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| Top Ten… Series That Should Have Screen Adaptations |
After a rather terrifying experience the week before last, I didn’t get round to completing last Tuesday’s Top Ten post and I’ve been perpetually behind ever since! And with an inordinate number of books I would love to see adapted for TV or film, it wasn’t too much of a stretch to finish last week’s post for distribution to the wider world.
Scroll down for this week’s Top Ten… Books That Should Have Screen Adaptations!
| 1. |
Superheroes | Science Fiction | Antiheroes
by V.E. Schwab
| 2. |
Urban Fantasy | Supernatural | Mystery
by Ben Aaronovitch
| 3. |
Time Travel | Retro | Science Fiction
by Mark Lawrence
| 4. |
Italian | Corruption | Crime Thriller
by Nadia Dalbuono
| 5. |
Heroic | Fantasy | Adventure
by David Gemmell
| 6. |
Fantasy | Comedy | Caper
by Patrick Weekes
| 7. |
Supernatural | Comedy | Horror
by Matt Wallace
| 8. |
Underdog | Fantasy | Adventure
by Sebastien de Castell
| 9. |
Magical | Assassin | Fantasy
by Jay Kristoff
| 10. |
Fae | Urban Fantasy | Mystery
by Seanan McGuire
Which series would you love to see an adaptation of?
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Books by Proxy 
I haven’t actually read any of the books you mentioned. Which one would you recommend most?
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They are all so different it would depend entirely on the individual! Even now I’m finding it hard to choose between them…
My top three would probably be Gemmell’s The Rigante series (heroic/epic fantasy), The Nevernight Chronicle (YA fantasy) and the Impossible Times trilogy (Sci Fi/Time Travel).
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Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂
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I hope you get screen adaptations for all of these books.
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Knowing most of these books, I completely agree!! I’m off to explore Spellslinger. That cover makes me want to find out all about it 🙂
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Oh the Spellslinger books are a lot of fun! 😀 They seem to get better and better as the series progresses too!
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I would love to see a screen adaptation of Vicious!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/top-ten-tuesday-278/
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It would be amazing, wouldn’t it?! 😁
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So amazing!
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I think Spellslinger would be a lot of fun on screen!
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Wouldn’t it just!? I’m missing this series already!
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Oh, Nevernight and The Palace job both look interesting!! I love the cover on The Palace Job.
I’m reading The Poppy War series, and I think it would be amazing to see on TV! I also think there’s not enough non dark fantasy adaptations so it would be nice to see more of that. I think Percy Jackson is coming out with a TV series, and I can’t wait to see it.
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Oh I need to read The Poppy War series! I have the first two books so I’m glad it has such good recommendations!
And yes to that please! The Palace Job is such fun, I think it would make a really good lighthearted fantasy TV series 😀
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Yes! I loved the first book. It’s not lighthearted, but the character development was phenomenal.
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Oh that sounds wonderful! I will definitely bump it up my list! 😀
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If these do get screen adaptations, I hope they are good. So many times adaptations don’t do the books justice! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday
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I know, that’s the worry! I always try to keep in mind that I would usually prefer any form of art to exist relating to a book I love than none at all…. within reason of course!
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Rivers of London is in the process of being adapted to a TV show! 😀 I am looking forward to see it, but also a bit nervous about the outcome since I love the series (especially the earlier books).
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Yay!!! Well that’s exciting – here’s hoping they don’t mess it up!! 😀
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What a terrifying experience! My worst nightmare when my kids were little was them going missing. The times when I turned around in some busy place and couldn’t spot them immediately were absolutely panic-inducing.
I haven’t read any of the books you mentioned, but I’m sure they would make great films!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Yes, it was such a relief that he was found so quickly! I can’t imagine how awful his mother must have felt!
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These all look like they would make really fun adaptations!
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I really think they would! 😀
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I read Vicious earlier this year and really liked it. Totally agree that it would be great to see it adapted.
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I feel like it could have a slightly more YA The Boys vibe! 😀
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I agree.
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Vicous, Spellslinger, Rosemary and Rue, and Nevernight would be amazing to see on screen. Great list!
Lauren @ Always Me
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Thank you! I would really love to see them on the screen! 😄
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I keep meaning to check out The Palace Job–I’ve heard great things and based on that I do think it would be a fun TV or film adaptation! Great list. 🙂
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Thank you! I really think it would be – Especially with a death priestess and a sentient talking war hammer! 😄
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I’m pleased to see you were able to finish and get this post up, after your shock last week. I haven’t actually read any of these, but several are on my wish list! 😃
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Thanks, Jessica! I think these are all quite fun books that would work well on the screen 😀
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Okay, I haven’t read any of these, but Spellslinger is headed right to the top of my TBR pile. Awesome post!
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Thank you! 😀 Spellslinger is so much fun – especially if you like incredibly angry and sarcastic squirrel cats who talk too much!
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I couldn’t agree more with this list. I really think the Lawrence and DeCastell books would be excellent.
Lynn 😀
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They really would! 🤩
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Fabulous list, Proxy! I particularly love the idea of Spellslinger – it’s such a dramatic series, with so many highs and lows – I think it would make a brilliant transition for TV. And ditto The Rivers of London – Peter Grant is such a cool character:)). And the series I would like to add to that – The Lady Astronaut series – I think it would be brilliant to have that televised.
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Thanks, Sarah! Apparently Simon Pegg and Nick Frost might be making Rivers of London! And I really cannot wait to read The Lady Astronaut series, your reviews were very good and very tempting! 😀
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