
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week is the Top Ten Books that Should be Adapted into TV Shows
Honestly, none… I think most of the time it’s not done well but here goes. I am not even saying movies because for the most part it just doesn’t work. I know a lot of my suggestions will be fantasy. Contemporaries are probably the best option for movies.

I think this would be amazing done by HBO. There’s so many characters and a huge world. It would take a big budget to do it right. I am thinking GoT production wise.

Come on Disney+! I loved this MG series and would love my son to see it one day.

Come on, HBO!!!! I really would love to see Bridge 4!

I think Netflix or Hulu could possible do this justice. Maybe the CW. Idk but this would be great to see.

Netflix could possible handle this. This is such an amazing story.

I could see this as a movie but I’m going with a mini-series! Probably Netflix.

Netflix.. totally could be a mini-series by volume!

Netflix could do this. There’s so much material to really make this into a great show. There’s also a second book.. I think a third coming.

This is dark. HBO would need to be the one to take this on. Ugh, Sabaa and her torture!

Yes- I know! There’s a movie and tv show that failed. The problem was Freeform, are you kidding me?! If anyone could have done this justice is the CW. It’s their type of niche. This story is so good and I NEED sometime to do this justice. PLEASE.. just stay true to the books. How hard is it?! Don’t kill of characters on a whim. There’s a reason there’s such a following for these books.. if you make crazy changes it’s not going to sit well. Just saying.
I’m always much more likely to think something is going to do well when it’s made into a tv show instead of movie. I mean.. it also depends on who is behind the production and casting. Harry Potter and The Hunger Games did a great job but they have been failing at series since then. I would much rather a tv series where it could be properly done. Netflix has been doing pretty good. I loved The Witcher but I have not read the books.

Ooh. I could totally see Saga as a show. That’s a good pick!
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Right?! It would be amazing!! Love Saga so much!
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All of them would make a great movie or series.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Would love a decent adaptation of The Mortal Instruments! But after that tv show the idea makes me nervous haha!
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Yes, I totally feel you on that. I think the movie was so much better than the tv show because they just took so many liberties. I also HATED who they cast as Clary on the tv show.
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YES! 100% agree. The tv Jace and Clary didn’t seem right, and I hated what they did with Izzy and that they involved so much technology. The movie only really did wrong with that ending, and the awful casting of Valentine 😅
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Yep!! Totally agree!! Loved the chemistry between J&C in the movie so much better. I don’t understand how a 2 hour movie could get so much of the book right (except sending) and the tv show got so much wrong! They had so much more to work with if they would have just adapted the book and not one someone thought sounded better!
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I don’t understand most of what they did with the tv series haha! I did think the casting for most of the other Shadowhunters was better (at least they looked closer to teenage!) but they just spent three season running further away from the books and I do not get it haha. But yes, SO much chemistry with movie Jace and Clary! That midnight flower scene gets me every time!
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That scene is soooo good!!! I know, it was just a hot mess! I think my favorite casting on the show was Magnus!
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Yes! He had so much of that Magnus charisma!
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The City of Brass is being adapted by Netflix, it was announced pretty recently!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-277/
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AHHHHH! I didn’t know that. I honestly thought about researching everything before I posted this. But alas, my son has not been sleeping lately and I just didn’t have the time. So good to know!! I’m excited. 🙂
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No worries, it’s hard to keep up with all of the book/film news!
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OMG YES Saga would be amazing!! I still have to read quite a few of these books but I have a feeling I’ll be thinking about them as adaptations as I read now (especially Cerulean Sea)! Great list 😀
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YES!!! They need to 1. continue writing it ASAP and 2. get on this show! hahaha. Thank you, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. 🙂
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I’m on a super long library waitlist for The House in the Cerulean Sea. So glad to hear you think it should be a series, too!
My TTT .
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I can’t wait for you to read it!!!
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Great choices! House of Earth and Blood would make an AMAZING show!
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Yes!! There’s sooo much to that world that they would have so much material!
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Yes to Origami Yoda!!! 🙂
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Right?!?! So good for kids & adults! 🙂
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Saga would be fantastic, it would be totally X Rated!!
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hahaha! That’s for sure!!
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I can’t believe Bear Town isn’t already in the works. It would make a great series. Great list!
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Right?! Maybe it will be soon!! Thank you 🙂
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Great choices! I agree, some books should be adapted straight into TV shows, not movies, because of the rich world and unfortunately most movies (at least Hollywood ones) last less than 2 hours.
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Yeah, definitely. I don’t know why people in Hollywood don’t understand that!! I think things would bomb a lot less frequently!!
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I would love to see something spectacular done with the Crescent City series. GoT spectacular 😉
And YES the CW should totally do a remake for Cassandra Clare!!
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Yes, I definitely think that Crescent City is totally comparable to a great show like GoT. Come on HBO!! haha.
Maybe since Supernatural is ending they will pick up some good books to adapt. I don’t know if anyone will ever touch TMI with the failures, so sad!
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Great list! I also picked House of Earth and Blood for this week.
Here is my TTT.
https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/top-ten-tuesday-9/
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Yay, great minds!! 🙂
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City of Brass seems like it would be such a good show. Haven’t read it but have heard good things. Saga too!
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Ohh, you need to!!! The whole trilogy is out now!!
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I agree! I would love to see a better adaptation of The Mortal Instruments.
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