Must-Watch Books Becoming Movies in 2026

Curious about the books becoming movies in 2026? Here are the most likely books to movies of 2026, including upcoming tv adaptations.

Every year, I compile a list of books becoming movies and tv shows, and every year it is a royal pain. Researching titles to see which movies based on books are coming soon and coping with ever-shifting release dates drives me nuts every year. Add in the prevalence of book adaptations on streaming services, and it’s not an easy task.

I’d love to say that this is the definitive list of books being made into movies in 2026, but let’s face it. No one can foresee what the future will hold.

For your benefit, I’ve split my list of books becoming movies in 2026 into three sections. First, I’ve got all the books to movies in 2026 with an actual release date. After that, I’ve got my most likely 2026 book adaptations, and then a list of books turning into movies under development. If we are lucky, we’ll see some of those this year.

If it seems like this list has changed since you last looked at it, it has! Release dates are changing all the time, so I will update periodically to reflect the newest information available.

If you love seeing your favorite books come to life on screen or want to discover some new books to read before they hit theaters (or Netflix), here is my list of the books becoming movies in 2026.

January 8, 2026 – There are two sides to every story, and usually the truth lies somewhere in-between. BBC correspondent Anna Andrews returns to her hometown to report on the murder of one of her high school best friends. Complicating matters, her ex-husband, DCI Jack Harper, is investigating the case. As the investigation continues, past secrets come to light and both Jack and Anna find themselves suspects in the case. A solid domestic thriller, Feeney keeps you guessing until the end –  letting you believe you know the truth, then twisting it until you suspect you finally understand, before twisting it again.

Publication Date: 28 May 2020
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January 9, 2026 – Poppy and Alex have been best friends for years even though she’s a wild child full of wanderlust and he’s an introverted bookworm. Although she lives in New York City and he still lives in their hometown, every year they take a week-long vacation together. Until two years ago, when their trip ended in a falling out. Now Poppy convinces Alex to take one final vacation with her in an attempt to fix their relationship … and maybe even fall in love.

Publication Date: 11 May 2021
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Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, January 15, 2026 – A practical joke goes wrong this classic mystery from acclaimed novelist Agatha Christie. Gerry Wade is famous for being a deep sleeper so his houseguest decide to pull a stunt. They set eight alarms clocks to go off, one after another, starting at 6:30 a.m. However, on the chosen morning on seven alarms sound with tragic consequences.

Publication Date: 1 January 1929
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January 22, 2026 – Adriana Russo is figure skating royalty, with gold-medalist parents and a sister heading to the Olympics. However, her father’s lavish lifestyle has left the family skating rink on the verge of bankruptcy and their last hope is hosting the Olympic team. Now Adriana must train alongside Freddie, her first crush and former partner. When her current partner suggests they fake a relationship for the media attention, Adriana finds herself caught between the golden future she’s been striving for and the past she thought she had left behind.

Publication Date: 8 February 2022
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January 23, 2026 – As a child, Helen Macdonald had been obsessed with the idea of becoming a falconer. After the death of her father, Macdonald decided to make her childhood dreams come true and train her own goshawk. Filling her freezer with food and unplugging her phone, Macdonald sets out to tame one of the wildest animals as her grief untames her.

Publication Date: 31 July 2014
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Bridgerton Season 4, January 29, 2026 – In a Cinderella fashion, Sophie Benedict has been relegated to a servant by her wicked stepmother. When Sophie sneaks into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball, she never imagined she’d spend the night twirling in the arms of Benedict Bridgerton. After the ball, Benedict finds he can’t stop thinking about his mysterious date and yet he finds himself attracted to a beautiful housemaid. Although he’s sworn to marry the woman from the ball, he must decide if he can give up his fairytale love for an ordinary maid.

Publication Date: 3 July 2001
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February 13, 2026 – On the edge of an English moor, Catherine Earnshaw must decide between her passionate gypsy neighbor Heathcliff and her well-to-do English suitor. When she chooses the latter, a brooding Heathcliff takes out his anger on the next generation. Love it or hate it, Wuthering Heights is still one of those classic books you need to read in your lifetime. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in this classic book becoming a movie in 2026.

Publication Date: 1847
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February 18, 2026 – Just as Covid-19 starts cropping up in Ireland, Ciara met Oliver in a supermarket queue. Sparks flew and the two started dating. Tired of the endless scrutiny of her love life from friends and family, Ciara decided to move in with Oliver when Ireland goes into lockdown without telling anyone. When detectives investigate a decomposing body found in Oliver’s apartment, could someone have used the pandemic to commit the perfect crime?

Publication Date: 17 August 2021
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The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2, February 20, 2026 – In a sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter Bailey have settled into a new life five years after Owen disappeared. When Owen suddenly reappears at one of Hannah’s exhibits, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger. Forced to run, Hannah must do everything she can to protect Bailey while realizing there might be only one way out for the three of them.

Publication Date: 6 January 2026
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February 20, 2026 – Flying from Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend, retired Irish couple Gerry and Stella Gilmore decide to do some sightseeing and contemplate their remaining years. Gerry, a former architect, has become set in his ways and Stella is tired of their life, worried about their marriage, and angry at his attacks on her religious beliefs. As memories from their lives in Ireland being to surface, a once stable marriage seems to be on the verge of breaking in MacLaverty’s compassionate novel.

Publication Date: 22 August 2017
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The Bride!, March 6, 2026 – You probably already know the story. Grieving his mother, young ambitious scientist Victor Frankenstein conducts a series of unorthodox experiments to create life and ends up creating a creature 8 feet tall. Horrified by his creation, Frankenstein spends the rest of his life haunted and trying to destroy the thing he has made. A new sci-fi musical adaptation, more based on The Bride of Frankenstein than the original book, hits theaters this spring.

Publication Date: 1818
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Scarpetta, March 11, 2026 – In the first book of the Scarpetta series, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta faces a killer stalking through Richmond, Virginia. With bodies piling up, Dr. Scarpetta must fight to keep the investigation alive against forces within and without the force. Someone does not want the truth to come to light and is willing to kill to keep their secrets in the first entry of a thrilling mystery series.

Publication Date: 9 January 1990
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March 13, 2026 – After spending five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns home hoping to reunite with her four-year-daughter. Yet, everyone in her daughter’s life seems determined to freeze Kenna out. The only friendly face Kenna finds is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner. As Kenna and Ledger begin to fall into a romance, Kenna risks losing her only access to her daughter and must find a way to find healing for her past mistakes.

Publication Date: 18 January 2022
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March 20, 2026 – In a last-ditch effort to save Earth from an extinction-level event, a group of astronauts is sent on a desperate mission in a cobbled-together spacecraft. But when Ryland Grace wakes up, he has no memory of his mission or why the rest of the crew is dead. The sole survivor, he must take on an impossible task with no margin for failure in one of the most anticipated books becoming movies in 2026.

Publication Date: 4 May 2021
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March 20, 2026 – He’s a pout-pout fish with a pout-pout face and he spreads the dreary wearies all over the placed. A beloved children’s picture book comes to the big screen with an adaptation about a glum fish whose friends try to cheer up. Only with the help of an unexpected shimmering friend does the pout-pout fish finally learn to turn his frown upside down.

Publication Date: 1 January 2008
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March 22, 2026 – If you haven’t read this amazing classic novel yet, you are truly missing out. Dumas’ epic tale of revenge will keep you entertained through all of its 1,000+ pages, making it a long classic worth your time. Wrongfully imprisoned for years, Edmond Dantes successfully escapes a brutal French prison and sets out to get the ultimate revenge on all those who have wronged him. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the top classics to read in your lifetime.

Publication Date: 1844
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April 15, 2026 – The child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo has always known she’d be on her own in life. When an affair with her college professor leads to an unexpected pregnancy, Margo finds herself at 20 an unemployed single mother on the verge of eviction. Letting her father move in as long as he helps with childhood, Margo decides to start an OnlyFans account, using his wrestling marketing strategies to send her account viral. Is internet fame the answer to her money troubles or just the start of all her problems?

Publication Date: 11 June 2024
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May 1, 2026 – On the surface, Animal Farm is just a simple tale of animals revolting against the cruel farmer to set up their own government. In reality, Animal Farm is the perfect parable for the danger of giving up our freedoms for the sake of security. If you’ve ever wondered how a dictatorship comes to be, this classic short novel will show you. To get the most of this short classic, you’ll want to pair it with my favorite book of all time, George Orwell’s 1984.

Publication Date: 1945
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May 8, 2026 – After her husband died, Tova Sullivan began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Thirty years ago, Tova’s son Erik disappeared on a boat in the Puget Sound, and cleaning the aquarium helps her cope. When she befriends Marcellus, the aquarium’s giant octopus, Marcellus discovers what happened to Erik and must find a way to show Tova the truth before it’s too late. Remarkably Bright Creatures is a cute story of finding connection and growing past our limited viewpoints of ourselves.

Publication Date: 3 May 2022
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The Odyssey, July 17, 2026 – After a decade, the Trojan War is over. A long siege has finally ended with the fall of Troy. Odysseus is ready to return to his wife in Ithaca but the gods have other plans. Faced with various monsters, traps, and seductions, Odysseus must endure a years-long journey home while his wife Penelope fends off suitors who want to replace him.

Publication Date: 8th Century BC
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August 28, 2026 – After surviving a flu pandemic that killed everyone around him, Hig lives in the hangar of an abandoned airport. In a post-apocalyptic landscape, Hig survives with his dog and the cynical Bangley. When Hig’s small airplane receives a radio signal, he sets out past his point of no return in search of a new life that is both better and worse than he could imagine.

Publication Date: 7 August 2012
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September 11, 2026 – When Mr. Dashwood dies, his estate passes to his son from his first marriage. Thus, Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters settle into the modest Barton Cottage. Detailing the love and heartbreak experienced by Marianne and Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility is a witty study in contrast of wearing your heart on your sleeve versus being too sensitive to social conditions.

Publication Date: 1811
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Practical Magic 2, September 18, 2026 – In a sequel to her bestselling novel Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman, Aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she only has seven days to live. Determined to save a young man’s life and break the family curse, the Owens women and a long-lost brother travel around the world to finally free the family. As family secrets are finally brought to life, the woman must choose what they are willing to give up for love.

Publication Date: 12 October 2021
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October 2, 2026 – Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh receives the chance of a lifetime when Jeremy Crawford hires her to complete the bestselling book series written by his wife, Verity. Just months after their daughters’ deaths, Verity was left in a catatonic state after a car accident. Going through Verity’s study, Lowen stumbles upon an unpublished autobiography full of erotic obsessions and dark confessions. Now Lowen can’t stop thinking about how Verity’s sexy husband deserves better, debating whether to show him Verity’s writings.

Publication Date: 7 December 2018
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Other Mommy, October 9, 2026 – Living with her parents and grandmother, eight-year-old Bela also finds herself the target of a malevolent entity she calls “Other Mommy.” Every day, Other Mommy asks Bela if she can come inside Bela’s heart. As Bela continues to refuse, Other Mommy starts venting her frustration in horrifying incidents around the house. As cracks begin to show in Bela’s parents’ marriage, Bela starts to lose her resolve to say no to Other Mommy.

Publication Date: 25 June 2024
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October 16, 2026 – Still feeling guilty about his father’s death last year, scuba diver Jay Gardiner is determined to bring back his father’s remains from off the California coast. When a giant squid appears on his dive, Jay Gardiner finds himself tangled in its tentacles and then swallowed along with it by a sperm whale. With only an hour of oxygen remaining, Jay finds he must battle his internal demons and escape from the belly of a whale in this scientifically accurate thriller.

Publication Date: 8 August 2023
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October 23, 2026 – After being released from a psychiatric facility for severe depression following his sister’s death, architect Tate Donovan travels to Cape Cod to design his friend’s summer house. Tate is still skeptical of his sister’s deathbed confession that she could see spirits tied to the moral realm. When Tate meets Wren at a bed-and-breakfast, the two forge an immediate connection that is threatened by Wren’s past in this supernatural love story collaboration between bestselling author Nicholas Sparks and suspense filmmaker M. Night Shymalan. 

Publication Date: 14 October 2025
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Ebenezer, November 13, 2026 – Bah humbug! The miserly Mr. Scrooge hates Christmas or anything else that gets in the way of his profits. When he is visited by three ghosts – Of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future – he realizes that there is more to life than money and swears to change his ways. A short but memorable read, A Christmas Carol is one of the best classic books to read around the holidays.

Publication Date: 1843
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November 20, 2026 – In a second prequel to the Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins takes you back to the 50th annual Hunger Games. In honor of the Quarter Quell, the gamemakers announce that there will be twice as many tributes this year. In District 12, Haymitch Abernathy finds his name called along with a close friend, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in the District. Even though he’s been set up to fail, Haymitch can’t help wanting to fight until the end.

Publication Date: 18 March 2025
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Narnia, November 26, 2026 – In a prequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Digory and Polly become best of friends in London. Digory’s Uncle Andrew is a magician and while performing a trick he accidentally sends them to a magical land called Narnia at its very beginning. Suddenly they find themselves a great battle against the evil sorceress Jadis in this beloved children’s adventure.

Publication Date: 2 May 1955
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Dune 3, December 18, 2026 – In the sequel to Dune, Paul Atreides has left Arrakis and is now the Emperor of the Known Universe. Even as he is worshipped fanatically by the Fremens, Paul must battle the political machinations both by enemy house and within his own house. While House Atreides begins to fall, Paul finds the greatest threat is coming for his lover Chani and their unborn heir.

Publication Date: 1 July 1969
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January 15, 2027 – Zélie Adebola watched as a ruthless king ordered the death of her mother and all the other maji to rid the world of magic. With one last chance, Zélie must use the help of a rogue princess to restore magic before the crown prince manages to eradicate magic for good. Beautifully blending Nigerian mythology, symbols from the Yoruba religion, and young adult fantasy, Tomi Adeyemi shines in her debut novel.

Publication Date: 6 March 2018
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February 12, 2027 – Set in a small village in occupied France, the story centers around two sisters. Forced to house a German officer in her home, the older sister Vianne Mauriac must decide, to protect her daughter, where exactly she should draw the line of being complicit with German demands. On the other hand, her younger sister Isabelle Rossignol feels committed to doing anything she can to resist the German occupation.

Publication Date: 3 February 2015
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As he prepares to marry the traditional Mary Welland, Newland Archer’s eye is suddenly caught by the return of Countess Ellen Olenska after her disastrous marriage. Now Archer must decide between duty and passion and whether he dares to face the scandal his actions may cause. If you are looking for award-winning 1920s books, you don’t want to miss Wharton’s portrait of the Golden Age of New York society, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.

Publication Date: 1920
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After a failed bank robbery, a banker robber on the run accidentally ends up with a room full of hostages at an open house. After letting all of the hostages go, the police storm the apartment, only to find it empty. Now the police must interview the dysfunctional group to figure out what exactly happened. Less mystery and more character study, Backman does an excellent job purposefully playing with your assumptions about the character.

Publication Date: 8 September 2020
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The shock factor is high in this original story of a high school girl developing telekinetic powers. Mistreated by her family and her classmates, Carrie is pushed to the breaking point, setting her on her famous path of revenge in Stephen King’s debut novel.

Publication Date: 5 April 1974
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Off-Campus – Hannah Wells is the image of confidence, except when it comes to sex and seduction. To get her crush’s attention, Hannah begins tutoring the cocky captain of the college hockey team in exchange for a fake date. Garrett is desperate to play hockey professionally so he do anything, including to fake date his tutor, to help improve his GPA. As fake dating ends up with real sex, Garrett finds his new mission is to convince Hannah to turn their fake relationship into a real one in this steamy new adult novel and the start of a romance series featuring the romantic partners of various hockey players.

Publication Date: 24 February 2015
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With its focus on the message of the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, East of Eden is often considered one of Steinbeck’s greatest novels. Set in the Salinas Valley of California, the story follows Adam Trask, a wealthy man whose troubles with his brother are paralleled in his own twin sons. Covering the power of love and the pain of its absence, East of Eden is enduring classic literature for your to-read list.

Publication Date: 19 September 1952
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A popular food blogger, Hollis Shaw’s life is not as picture-perfect as it seems. When her husband is killed in a car accident after an argument and her daughter pulls away, Hollis decides to try a “Five-Star Weekend.” She gathers her best friend from her teens, 20s, 30s, and midlife together for a weekend in Nantucket. But the perfect weekend might turn sour when her friends don’t all get along and her childhood friend invites Hollis’s first love along.

Publication Date: 13 June 2023
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In his first novel after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro ponders the meaning of love through an unusual narrator. Klara is a robot, an Artificial Friend waiting to be bought and taken home to be a companion to a lonely child. Ishiguro’s brilliant writing brings Klara to life, with her keen observations about the world around her, forcing you to piece together complex situations as perceived through the lens of innocence.

Publication Date: 2 March 2021
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Coveting the life of elite socialite Daphne and her husband Jackson, Amber Patterson sets out on a mission to insinuate herself into the Parrish family. Quickly she becomes Daphne’s most trustest confidante and companion, and Amber is determined to take the life she knows should be hers. Until she learns that the Parrishes have a secret of their own.

Publication Date: 17 October 2017
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In the third book of her series of memoirs, Laura Ingalls Wilder details her family’s move from Wisconsin to Kansas. Leaving behind their little log cabin, the Ingalls family journeys the wild country of Kansas where her Pa builds them a little house on the prairie. Netflix is producing a major reboot of the beloved television series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books.

Publication Date: 1932
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What happens when a group of English schoolboys is marooned on a deserted island? As the boys attempt to rule themselves, the dark side of human nature comes out in all its ugliness. Even if our society isn’t perfect, this book makes you glad that at least you live in a civilized society.

Publication Date: 17 September 1954
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To convince her friend that she has a boyfriend, third-year Ph.D. student Olive Smith kisses the first boy she meets – a young hotshot professor who is remarkably full of himself. Surprisingly, Adam agrees to go along with their fake relationship. As Olive’s fake relationship spurs real feelings, Olive must decide how much she is willing to risk for love.

Publication Date: 14 September 2021
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It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve seen the BBC miniseries or the Keira Knightley movie or the newest adaptation, you still need to read the book. Jane Austen’s witty novel is a fun reminder of the importance of marrying for love and not lust or security. Follow along as Elizabeth Bennett goes from loathing to loving Mr. Darcy in one of the best classic romance novels.

Publication Date: 1813
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After the death of his wife, Tom Kennedy moves his young son Jake to the won of Featherbank. But Featherbank has a dark past – a serial killer nicknamed “The Whisper Man” who lured his victims by whispering at their window at night. When a young boy disappears and Jake begins to hear whispering outside his window, the police must figure out if they caught the right person, or if a copycat or accomplice. 

Publication Date: 20 August 2019
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One day in Portland, Oregon, twelve-year-old Prue looks away for a minute and her toddler brother is captured by a group of crows and taken into Impenetrable Wilderness. With her friend Curtis, Prue travels into a magical world full of warring creatures to save her brother and find themselves caught up in a fight to save the very essence of Wildwood.

Publication Date: 30 August 2011
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Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé and with only three months until the wedding she is desperately sick of him. She’d call the whole thing off except whomever cancels must foot the bill for their extravagantly nonrefundable wedding. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas also wants out, they each begin an all-out warfare to push the other to be the one to break. Except as the wedding approaches, Naomi begins to realize that she is having the most fun she’s ever had with the last person she ever expected, her fiancé.

Publication Date: 7 April 2020
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Living with his aunt and uncle, Harry Potter is a neglected orphan relegated to the small cupboard under the stars. Until one day he finds out he is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To his surprise, Harry Potter is already famous in the magical world. His parents weren’t killed in a car crash but by a powerful Dark Wizard whose powers were broken when he tried to kill Harry Potter, leaving him with a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt. HBO is adapting this beloved children’s books to a tv series, likely coming out in 2027.

Publication Date: 26 June 1997
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