Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!
This week’s theme is ‘Books that Should be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies (submitted by Nushu @ Not A Prima Donna Girl)’. Book adaptations are everywhere, but this week I’ve picked books I think would be adapted well rather than only books I love. There are some books I love that I don’t think would work well in any other medium, so I’d rather they were left alone!
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: This series would be such a fun Netflix series! I’m surprised it hasn’t been adapted already.
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland: Black girls kicking zombie butt in 19th century America? Yes, I need that on my screen immediately please.
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Considering there’s been such an 80s Renaissance with Stranger Things and the newer adaptation of IT, this could be such a fun Netflix film.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid: A Netflix series, with each episode following one of the seven marriages, would be ideal. Besides I’d love to see Evelyn herself, in her emerald green gowns, on the screen.
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor: I’d love a Netflix series for this duology, but I’d particularly like Netflix to team up with Studio Ghibli for it. Ghibli’s animation would suit this series so well.
The Inkworld Trilogy by Cornelia Funke: I love this series so much and the film adaptation didn’t do it justice, and also changed the ending in a way that made it impossible for them to adapt the later books in the trilogy. This is a particular bummer for me considering my favourite character in the series doesn’t appear until the second book. I’d like a Netflix series please!
The Old Kingdom by Garth Nix: Nix has said himself that he’d rather have no adaptation than a bad one, which I completely agree with, but I’d love to see this story come alive in a TV series. Netflix did a pretty good job with The Witcher, so I feel like Sabriel and co. would be in safe hands.
The Diviners by Libba Bray: It’s the ’20s again, why isn’t there an adaptation of this series in the works? This series is so timely for issues the world is still facing and I would watch the hell out of it.
Well Met by Jen DeLuca: This rom-com would be such a cute Netflix film!
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt: Rather than Netflix, I’d really like to see Disney+ give us a documentary about the women who were some of the earliest animators at the Disney company, and how they contributed to some of the most famous Disney classics.
Well Met would be such a fun rom-com! And definitely agree with Evelyn Hugo and the Lunar Chronicles. Also, I need to read The Diviners 🙂
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Great list, Jess! Some of these are on my TBR and I just need to read them and imagine they are tv shows/movies. Definitely need Dread Nation and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I also did not know I want some Netflix & Ghibli collab but now I really do.
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I would love to see adaptations for the Lunar Chronicles and the Old Kingdom series!
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A huge YES to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo!
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It could be so good!
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I LOVED The Queens of Animation and would adore a documentary version!! Agree on Dread Nation too – let’s kick some zombie butt! 🙂
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Yeees I need more girls kicking zombie butt on my screen!
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The seven husbands and Well Met both sound like they would be fabulous on screen!
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I’d watch them both repeatedly!
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Well Met would be such a fun show. I can just imagine it now, and there are so many possibilities.
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It would make for such a cute adaptation. 🙂
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I’m surprised The Lunar Chronicles hasn’t already been adapted!
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I know, right?!
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Great list. I love Disney movies! I would watch the one about the Disney animators.
Here is my TTT.
https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/top-ten-tuesday-9/
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Thanks!
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You are welcome!
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Adding Queens of Animation to my list, I love books like this about Disney!
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I haven’t read my copy yet, but it sounds so good!
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Oh this post is basically my tbr list 🙈🙈 I really need to read the Lunar Chronicles. Cinder has been sat on my shelf for the longest time
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Haha I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
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Dread Nation could be an amazing adaptation! And they could easily market it for fans of TWD and Westworld.
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Exactly! It needs to happen.
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Great list! I would love to see Cinder!
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Thanks!
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Never did make time for the Lunar books but what everyone tells me/says about them seems like ideal TV material. Also, from what I know about Well Met, this NEEDS to happen. 🙂 Thanks so much for the Finding Wonderland visit, Jess.
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Well Met would be SUCH a cute rom-com. 😀
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Cinder made it to my list too 🙂 Great choices!
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Such a good list! I’d LOVE to see the Lunar chronicles adapted for Netflix. I’d binge watch that!
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Thanks! I know, right? Give me all that sci-fi fairy tale drama.
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So many great options here! I am 100% with you on a need for an Inkheart series that captures all that good magic the movie glossed over. Eragon would also be on my list for the same reasons 🙂
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Thanks! I must admit Eragon wasn’t for me when I read it, but its fans definitely deserve a better adaptation!
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Cinder would be amazing! I can’t believe it’s not in the works already, as well. Great list!
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I know, I’m surprised it hasn’t been done yet too!
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Well Met is on my list this week, and one other I’ve seen so far. I hope Netflix is paying attention! 🙂 Yes to Evelyn Hugo! I can just imagine how gorgeous it would be. Cinder would be really fun as a series too. Great list!
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Thanks Lisa! Yeees Evelyn Hugo would be such a gorgeous adaptation. ❤
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Heck yes to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! It would make an amazing series. I had that same thought when I read it, especially after the opening scenes when we really dug into her colourful life. (Although the opening scenes were good, too).
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
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It’d be such a good series! And so refreshing to see LGBT+ rep in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Ooh yes, I had Lunar Chronicles on my list this week as well 😀 I think it’d be an awesome show! I think I’d definitely be keen to see Evelyn Hugo, Strange the Dreamer and Well Met made into shows/movies. Awesome list!
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Thanks Dini! Hopefully one day we’ll get that Lunar Chronicles adaptation we want. 😉
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Dread Nation would be freaking awesome as a live-action film! I need it.
Great list!
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Wouldn’t it?! Why hasn’t this happened yet? I have a mighty need!
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The Diviners would make an amazing show, I really want to see it!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-277/
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I’m desperate for a Diviners adaptation! It’d be so good, and so timely.
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It really would be!
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The Old Kingdom would be awesome!
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I know, right? I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet, but now seems to be the perfect time for fantasy adaptations.
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Would love an Evelyn tv show! You’ve organised it perfectly, too 🙂
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Yes, it’d be so good! 😀
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Totally agree about The Lunar Chronicles – why hasn’t this happened yet??
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I know, I’m really surprised it hasn’t been adapted yet!
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Jess, I agree that The Inkworld Trilogy and The Old Kingdom could make great TV shows. 😃
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I’d love to see both stories on the screen!
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Ooh I could see Evelyn Hugo working as a show. Kind of stylised like one of those docu dramas perhaps. Great picks Jess ☺️💚💖❤️
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Thanks Emer! 😀 If they’re adapting Daisy Jones & The Six, hopefully they’ll do Evelyn Hugo, too.
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Disney already makes nature documentaries; one about the animators would be awesome.
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It’d be so interesting!
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I really need to read Signal to Noise, and everything else by her that I haven’t read yet 😀
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Yes, you really do. 😉
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