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Entertainment Weekly's 50 Books We're Dying to See Get Adapted

Published in March 2023, this is an excellent article and list that I highly recommend you read if you're interested in these books and/or screen adaptations from books. It's not just a list - it provides excellent detail about whether rights have been purchased, who would be the ideal directors and actors to bring the book adaptation to life, and other information. Some of these have been turned into tv series since it was published, but it's good to compare how they thought it should be adapted to the quality of the actual adaptation.
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
1
Anthony Doerr
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2
Michael Chabon
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
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Tayari Jones
American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld)
American Wife
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Curtis Sittenfeld
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
5
Chad Harbach
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
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Kate Chopin
Bleeding Edge (Thomas Pynchon)
Bleeding Edge
7
Thomas Pynchon
Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
Carter Beats the Devil
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Glen David Gold
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
John Kennedy Toole
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
10
Jonathan Franzen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Mark Haddon
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
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Sebastian Barry
Death With Interruptions (Jose Saramago)
Death With Interruptions
13
Jose Saramago
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
14
Erik Larson
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
15
Tara Westover
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
16
Ottessa Moshfegh
An Ember in the Ashes (Sabaa Tahir)
An Ember in the Ashes
17
Sabaa Tahir
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
18
Barbara Pym
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
19
Lauren Groff
The Chronicles of Amber (Roger Zelazny)
The Chronicles of Amber
20
Roger Zelazny
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers
21
Rachel Kushner
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
22
Umberto Eco
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
23
Emma Cline
Hate to Want You (Alisha Rai)
Hate to Want You
24
Alisha Rai
The Gallagher Girls Series (Ally Carter)
The Gallagher Girls Series
25
Ally Carter
Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong)
Goodbye, Vitamin
26
Rachel Khong
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (N. K. Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
27
N. K. Jemisin
The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer)
The Interestings
28
Meg Wolitzer
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
29
Haruki Murakami
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
30
Octavia E. Butler
Kringle (Tony Abbott)
Kringle
31
Tony Abbott
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
32
Ursula K. Le Guin
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
33
Andrew Sean Greer
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
34
Kate Atkinson
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
35
Hanya Yanagihara
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
36
Mikhail Bulgakov
Meg Cabot "The Mediator" Series
Meg Cabot "The Mediator" Series
37
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
38
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
39
Walker Percy
Next Year in Havana (Chanel Cleeton)
Next Year in Havana
40
Chanel Cleeton
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