Top Ten Books That Should Be TV Shows
Today's Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl) subject was supposed to be Books I Read/Avoided Because of the Hype, but I couldn't really think of more than two. So today I've decided to post my own list, Books That Should Be TV Shows, because sometimes you think, "Yeah, I'd watch that."
- The Unidentified by Colin Dickey. - This book is a paranormal documentary, and while I'm sure some of the stories and subjects in this book have been covered by other paranormal documentaries, this is the first one I found that was trying to explain why we hold on so tightly to things that in all probability, just aren't real. It deserves to be a mini series at least.
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab - A book about a girl possessing the gift of immortality and the curse of forgettability.
- Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. - A dystopia about a mysterious pandemic; I'm don't think a movie could do it justice... I'm not a hundred percent sure the book did it justice. But if they made it into a tv show, I do totally watch it.
- Miss Peregrine's School for Children by Ransom Riggs - Okay, so I know it's a movie. But they had to change a lot of the story to fit into a movie format and I wonder if the story would have remained a little truer if the producers had more time to tell it. There were also more books than were covered in the movie so there is plenty of content available.
- The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant. - So I don't know if after The Walking Dead people are getting zombied-out, but I will always describe this novel as a political thriller with zombies and that makes it quite a bit different from The Walking Dead. Certainly, zombie and dystopia fans will tune in.
- Newford series by Charles de Lint. - I think this is technically classified as magical realism, but I classify all thing magical as fantasy just to keep it simple. I think the town of Newford would translate well from page to screen.
- Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham - This was one of the greatest disasters in human history and I think this book deserves its own docu-series even if it's a very small one.
- Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith - This story about changelings discovering who they are, and I can absolutely envision this airing on CW or Freeform, one of those channels that caters to young and new adults.
- The City and The City by China Mieville - Which to my understanding is in fact a tv show that ran for a 4 episode season, which to me is a disappointing run. There certainly was room to build more story off the original, if you had a writer with a big enough imagination.
- Detective Elin Warner by Sarah Pearse - This has all the makings of a great thriller, a troubled Detective with a troubled past investigating dark and nail-biting cases.
What books do you think should be tv shows?
I’d watch Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children!
ReplyDeleteHere is my Top Ten Tuesday.
In a world where this story existed on tv, i wonder if it would be done in black and white.
Deleteoohh you chose and interesting topic 🤔 if I had to pick, I think I'd like The Naturals by J.L,Barnes to become a TV show because it's basically Criminal Minds for young adults and I'd love that
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check out JLBarnes, I love criminal minds...gives me the heeby-jeebies.
DeleteI thought The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was fairly mediocre, not bad, but just kind of eh. I would absolutely watch it as a tv show though, especially if we get to see things from a more omniscient perspective. I hope you have a great week. - Katie
ReplyDeleteHere's my TTT if you wish to visit - https://justanothergirlandherbooks.blogspot.com/2024/09/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-bought-because.html
It wasn't the best book i have ever read either, but i did enjoy it.
DeleteThe Chernobyl disaster is so interesting. I haven't gotten around to reading the book yet, but I'd definitely watch a docu-series of it. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Thank you!
DeleteOh! I like this idea. I find that I will watch things in a genre I wouldn’t normally read so I have watched Miss Peregrine’s School for Children. I didn’t know they had to change a lot so I get the recommendation for a TV show. Detective Ellen Warren definitely sounds like something I’d watch.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, that I my tv and movie habits are different than my reading habits. Like I like a good murder mystery on tv, but i read very few crime novels. I love the marvel/dc movies but not their comics...
DeleteI would watch the heck out of a Miss Peregrine TV series, solid nomination.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Delete