Books to Binge on Netflix
April 18, 2020 – Kayla Thompson, Adult Services Coordinator
So, how many of us are using this time indoors to catch up on our Netflix lists? I know that I have been. My mom and I have been watching “Call the Midwife” and “The Great British Baking Show”. For anyone out there getting through their own lists, here are a few books-to-Netflix shows that you might want to look into. Some are new and some are old favorites.
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Dracula (by BBC’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat)
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The Ghost Bride (based on a novel by Yangsze Choo)
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Locke and Key (based on Joe Hill’s story)
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To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Based on P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han)
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The Last Thing He Wanted (Original Story by Joan Didon)
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I am Not Okay With This (based on the comic by Charles Sanford Forsman)
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All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
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Unorthodox (based on Deborah Feldman’s Memoir)
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (based on the book by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows)
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Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Orange is the New Black (based on the memoir by Piper Kerman)
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The Haunting of Hill House (based on the novel by Shirley Jackson)
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Alias Grace (based on Margaret Atwood’s novel)
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Outlander (based on the books by Diana Gabaldon)
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You (based on the novel Hidden Bodies)
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Julie and Julia (based on Julia Powell’s book)
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The Witcher (based on the series by Andrzej Sapkowski)
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Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
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Dumplin (Julie Murphy)
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The Umbrella Academy
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The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
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Anne with an E (based on Anne of Green Gables)
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In the Tall Grass (based on Stephen King’s novel)
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Call the Midwife (Jennifer Worth Memoirs)
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Christopher Robin (based on Winnie the Pooh)
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Thirteen Reasons Why (based on the novel by Jay Asher)
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The Vampire Diaries (L.J. Smith)
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Horns (based on the book by Joe Hill)
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Mindhunter (John Douglas)
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Sherlock (Based on the series by Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Silver Linings Playbook (based on the book by Matthew Quick)
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Dear John (based on the book by Nicholas Sparks)
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Longmire (based on the series by Craig Johnson)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (by Susanna Clark)
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The Mist (based on the novel by Stephen King)
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Zoo (based on the novel by James Patterson)
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Watership Down (based on the story by Richard Adams)
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Turn: Washington’s Spies (based on the book by Alexander Rose)
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When Calls the Heart (based on the books by Janette Oke)