13 on NBC) – Inspired by the nonfiction tale Drama High by Michael Sokolove
- The Terror (March 26 on AMC) – Historical adventure – Inspired by the novel by Dan Simmons
- The Child in Time (April 1 on PBS) – Drama – Adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan
- Howard’s End (April on Starz) – Drama – Adaptation of the classic novel by E. M. Forster
- Little Women (May 13 on PBS) – Adaptation of the novel by Louisa May Alcott
- Sharp Objects (Summer on HBO) – Thriller – Adaptation of the novel by Gillian Flynn
- The Haunting of Hill House (October 31 on Netflix) – Horror – Modern take on classic 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson
- Fahrenheit 451 (TBD on HBO) – Dystoopian – Adaptation of classic novel by Ray Bradbury
-Contributed by Diana T.