Whenever we hear a book is being annouced for a TV or Film adaptation, if the synopsis sounds great, we will seek it out and read before we watch.
It may seem odd, I’m sure many would watch then read the source material, but we much prefer our way round, you may do as well?
In this blog, we are sharing Seven books from our bookshelf that we have read or about to read, that are all in development for screen adaptations.
1. I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver.
ON OUR TO READ LIST
This follows a teenager who is kicked out of their home after coming out as non binary, which forces them upon a journey of self-discovery.
Being made into a film starring Cole Sprouse and Alexandra Daddario
Buy from Amazon Here.
2. The Castaways by Lucy Clarke.
READ AND LOVED
Two sisters are about to take a flight to a new destination, the night before, one of the sisters has too much to drink.
Hungover, she misses the flight, but her sister made it onboard.
Whthe plane goes missing, filled with regret for not being onboard, the left behind sister embarks on a desparate quest to find out what happened.
Being Adapated for Paramount+ streaming channel and starring Sheridan Smith.
Buy the book here.
3. Lazarus by Lars Kepler.
ON OUR TO READ LIST
A detective’s past has come back to haunt him, when it appears a serial killer has returned from the dead.
In the works at Apple TV with Tom Hardy currently attached.
Buy the book here.
4. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
READ AND LOVED
This book follows the highly successful tennis obsessed family The Delaneys, when the mother Joy, goes missing, Stan is the prime suspect leaving the children to look into their parent’s marriage and face some unresolved issues.
Given the succes of the author’s Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, this was always likely to follow and will be made my streaming site Peacock with Annette Bening and Sam Neill cast as the parents.
Buy the book here.
5. One Day In December by Josie Silver
ON OUR TO READ LIST
Described as a love story about what happens after you meet, or rather don’t meet the one.
The book then follows what happens over a period of time.
It is being made for Netflix and starring Lucy Boynton
Buy the book here.
6. The Deep by Nick Cutter.
READ AND LOVED.
Humanity is being attacked by a plague called ‘The Gets’ but a cure may be here, after being developed in a research lab under the Pacific Ocean. However all communication to the lab has now been lost.
The Deep is in development at Amazon from C. Henry Chaisson who wrote the screenplay to Antlers.
Buy the book here.
7. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
READ AND LOVED.
A lavish wedding heads for disaster before it has even begun when a body is discovered just before the ceremony and everyone attending is a suspect.
The perfect couple is being made for Netflix and starring Nicole Kidman and Eve Hewson.
Buy the book here.
The images of Teddy with the books comes from our Instagram where we share amongst other things what we have watched and read.
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AND THREE BONUS BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT YET BEING ADAPTED BUT HOPE YOU ENJOY
Supervised by Teddy of course, I have written these books in the seaside series.
If you like short romantic reads, we would love if you checked them out
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