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Book lovers, prepare yourselves! 

A library of stories is headed to the big screen and streaming in 2024. While we love letting our imaginations run wild as we turn pages (or swipe pages, depending on our book format of choice), it's thrilling to see our favorite stories from literature transposed onto the screen.

One of the most anticipated films of the year thus far, is Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and more huge Hollywood names. The film is based on Frank Herbert's original novel. Unlike the first movie, which was released to Max and cinemas simultaneously, the sequel will be exclusively released to theaters first in March before heading to Max at a later date.

One of the most anticipated films of the year thus far, was Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and more huge Hollywood names. The film is based on Frank Herbert's original novel and is now streaming on Max. 

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It doesn't stop there. Many of your required readings from school are getting a makeover, with classics being reimagined for the silver screen. And it's not just the oldies you can see transformed into a different medium: New favorites like Uglies will debut on streaming this year and feature some of our favorite stars, including Laverne Cox. 

It's time to call an emergency book club meeting because we've rounded all the books you'll want to peruse that are coming to life this year. If you want to be in the camp that decides whether the on-screen version lives up to the book, check out these celebrated titles in a hurry. Bragging rights are on the line. 

Below, check out all the books being transformed into movies and television series this year and find out where and when you can start watching your favorite literary characters come to life.

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Books Coming to the Big Screen

How will you discern that the book is better than the adaptation if you haven't read it yet? Below, check these stories out for yourself. 

Argylle is about a novelist who is writing about real events happening between spies without realizing it. Matthew Vaughn directs the movie adaptation, bringing an immensely talented cast, including Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill and Dua Lipa. See the star-studded film when it premieres on February 2. Movie tickets are available to purchase now.

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We all know the classic Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein, but you might not know about Lisa Frankenstein, a new movie inspired by the novel. The movie, starring Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man), premieres on February 9. Tickets are available now.

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Madame Web is a Marvel superhero who sees into the future to help Spider-Man. Madame Web starring Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson is now streaming on Netflix.

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Colleen Hoover's award-winning novel It Ends With Us is about a romance that is threatened when an old fling returns. Blake Lively stars in the new movie adaptation that's slated to premiere in August 2024.

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Often sent on dangerous missions in outer space, Mickey is regenerated every time he dies. However, the seventh Mickey (known as Mickey7) decides to change things in the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Mickey 17, based on this story, stars Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo and is expected in theaters early next year.

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A horror novel set in an Irish forest, The Watchers follows Mina, who is trapped in a concrete bunker and watched by creatures above. M. Night Shyamalan's daughter, Ishana Shyamalan, directed a film based on the book starring Dakota Fanning that's in theaters now.

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Three unlikely individuals must work together to stop a deadly organism from infecting the planet in David Koepp's novel Cold Storage. Liam Neeson is set to star in the film adaptation that comes out sometime next year.

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When a pioneer in abstract expressionism, Mark Rothko, died, his paintings were suspiciously sold by executors for a fraction of their value, causing major legal battles as documented in the book The Legacy Of Mark Rothko. Russell Crowe is set to star as the painter in Rothko, but the film has been delayed several times.

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Degrassi's Sarah Fisher stars in Someone Like You, headed to theaters in early April. In the book that inspires the film, Maddie Baxter West's life is turned upside down when she finds out she was adopted as an embryo. 

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Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug's autobiography, Landing on My Feet: A Diary of Dreams, is being adapted into a film with the help of director Olivia Wilde. The movie, Perfect, is still in pre-production, so no premiere date has been set.

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You might be saying to yourself, "Hasn't there already been a movie series based on The Lord of the Rings?" The answer is yes. However an upcoming film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, expands on history from the second book.

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A CIA agent is on the hunt for revenge when his fiancée is murdered by a terrorist in Robert Littell's novel The Amateur. Previously adapted into a film in 1981, the book is being revisited for an upcoming movie starring Rami Malek and Rachel Brosnahan.

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Damien Lewis's novel The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops gives a fascinating history lesson. The book is the inspiration for the Lionsgate film starring Henry Cavill. 

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The beloved Broadway musical Wicked is based on a best-selling book by Gregory Maguire. This book is also the inspiration behind the movie starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh which hits theaters in November. 

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With an all-star cast including Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel and Lil Rel Howery, you can expect big things from the movie adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon. The theatrical release date has been pushed back a few times, with a current date of August 2, 2024.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a coming-of-age story about two teen boys in El Paso, Texas and their journey to self-discovery. The movie produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda is available to rent or buy on Prime Video.

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Books Coming to Television and Streaming

Read your favorites below, then enjoy these stories again when they're transposed onto the small screen.

Ryan Murphy's series Feud had a second season on FX, this time centering around Truman Capote and the high society wives of New York City he surrounded himself with, which is documented in Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. 

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Paramount+ animated movie The Tiger's Apprentice is based on the novel of the same name. The book series is about Tom Lee, who is your average teenager until he learns he is part of a magical group of protectors called The Guardians. 

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Colter Shaw is an expert tracker who helps the police find missing persons in The Never Game. CBS' hit show Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, is based on the series by Jeffery Deaver.

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Set in 17th-century Japan, Shōgun, written by James Cavall, is an FX series that premiered on Hulu in late February.

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Spaceman of Bohemia is a fantasy novel inspired by Jakub Procházka, the first Czech astronaut. Netflix adapted the series with Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan. 

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Previously turned into a movie starring Matt Damon in 1999, The Talented Mr. Ripley is now being adapted by Netflix as an eight-episode series starring Andrew Scott, set to premiere in April.

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Logan Lerman and Joey King star in Hulu's adaptation of We Were the Lucky Ones about a Jewish family separated during World War II. The series premiered on March 28. 

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After the military sends signals to an alien race, the humans of Earth split into camps that either welcome them or plan to hurt them in Cixin Liu's novel The Three-Body Problem. Netflix is adapted the book, with the help of David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, into a streaming series that premiered in March.

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Apple TV turned this tale about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth into a true crime drama series titled Manhunt, which premiered on March 15.

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The third season of Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty is based on the third book in Jenny Han's series titled We'll Always Have Summer. Season 3 is expected to air sometime in 2025.

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A 1960s housewife leaves the comfort of her life to become a reporter, investigating the murder of a missing girl. Apple TV+ is reimagining Lady of the Lake as a limited series with Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o.

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The inspiration for a Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles is about Count Alexander Rostov who lives under house arrest watching history unfold from his attic.

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Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen tells the story of a double agent in the wake of the Vietnam War. HBO is adapted the book as a series with Robert Downey Jr.

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Another season of Netflix's Sandman is in the works. The next season will likely be based on Neil Gaiman's second book, The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House.

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The Electric State is an illustrated science fiction story by Simon Stålenhag about a runaway teen and her yellow robot travel companion. The book is being adapted as a Netflix film with major star power, including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan and Stanley Tucci.

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Trust by Hernan Diaz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a Wall Street tycoon and his wife, the daughter of an aristocrat. Kate Winslet is set to star in HBO's adaptation of the book.

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Roku adapted The Spiderwick Chronicles, a story about siblings who find a magical book in their new home that teaches them about the world of fairies. Christian Slater is one of the actors starring in the series that premiered in April.

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Carley Fortune's best-selling romance novel Meet Me at the Lake, which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are adapting for Netflix. In the book, Fern's life was once full of potential, but now she's back home running her mom's lakeside resort, which she never wanted to do. Her life is turned upside down when a man from her past shows up offering to help.

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John Green's novel was picked up to be adapted soon after it was published in 2017. Turtles All the Way Down premiered on Max in May 2024.

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Plans starting at $10/month

The third season of Netflix's Bridgerton is based on the third book in Julia Quinn's series: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.

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Plans starting at $7/month

Upon her 16th birthday, Tally will have surgery to become a "pretty," after which all she has to do for the rest of her life is have fun. But is it really going to be the paradise she's been promised? Scott Westerfeld's New York Times best-selling series is coming to Netflix sometime in 2024 and stars big names, including Joey King and Laverne Cox. 

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Book Adaptations Streaming Now

Here are the books you can currently enjoy in a new video medium. 

Amazon's lPrime Video series, Expats stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo. It's based on Janice Y. K. Lee's book, The Expatriates, where women's lives are forever changed when one of their children goes missing while abroad. 

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Plans starting at $8/month

Read the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II and the young men who flew the bombers that helped beat the Nazis, liberate Europe, and inspire the major Apple TV+ series.

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Daredevil's nemesis Kingpin is now pursuing Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), a deaf Native American hero in Disney+'s latest Marvel series based on David Mack's comic.

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Written in 1982, The Color Purple is a now-classic novel that was quickly adapted into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey and a truly amazing cast brought the musical version of this story to the screen. 

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Journalist David Grann explores the sinister truth behind the deaths and disappearances of several Osage citizens in 1920s Oklahoma and how the mystery led to the creation of the FBI. The Martin Scorsese-directed film is now streaming on Apple TV+.

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The hit movie Oppenheimer is based on American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. The award-winning film will land on Peacock in mid-February.

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