Netflix is currently the best streaming platform on the market. It has the largest user base compared to Disney, HBO, and Amazon Prime Video services. Netflix has built a reputation for excellent TV show adaptations of books. Here are all upcoming book adaptations arriving in 2023.
Book-based shows to watch out for on Netflix in 2023
Shadow and Bone Season Two (Siege and Storm)
Siege and Storm is the second book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. The second season follows the second book of the series. The streaming platform has already filmed the first season of the series that follow the events from the first book called Shadow and Bone.
The books follow the story of Aline Starkov, a Ravka kingdom soldier who learns of her magical abilities. The plan is to film the series for three seasons and cover the third book, Ruin and Rising.
Bridgerton Season Three
Bridgerton is one of the most popular Netflix shows based on books. The idea came from the book series written by Julia Quinn. Netflix announced in May 2022 that the third season would skip the third book from the series and cover the events from the fourth book, Romancing Mister Bridgerton. This novel places the love story of Penelope and Colin in focus.
All The Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See is a 2014 novel by Anthony Doerr. The book encompasses themes of courage, suffering, survival, hope, friendship, family, and love. The plot follows Marie-Laurie, a young teenage girl forced to escape Paris with her father when the Nazi occupation in World War II begins.
The Netflix show is made by the showrunners of Stranger Things and Peaky Blinders. It will take the form of a four-episode limited drama series.
The series will release later in 2023.
Lockwood & Co.
Lockwood & Co. is a popular book series based in London written by Jonathan Stroud. The supernatural thriller young adult novels follow three operatives from a psychic detection agency and their ghost-fighting adventures.
The series has five books:
- The Screaming Staircase
- The Whispering Skull
- The Hollow Boy
- The Creeping Shadow
- The Empty Grave
The Netflix adaptation by Joe Cornish has eight episodes and was released on January 27, 2023.
Wellmania
Wellmania: Extreme Misadventures in the Search for Wellness is a 2018 book by Brigid Delaney that tackles the core of the wellness industry. The author is a long-time journalist who has explored the wellness industry’s good and bad and shared her insights in this book.
The series will come to Netflix in March and will feature Celeste Barber, a popular Australian comedian. The author of the book has also produced the series.
Heartstopper Season Two
Heartstopper is a graphic book series by Alice Oseman. The series was published in four volumes, all following the adventures of two boys, Charlie and Nick. This LGBTQ+-friendly graphic novel explores the life, love, and anything in between two boys who fall for each other.
This young adult novel’s release date for the second season is yet to be announced by Netflix.
The Three Body Problem
The Three Body Problem is a novel by a famous Chinese writer, Liu Cixin. The science fiction novel takes place during China’s Cultural Revolution and traces a military project that tries to contact aliens. And Earth prepares to encounter the superior beings who capture the signal.
The series has three books:
- Three Body Problem
- The Dark Forest
- Death’s End
The Netflix series will have 30 episodes.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine in 1839. The gothic fiction story follows an unnamed narrator who visits his ill friend, Roderick Usher.
The narrator witnesses some captivating scenes followed by storms and numerous horror elements. The story includes themes of isolation, family, madness, and metaphysical identities.
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FAQ
What’s the most exciting thing coming to Netflix 2023?
A number of new movies and TV series are coming to Netflix in 2023, like the fourth season of You, The Mother with J. Lo, Bridgerton season three, and much more.
What is coming to Passionflix in 2023?
Wait With Me, The Secret Life of Amy Bensen, and Gabriel’s Redemption are some of the most-anticipated titles coming to Passionflix in 2023.
What fantasy book adaptations are coming out in 2023?
Some fantasy book adaptations that are coming out in 2023 as miniseries, limited series, spinoffs, or movie adaptations include:
- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Dune: The Sisterhood by Frank Herbert (basis)
- Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice
- Circe by Madeline Miller
What other streaming platforms have book adaptations?
Hulu, Prime Video, Disney, Apple TV, AMC Stubs, Paramount+, and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine all make book adaptations.
What are some TV shows based on books coming in 2023 that aren’t on Netflix?
The following are popular TV shows based on books that are coming out in 2023 but not on Netflix:
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Riley Keough in the lead role)
- A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre
- White House Plumbers based on Integrity by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Wolf Pack by Edo van Belkom
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Jennifer Garner as Hannah)
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (starring Michelle Yeoh)