Must-Watch Book Adaptations Heading to Screens this August

Beat the heat this August by staying inside and streaming these new book adaptations. Or if you prefer an air-conditioned cinema, we’ve got some theatrical releases coming out this month as well. New movies, new TV shows, sequels/second seasons to expand on the bookish worlds we already know and love: here are all the must-watch book adaptations coming out this August. The Shards (FX, August 5)FX’s teen thriller series is based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. Set in Los Angeles in 1981, The Shards follows 17-year-old Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney) in his final year at the Buckley School, an elite prep school. The series also stars Evan Rachel Wood, Kaia Gerber, Wes Bentley, Homer Gere, Graham Campbell, and Hayes Warner. The Shards was created by Ryan Murphy and Ellis. Murphy also wrote and directed several of the episodes. The first two episodes of the six-episode series will start streaming on August 5. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Netflix, August 5)Part two of One Hundred Years of Solitude hits Netflix on August 5. This final season picks up where the first one left off and covers the last fifty years of the Buendía family. Marleyda So...