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Books on Screen

Each month, our Books on Screen feature spotlights movies, television shows, miniseries and specials that are based on books of various genres --- including novels, memoirs, comics, children's books, short stories and poetry --- along with the latest DVD releases.

July 2025

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Ballard" on Prime Video, "Dexter: New Blood" on Paramount+ with Showtime, "Washington Black" on Hulu, and "The Hunting Wives" on Netflix; the season premieres of Apple TV+'s "Foundation" and Prime Video's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"; the season finales of "Nine Perfect Strangers" on Hulu and "Sullivan's Crossing" on The CW; the films Jurassic World Rebirth, Superman, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Juliet & Romeo, The Amateur and The Actor.

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June 2025

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of Prime Video's "We Were Liars" and Netflix's "The Survivors"; the season premieres of "Grantchester" on PBS "Masterpiece" and "The Buccaneers" on Apple TV+; the season finale of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" on AMC; the continuation of Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers" and Max's "And Just Like That..."; the films The Life of Chuck and How to Train Your Dragon in theaters and Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Snow White, The Friend and The Monkey.

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May 2025

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Better Sister" on Prime Video, "Dept. Q" and "Forever" on Netflix, and "Miss Austen" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season premieres of Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers," Max's "And Just Like That..." and AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City"; the series finales of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Hulu and "The Last Anniversary" on Sundance Now and AMC+; the season finales of CBS's "Tracker" and "Watson," as well as ABC's "Will Trent"; the films Juliet & Romeo and Fear Street: Prom Queen; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Captain America: Brave New World, Mickey 17, Queer and Being Maria.

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April 2025

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the series finales of "Bosch: Legacy" on Prime Video and "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season premieres of Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" and Netflix's "You"; the season finales of "The Wheel of Time" on Prime Video and "Dark Winds" on AMC; the series premieres of The CW's "Sherlock & Daughter" and Netflix's "Ransom Canyon"; the films The Amateur, The King of Kings, That They May Face the Rising Sun and On Swift Horses; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of A Complete Unknown, The Unbreakable Boy, Dog Man and Paddington in Peru.

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March 2025

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Just One Look" and "Caught" on Netflix (both are adaptations of books by Harlan Coben), "Long Bright River" on Peacock, and "The Last Anniversary" on Sundance Now and AMC+; the season premieres of Prime Video's "Bosch: Legacy" and "The Wheel of Time," along with "Dark Winds" on AMC and "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season finales of Prime Video's "Reacher," Hallmark Channel's "When Calls the Heart," and NBC's "The Irrational"; the films Snow White, In the Lost Lands, The Actor and The Friend; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Room Next Door and Kraven the Hunter.

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February 2025

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of Prime Video's "Reacher" and Netflix's "Sweet Magnolias"; the season finale of "Dexter: Original Sin" on Paramount+; the films Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy on Peacock and Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery, along with The Monkey and The Unbreakable Boy in theaters; the continuation of CBS's "Tracker" and "Watson" (both return February 16th), in addition to ABC's "Will Trent" and Hallmark Channel's "When Calls the Heart"; the series premiere of "Apple Cider Vinegar" on Netflix; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Wicked; The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim; Oh, Canada; and Across the River and Into the Trees.

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January 2025

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of CBS's "Watson" and Netflix's "Missing You"; the season premieres of "Will Trent" on ABC, "When Calls the Heart" on Hallmark Channel, "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" on AMC, and "C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart" on Max; the season finales of STARZ's "Outlander" and Apple TV+'s "Silo"; the continuation of "Dexter: Original Sin" on Paramount+ and "The Irrational" on NBC; the films Dog Man in theaters and The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription on Hallmark Mystery; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Return, Here and Venom: The Last Dance and Kensuke’s Kingdom.

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December 2024

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Nickel Boys, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Nightbitch, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Room Next Door and Oh, Canada; the series premieres of "Dexter: Original Sin" on Paramount+ and "One Hundred Years of Solitude" on Netflix; the season premiere of Netflix's "Virgin River"; the conclusion of "The Day of the Jackal" on Peacock and "Like Water for Chocolate" on Max; the season finales of HBO's "Dune: Prophecy" and The CW's "Sullivan's Crossing"; the continuation of "Outlander" on STARZ and "Tracker" on CBS; and the DVD releases of Conclave, White Bird and The Wild Robot.

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November 2024

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Cross" on Prime Video, "The Day of the Jackal" on Peacock, "Dune: Prophecy" on HBO, and "FX's Say Nothing" on Hulu; the season premieres of STARZ's "Outlander" and Apple TV+'s "Silo"; the series finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Three Women" on STARZ, and "Disclaimer" on Apple TV+; the season finale of "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol" on AMC; the films Wicked and Small Things Like These in theaters, as well as Debbie Macomber's Joyful Mrs. Miracle on Hallmark Channel; and the DVD releases of It Ends with Us and Someone Like You.

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October 2024

October's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "Tracker" on CBS and "The Lincoln Lawyer" on Netflix; the conclusion of Apple TV+'s "Bad Monkey"; the season finales of "Pachinko" on Apple TV+, "The Chicken Sisters" on Hallmark+, and "Tell Me Lies" on Hulu; the films Conclave, The Radleys and White Bird in theaters, as well as 'Salem's Lot on Max and A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery; the series premieres of Apple TV+'s "Disclaimer" and Netflix's "The Last Night at Tremore Beach"; the continuation of "Three Women" on STARZ and "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO; and the DVD releases of The Thicket, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Convert and Harold and the Purple Crayon.

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