24 Novels That Are Crying Out To Be Turned Into A TV Series

BuzzFeed ^ | August 14, 2017 | Jamie Jones

[EveningStar]

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community which books need to be turned into TV Shows. Here are some of the best responses...

[EveningStar]

1. Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
3. World War Z by Max Brooks
4. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
6. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
7. The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown
8. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
9. The Dark Tower by Stephen King
10. The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
11. The Selection by Kiera Cass
12. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
14. The Gentlemen Bastard series by Scott Lynch
15. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
16. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
17. Gone by Michael Grant
18. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
19. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
20. Dune by Frank Herbert
21. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
22. The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
23. The MaddAddam series by Margaret Atwood
24. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

[EveningStar]

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[DuncanWaring]

Lucifer’s Hammer - Niven/Pournelle.

[EveningStar]

Ever since I read it (when it first came out) I’ve wanted to see it made into a miniseries.

[pops88]

I’d watch that. Great book. I’d watch One Second After, too. I only recognized a few of the titles listed, but doubt I’d watch them, and I’d have to watch them streaming if I did.

[bakeneko]

Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series.

[Kriggerel]

The “Royal Assassin”, “Tawny Man”, and “The Fool & The Fitz” trilogies by Robin Hobb.

Some of the best-written high fantasy I have EVER come across.

[spincaster]

Unintended Consequences

[GingisK]

Oh, yeah! One of my favorites of all time!

[spincaster]

Marky Mark can play Henry Bowman.

[rrrod]

Black Hearts White Bones...

[sport]

I would nominate all of Matt Bracken’s.

[Skooz]

How about the entirety of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series?

[mewzilla]

Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody mysteries.

[mewzilla]

Only if the Black Sails folks did it! :-)

[Fightin Whitey]

Dune. Done. Dumb.

[Ted Grant]

Wild Cards, vol. 1 to 4.

[TheStickman]

I’d love to see the Wheel of Time become a TV series. One of the most enjoyable stories I’ve ever read.

Problem is it would take an enormous commitment by actors, directors & producers plus a HUGE amount of $$$ to make it happen. It would take at least 5 years to complete the main story line.

[left that other site]

“Altar of Bones” by Philip Carter

[CrazyIvan]

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams”

“Red Dwarf” came close.