If you feel like every book on your nightstand is suddenly becoming a movie or a TV series, you’re not imagining things.
Hollywood is raiding the bookstore again, and over the next two years, we’re getting a wave of adaptations. A couple are already streaming, plenty more are on the way. Here’s a look at what’s worth reading before everyone else talks about the screen versions.
Colleen Hoover can’t be escaped
Let’s start with Colleen Hoover, because her books are everywhere right now. Earlier this year, we got It Ends With Us with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. The release came with plenty of drama. Fans were split on how it handled the book’s heavy subject matter, and the real-life tension between the leads only added to the chaos. Love it or hate it, the movie kept Hoover right in the spotlight.
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Regretting You (hitting theaters on October 24, 2025) stars Allison Williams (Get Out, M3GAN) alongside McKenna Grace (Gifted, Young Sheldon). It’s a mother-daughter drama about grief, betrayal, and trying to repair a relationship that feels beyond saving.
Then in May 2026, comes Verity. Anne Hathaway takes on the role of Verity Crawford, Dakota Johnson plays Lowen—the writer brought in to finish Verity’s work—and Josh Hartnett plays the husband caught between them. It’s part love story, part psychological horror, and one you’ll want to read before the internet spoils every wild twist.
The BookTok romances
BookTok, TikTok’s corner of readers and book recs, basically runs publishing right now. It’s where certain titles blow up overnight and spark debates, so of course, a few of its darlings are being adapted.
Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis is on the way with Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) as Olive, a Ph.D. student who fakes a relationship with her professor Adam, played by Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile, Murder on the Orient Express). If you’re into fake dating and nerdy banter, this is a safe bet.
Then there’s Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation, coming to Netflix in January 2026. Henry’s books (Beach Read, Happy Place, Book Lovers) also “own” BookTok. Tom Blyth (young Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Emily Bader (My Lady Jane) star as Alex and Poppy, best friends who used to travel together every summer until a fight drove them apart. They decide to try one last trip, and, of course, old feelings come rushing back.
Thrillers and creepy classics
This Christmas, Netflix is releasing The Housemaid, Freida McFadden’s viral thriller. Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) plays Millie, who thinks she’s landed a dream live-in job with a wealthy couple. Amanda Seyfried plays the polished but unsettling wife who may be hiding more than a few secrets.
And then next fall, Guillermo del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is finally coming. Jacob Elordi (Saltburn, Euphoria) stars as the Creature, Oscar Isaac (Dune) plays Victor Frankenstein, and Mia Goth (Pearl) as Elizabeth Lavenza. Del Toro’s been wanting to make this for years, so expect something gothic and heartbreaking.
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Expected big blockbusters
Wicked: For Good will be shown in theaters in November this year, wrapping up Jon M. Chu’s two-part version of Gregory Maguire’s novel and the Broadway musical. Cynthia Erivo is back as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande once again steps into Glinda’s glittery shoes, and the cast also includes Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton). If you thought the first part was big, this one’s the closer. For theater fans, yes, we already know how the story ends and which songs are coming, but seeing them on the big screen with this cast and production is still something to look forward to.
In November 2026, Suzanne Collins will pull us back into Panem with Sunrise on the Reaping. It’s a Hunger Games prequel that tells the story of young Haymitch Abernathy during his Quarter Quell. Francis Lawrence (who directed Catching Fire and Mockingjay) returns, and the cast lineup is stacked: Ralph Fiennes, Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Mckenna Grace. Fans who thought Katniss had it bad are about to see just how brutal the Games can get.
And if you’re the impatient type, a couple of these are already waiting for you
Netflix has My Oxford Year, based on the novel by Julia Whelan, a contemporary romance that mixes love and ambition. It stars Sofia Carson (Disney’s Descendants) as Anna, an American student finally living her Oxford dream until she falls for Jamie, played by Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte). It’s a love story with enough bittersweet notes to linger after the credits (I admit, I cried after watching this)
And Prime Video just wrapped The Summer I Turned Pretty. Jenny Han’s trilogy has been a summer staple for years, and the third season finally ended Belly’s love triangle with brothers Conrad and Jeremiah. If you’ve grown up alongside these characters, the finale feels like closing the door on your own teenage summers. And if you’re a Swiftie, you already know Taylor’s songs have been at the heart of the series since day one.
Yup, your reading list just got longer. But when these shows and movies drop, you’ll be glad you’re the one who can say, “Yeah, I read the book first.”
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