20 Books That Need Movie or TV Adaptations

by Amy DuBois Barnett

Style, love, and hip-hop converge in this lively, likable novel. Full review >

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by Freida McFadden

Gleefully sadistic, gloriously gratifying revenge fiction. Full review >

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by Lillian Li

A resonant novel about coming of age in the internet era. Full review >

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by Viola Davis & James Patterson

Tense, readable, and relevant. Full review >

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by Tracy Sierra

A pulse-pounding, heart-rending thrill ride. Full review >

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by Sheldon Costa

A sweet, thrilling fable about the toll of grief and what it takes to fill a monster-sized hole. Full review >

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by Ben Markovits

This controlled, quietly moving portrait of a life in decline coasts to a halt in an unexpected place. Full review >

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by Eric Heisserer

“Soulmates” means something different in this entertaining psychological thriller. Full review >

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by Karen Parkman

Surprisingly grim and psychologically complex. Full review >

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by April Reynolds

A crafty murder mystery in the multihued form of an urban symphony. Full review >

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by Dorothy Roberts

A history of interracial marriage that perfectly balances scholarship and memoir. Full review >

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by Paul Fischer

An industry-focused work on some of cinema’s influential figures. Full review >

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by Ethelene Whitmire

A sympathetic portrait of an extraordinary man. Full review >

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by Trevor Reed with Jim DeFelice

A powerful memoir, especially for its close-up portrait of life in a gulag. Full review >

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by Mark Braude

Part biography, part true crime narrative, this book presents something rare: a novel story about interwar Paris. Full review >

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