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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.

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 Nickel Boys, Conclave and The Radleys 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 Convert and Harold and the Purple Crayon.

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September 2024

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Perfect Couple" on Netflix, "Three Women" on STARZ, and "The Chicken Sisters" on Hallmark+; the season premieres of HBO's "My Brilliant Friend," AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol," Apple TV+'s "Slow Horses," and Hulu's "Tell Me Lies"; the conclusion of "Snowpiercer" on AMC; the season finale of MGM+'s "Emperor of Ocean Park"; the continuation of "Pachinko" and "Bad Monkey" on Apple TV+; and the films The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Thicket.

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August 2024

August's Books on Screen roundup includes the films It Ends with Us, Rob Peace, Doctor Jekyll, Reagan and The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat; the series premiere of "Bad Monkey" on Apple TV+; the season premieres of Apple TV+'s "Pachinko" and Prime Video's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"; the conclusion of "Lady in the Lake" on Apple TV+ and "Mafia Spies" on Paramount+; the season finale of HBO's "House of the Dragon"; the continuation of "Emperor of Ocean Park" on MGM+; and the DVD releases of Force of Nature: The Dry 2, The Watchers and The Bikeriders.

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July 2024

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Emperor of Ocean Park" on MGM+, "Lady in the Lake" on Apple TV+, and "Mafia Spies" on Paramount+; the season premieres of AMC's "Snowpiercer" and Starz's "The Serpent Queen"; the season finale of "Presumed Innocent" on Apple TV+; the continuation of HBO's "House of the Dragon"; the films Deadpool & Wolverine and Widow Clicquot; and the DVD releases of Lisa Frankenstein, Tarot and Fast Charlie.

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June 2024

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Presumed Innocent" on Apple TV+ and "Queenie" on Hulu; the season two premiere of HBO's "House of the Dragon" and the second part of season three of Netflix's "Bridgerton"; the conclusion of "Dark Matter" on Apple TV+; the season finales of Hallmark Channel's "When Calls the Heart," AMC's "Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire" and Apple TV+'s "The Big Door Prize"; the films Firebrand and The Watchers; and the DVD releases of Origin, The Long Game, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Orlando, My Political Biography.

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May 2024

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of Peacock's "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and Apple TV+'s "Dark Matter"; the season premieres of "Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire" on AMC and "Bridgerton" on Netflix; the conclusion of Paramount+'s "A Gentleman in Moscow," Hulu's "We Were the Lucky Ones," and HBO's "The Sympathizer"; the season finales of "Tracker" on CBS and "Will Trent" on ABC; the films Force of Nature: The Dry 2 and The Image of You in theaters, as well as Turtles All the Way Down on Max; and the DVD releases of Dune: Part Two, The Bricklayer and The Taste of Things.

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April 2024

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Ripley" on Netflix, "The Sympathizer" on HBO, and "Franklin" on Apple TV+; the season premieres of Hallmark Channel's "When Calls the Heart" and Apple TV+'s "The Big Door Prize"; the conclusion of "Manhunt" on Apple TV+; the continuation of "A Gentleman in Moscow" on Paramount+ with Showtime, "Palm Royale" on Apple TV+, "We Were the Lucky Ones" on Hulu, "Tracker" on CBS, and "Will Trent" on ABC; the films Someone Like You in theaters and One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery; and the DVD releases of Mean Girls, Which Brings Me to You, The Promised Land and Madame Web.

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March 2024

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "A Gentleman in Moscow" on Paramount+ with Showtime, "Apples Never Fall" on Peacock, Manhunt on Apple TV+, "We Were the Lucky Ones" on Hulu, and "The Baxters" on Prime Video; the season two premiere of Prime Video's "American Rust: Broken Justice"; the conclusion of “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” on FX and "Masters of the Air" on Apple TV+; the season one finale of AMC's "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live"; the films Dune: Part Two, Arthur the King and One Life; and the DVD releases of Ferrari, The Color Purple, Poor Things and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

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February 2024

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Tracker" on CBS, "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" on AMC, and "One Day" on Netflix; the season two premiere of ABC's "Will Trent"; the conclusion of "Expats" on Prime Video; the films Argylle and Lisa Frankenstein in theaters; four Hallmark movies inspired by the life and work of Jane Austen (Paging Mr. Darcy, Love & Jane, An American in Austen and Sense and Sensibility); and the DVD releases of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Wonka and Priscilla.

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January 2024

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Fool Me Once" on Netflix, "Expats" on Prime Video, and "Masters of the Air" on Apple TV+; the season premiere of "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season finales of Prime Video's "Reacher," Disney+'s "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," and The CW's "Son of a Critch"; the films Origin, The End We Start From and Which Brings Me to You in theaters, along with Killers of the Flower Moon on Apple TV+ and Foe on Prime Video; and the DVD release of Eileen.

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