Books that Netflix Should Adapt
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I’m a firm believer than any good book can become a show or movie with the right people at the helm! But there are definitely some books I read that would make PERFECT movies or shows, especially for Netflix. I always think of Netflix bringing fun rom-coms or young adult movies to our screens primarily, but they’ve expanded a lot lately to feature lots of different genres.
Dimpleverse TV Show
Sandhya Menon’s Dimpleverse books should definitely be made into a TV show. It’s about an interconnected group of friends, so why not? Their love stories would all overlap or take place in order like the books do. Either way, I need it.
Sweetwater Springs TV Show
I know I talk about this series constantly, but any cute small town companion series would make a great TV show! Netflix has had success with adapting other romance series into shows, like Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River.
Truly Devious TV Show
This series is like a modern-day Nancy Drew kinda thing, and I think people would love it! There are four books (one coming out soon) so it’d spread out nicely throughout a few seasons of television. Stevie’s true crime addiction is relatable for a lot of us 😉
Girls with Sharp Sticks TV Show
I wanted to keep this on the contemporary side, but I couldn’t resist the previous suggestion as well as this one. Badass girls in a boarding school overthrowing the patriarchy? There’s a big market for shows like that y’all! Think of the Handmaid’s Tale.
YA Movies
Superhero movies are popular these days and I think Super Adjacent would be a fun one to see adapted! I’ve suggested Cestari’s debut series be adapted by Disney Channel but I think this would be a good option for Netflix instead as a movie.
Tweet Cute is one of my favorite books in recent memory – adorable characters, fun story with a lot of threads that the reader knows before the characters, a NYC setting… it’s all good stuff! Perfect for a Netflix YA rom-com. I feel like they focus a little more on the dramatic or sick lit YA adaptions (with a few exceptions of course) so this would be a breath of fresh air!
Adult Fiction Movies
Honestly I do think Cobble Hill would need to be beefed up a little bit from a plot perspective to make for a good movie, but the bones are there. It focuses on this hip Brooklyn neighborhood and all of its inhabitants, so it’s pretty damn character-driven. I think the ending could be made a little more dramatic and it’d work!
I adored You Were There Too and know it could be hard to make into a movie with some of the dreamy elements, but movie people know what they’re doing 😉 It was just such a great story with a shocking ending – I would love to see it come to life!
Tweet Cute would be a great one!
Love your list.