30+ book-to-screen adaptations to watch for in 2026

by Alice Feeney

🎧 Audiobook

His & Hers, TV mini-series starring Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal & Pablo Schreiber, with Jessica Chastain as Executive Producer 

Release date: Jan. 8 

A journalist investigating a murder in her hometown clashes with a suspicious detective. There are two sides to every story, and someone is lying.

by Emily Henry

🎧 Audiobook

People We Meet on Vacation, streaming film starring Emily Bader, Tom Blyth & Sarah Catherine Hook

Release date: Jan. 9

Poppy wants to explore the world and Alex prefers to stay home with a good book, but somehow they are the very best of friends. They live far apart, but for a decade they have spent one week of summer vacation together.

by Carola Lovering

🎧 Audiobook

Tell Me Lies, Season 3 starring Grace Van Patten, Jackson White & Catherine Missal

Release date: Jan. 13

Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter their lives and the lives of everyone around them; a tumultuous and intoxicating relationship unfolds over eight years.

by George R. R. Martin

🎧 Audiobook

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, TV series starring Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell & Daniel Ings

Release date: Jan. 18

A century before Game of Thrones, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg, wandered through Westeros while the Targaryen dynasty ruled the Iron Throne, and dragons were still remembered. Great destinies and enemies await the incomparable friends.

by Jennifer Iacopelli

🎧 Audiobook

Finding Her Edge, TV series starring Madelyn Keys, Harmon Walsh & Alexandra Beaton

Release date: Jan. 22

Three sisters navigate the pressures of their family's figure skating legacy. Adriana trains with new partner Brayden while still loving ex-partner Freddie. A fake romance with Brayden for sponsorship adds to her challenges.

by Michael Connelly

🎧 Audiobook

The Lincoln Lawyer, Season 4 starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton & Angus Sampson

Release date: Feb. 5

Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

by Bram Stoker

🎧 Audiobook

Dracula, movie in theaters starring Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz & Zoë Bleu

Release date: Feb. 6

When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife, he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope—to be reunited with his lost love.

by Judith Sanders

The Huntsman, movie in theaters starring Shawn Ashmore, Elizabeth Mitchell & Jessy Schram

Release date: Feb. 6

When an ICU nurse volunteers to help a coma patient accused of murdering six women, he's drawn into a chilling web of lies, obsession, and deadly secrets as a detective races to stop the killer.

by Adam Mars-Jones

Pillion, movie in theaters starring Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård & Douglas Hodge

Release date: Feb. 6

A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

by Emily Bronte

🎧 Audiobook

Wuthering Heights, movie in theaters starring Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi

Release date: Feb. 13

A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. 

by Catherine Ryan Howard

🎧 Audiobook

56 Days, TV series starring Dove Cameron, Avan Jogia & Karla Souza

Release date: Feb. 18

After a chance supermarket encounter, Oliver and Ciara embark on an intense relationship. When a savagely murdered corpse surfaces 56 days later, the investigation delves into their turbulent love story, revealing grim secrets.

by Laura Dave

🎧 Audiobook

The Last Thing He Told Me, TV series starring Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Angourie Rice

Release date: Feb. 20

A woman forms an unexpected relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter while searching for the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.

by Julia Quinn

🎧 Audiobook

Bridgerton, Season 4 starring Luke Thompson & Yerin Ha

Release date: Feb. 26 (Part 2)

A Cinderella-like tale unfolds as Benedict, the free-spirited artist of the family, falls for Sophie, a masked woman at a masquerade ball.

by Julia May Jonas

🎧 Audiobook

Vladamir, TV series starring Rachel Weisz, Kayli Carter & Elisa Moolecherry

Release date: March 5

A woman's life spirals as she develops an obsession with her alluring coworker. Her determination to make her fantasies real leads to dark, humorous, and complicated situations.

by Diana Gabaldon

🎧 Audiobook

Outlander, Season 8 starring Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan & Sophie Skelton

Release date: March 6

Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to 1743 Scotland, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for a young soldier, James Fraser.

by Patricia Cornwell

🎧 Audiobook

Scarpetta, TV series starring Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis & Ariana DeBose

Release date: March 11

A brilliant forensic pathologist uses forensic technology to solve crimes.

by Colleen Hoover

Reminders of Him, movie in theaters starring Maika Monroe, Jennifer Robertson & Bradley Whitford

Release date: March 13

After prison, a woman attempts to reconnect with her young daughter but faces resistance from everyone except a bar owner with ties to her child. As they grow closer, she must confront her past mistakes to build a hopeful future.

by Araminta Hall

🎧 Audiobook

Imperfect Women, TV series starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss & Kate Mara

Release date: March 18

Follows an investigation that dives deep into the murder of a wealthy woman and all the dark secrets uncovered about her life.

by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary, movie in theaters starring Ryan Gosling, Milana Vayntrub & Ken Leung

Release date: March 20

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.

by Rufi Thorpe

🎧 Audiobook

Margo’s Got Money Troubles, TV series starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Michael Workeye & Nick Offerman

Release date: April 15

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world.

by Lauren Weisberger

🎧 Audiobook

The Devil Wears Prada 2, movie in theaters starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt & Anne Hathaway

Release date: May 1

Follows Miranda Priestly's struggle against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amidst declining print media while Miranda nears retirement.

by Shelby Van Pelt

🎧 Audiobook

Remarkably Bright Creatures, streaming film starring Dan Payne, Lewis Pullman & Sally Field

Release date: May 8

Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.

by Marissa Stapley

🎧 Audiobook

Lucky, TV series starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor & Annette Bening

Release date: July 15

A reformed criminal is forced to confront her past and return to illicit activities for one final job, hoping to secure her freedom and leave her former life behind for good.

by Homer

🎧 Audiobook

The Odyssey, movie in theaters starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland & Anne Hathaway

Release date: July 17

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.

by Alice Hoffman

🎧 Audiobook

Practical Magic 2, movie in theaters starring Nicole Kidman & Sandra Bullock

Release date: Sept. 11

A multi-generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other.

by Jane Austen

🎧 Audiobook

Sense and Sensibility, movie in theaters starring Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Daisy Edgar-Jones & Esmé Creed-Miles

Release date: Sept. 11

Sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood must leave their Sussex estate and move in with a distant relative, facing romance and money troubles.

by Colleen Hoover

Verity, movie in theaters starring Anne Hathaway & Dakota Johnson

Release date: Oct. 2

Lowen Ashleigh gets hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who's unable to finish after an accident. Lowen uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.

by Suzanne Collins

🎧 Audiobook

Sunrise on the Reaping, movie in theaters starring Joseph Zada, Elle Fanning & Jesse Plemons

Release date: Nov. 20

Explores Panem 24 years before Katniss' saga, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy participates.

by Frank Herbert

🎧 Audiobook

Dune: Part Three, movie in theaters starring Jason Momoa, Timothée Chalamet & Anya Taylor-Joy

Release date: Dec. 18

It follows Muad'dib, heir to unimaginable power, as he brings to fruition the ancient scheme to create a superbeing ruler among men, not in the heavens.

by C. S. Lewis

🎧 Audiobook

Narnia, movie in theaters starring Daniel Craig, Emma Mackey & Carey Mulligan

Release date: Nov. 26

From Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Little Women), adapted from C.S. Lewis' cherished tale.

by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Forever, streaming movie starring Kit Connor & Joe Locke

Release date: TBD

Nick and Charlie are in love, but new challenges lay ahead with Nick getting ready to leave for university and Charlie taking on new responsibilities at school.

by Ali Hazelwood

🎧 Audiobook

The Love Hypothesis, movie starring Rachel Marsh, Tom Bateman & Lili Reinhart

Release date: TBD

After an impulsive kiss, two scientists end up in a fake relationship, testing their theories about love and each other.

by Tomi Adeyemi

🎧 Audiobook

Children of Blood and Bone, movie in theaters starring Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor & Damson Idris

Release date: Jan. 15, 2027

A woman blessed with magical powers by the gods and living in a place where you are forbidden to use them, teams up with a princess to summon the gods and bring down the oppressive regime.

by Nicholas Sparks

🎧 Audiobook

Remain, movie in theaters starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor & Tracy Ifeachor; directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Release date: Feb. 5, 2027

A grieving architect moves to Cape Cod for work after leaving a psychiatric facility. While staying at a historic B&B, he meets a mysterious woman who makes him question his rational beliefs about life and loss.