What We're Reading Before We Watch the Book-to-Screen Adaptation in Fall 2025
Ok, so we’re biased – we run a bookstore and we usually think the book is better than the movie! But does that stop us from watching and enjoying movie and tv adaptations of books we’ve read? Absolutely not.
It’s fun to see how our favorite books get interpreted in different formats! We’re double dipping on The Summer I Turned Pretty by revisiting the book series by Jenny Han, and that got us thinking about even more upcoming book-to-screen adaptations coming up in the second half of 2025. Let’s get these read so we can enjoy these stories twice!
Thursday Murder Club
Based on the bestselling murder mystery novel by Richard Osman, a film adaptation starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley is coming out on Netflix August 28.
Wicked
You know all about this one! "Wicked: For Good," part two of the hit film based on a musical based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked” is coming to theaters November 21.
The Running Man
“The Running Man” is an action suspense novel by Stephen King, first released under the pen name Richard Bachman in 1982. The movie adaptation starring Glen Powell and directed by Edgar Wright is coming out November 7.
The History of Sound
The film adaptation of the critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Ben Shattuck is set to release September 12.
My Oxford Year
The film adaptation of “My Oxford Year,” based on the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan, is now playing on Netflix as of August 1! Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest star in the film.
Frankenstein
A new film adaptation of the original horror novel, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” is coming to Netflix in November, starring Jacob Elordi and directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel about the wife of William Shakespeare is coming to the big screen in December, directed by Chloe Zhao and starring Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley and Emily Watson. The screenplay was co-written by Maggie O’Farrell and Chloe Zhao.
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