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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.

January 2023

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Will Trent" on ABC, "The Lying Life of Adults" on Netflix, and "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" on AMC; the season three premieres of "Truth Be Told" on Apple TV+ and "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season finales of ABC's "Big Sky" and Apple TV+'s "The Mosquito Coast"; the wide theatrical releases of the films A Man Called Otto and Women Talking, along with the Netflix release of The Pale Blue Eye; the sequel trilogy to Hallmark Channel's movie series, The Wedding Veil; and the DVD releases of She Said, Black Adam and Bones and All.

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December 2022

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Three Pines" on Amazon Prime Video and "Kindred" on FX; the season premieres of Netflix's "Firefly Lane," Amazon Prime Video's "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan" and HBO's "His Dark Materials"; the conclusion of FX's "Fleishman Is in Trouble"; the season finales of "The Peripheral" on Amazon Prime Video and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" on Disney+; the films A Man Called Otto, White Noise, The Pale Blue Eye, Women Talking and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules; and the DVD releases of Bandit and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

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November 2022

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premiere of FX's "Fleishman Is in Trouble"; the season two premiere of "The Mosquito Coast" on Apple TV+; the conclusion of AMC's "The Walking Dead"; the season finales of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Hulu and "Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire" on AMC; the films The Wonder, She Said, The Noel Diary, Capturing the Killer Nurse, Spirited and The People We Hate at the Wedding; and the DVD releases of The Power of the Dog and The Good House.

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October 2022

October's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire" on AMC, "Magpie Murders" on PBS "Masterpiece" and "The Peripheral" on Amazon Prime Video; the continuation of the 11th and final season of AMC's "The Walking Dead"; the conclusion of Hallmark Channel's "Chesapeake Shores"; the season one finales of "House of the Dragon" on HBO and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" on Amazon Prime Video; the films The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Luckiest Girl Alive, Mr. Harrigan's Phone and All Quiet on the Western Front; and the DVD releases of DC League of Super-Pets and Bullet Train.

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September 2022

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Hulu and "Big Sky" on ABC, along with the season finale of "Tales of the Walking Dead" on AMC; the series premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" on Amazon Prime Video and the conclusion of "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+; the continuation of HBO's "House of the Dragon"; the films Blonde, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Silent Twins and The Good House; and the DVD releases of Where the Crawdads Sing and The Forgiven.

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August 2022

August's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "House of the Dragon" on HBO, "Tales of the Walking Dead" on AMC, "The Sandman" on Netflix, and "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+; the season six premiere of Hallmark Channel's "Chesapeake Shores"; the season one finale of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin" on HBO Max; the films Bullet Train and Three Thousand Years of Longing; and the DVD releases of The Black Phone, Mr. Malcolm's List and My Donkey, My Lover & I.

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July 2022

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Where the Crawdads Sing, The Gray Man, The Forgiven and Persuasion; the series premieres of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin" on HBO Max, "The Terminal List" on Amazon Prime Video, and "How to Change Your Mind" on Netflix; the season four premiere of Netflix's "Virgin River"; the season one finale of Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; and the DVD releases of Drive My Car and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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June 2022

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series finales of FX on Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven" and HBO's "The Time Traveler's Wife"; the season finales of "The Essex Serpent" and "Shining Girls" on Apple TV+; the series premieres of Netflix's "The Perfect Mother" and "First Kill"; the films The Lost Girls, The Black Phone and The Wrath of God; and the DVD releases of Firestarter, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Mothering Sunday and We Need to Do Something.

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May 2022

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Bosch: Legacy" on Amazon Freevee, "The Lincoln Lawyer" on Netflix, "Conversations with Friends" on Hulu, "The Time Traveler's Wife" on HBO, and "Joe Pickett" on Paramount+; the season finales of Starz's "Outlander," HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant," and ABC's "Big Sky"; the films Firestarter and Operation Mincemeat; and the DVD release of The Batman.

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April 2022

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the season two premiere of "The Flight Attendant" on HBO Max; the season finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Pachinko" on Apple TV+ and "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" on Showtime; the series premieres of FX on Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven," Netflix's "Anatomy of a Scandal," HBO Max's "Tokyo Vice" and Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; the films All the Old Knives and Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Death on the Nile, The Tiger Rising, The Meaning of Hitler, Last Looks and The King's Daughter.

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