Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and new ones in 2026.
Summer has seen several adaptations like Every Year After, Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie, Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend, Apple TV’s Lucky and Silo Season 3 and Netflix’s Ransom Canyon Season 2 and My Life With the Walter Boys Season 3 roll out.
May welcomed Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus books to the small screen mid-month with the first season of the hockey romance series launching on Prime Video. Still to come in May is the second season of A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder on Netflix. Summer has several projects in store.
March saw the arrival of a rarer type of book adaptation — the second season of The Last Thing He Told Me based on a concurrent sequel novel that Laura Dave wrote to her first book of the same name that inspired the Apple TV series. And April will welcome Margo’s Got Money Troubles to the Apple TV series family. Summer has Every Year After, Lucky and The Five Star Weekend in the wings.
One of the first major arrivals in January was A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R. R. Martin’s The Hedge Knight, after Netflix’s series based on Alice Feeney’s thriller His & Hers. The prequel series to Game of Thrones has been a long time in the making. Part 2 of Bridgerton Season 4, based on the third book in Julia Quinn’s series, arrived Feb. 26 after leaving audiences on a major cliffhanger ask.
Read on for more TV shows based on books coming out this year.
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My Life With the Walter Boys Season 3, Netflix
My Life With the Walter Boys is based on Ali Novak’s original novel of the first name, and while Novak published a sequel book, My Return to the Walter Boys in 2025, that follow-up takes a different path from the show. Season 3 arrived on the streamer August 6, and Novak announced a third novel in the universe shortly before premiere. A fourth season is now in production.
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Hugh Howey’s Silo Trilogy – Wool, Shift and Dust
Season 3 of Apple TV’s Silo, based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy, will debut July 3 on the streamer with the finale coming Sept. 4. The series will end with its fourth season.
Hello Sunshine’s and Apple TV’s series adaptation of Lucky by Marissa Stapley will premiere July 15 with the finale arriving August 19. The show stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular protagonist, a young woman raised by a con artist (Timothy Olyphant). She has complex relationships with Annette Bening’s mob boss Priscilla and her husband (portrayed by Drew Starkey). Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor will star as Agent Billie Rand.
Blake Crouch’s science fiction best-seller, Dark Matter, transformed into a TV series with season one arriving on Apple TV in May 2024. The second season will arrive on the streamer two years after it was renewed, with the first episode debuting Aug. 28.
Pride and Prejudice Series at Netflix, Based on Jane Austen’s Book – Fall
