Book Adaptations Releasing in 2026: Movies and TV Shows to Watch

1. Wuthering heights

“This is the tale of two families both joined and driven by love and hate. Cathy is a beautiful and wilful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children.” Amazon description.

Release date: 13 February 2026

2. The housemaid by Freida mcfadden

The Housemaid is a psychological thriller about Millie, a woman with a troubled past who takes a live-in housekeeping job for a wealthy family. As she settles in, she realises the wife’s behaviour is disturbing and the house hides dark secrets but Millie soon discovers that she may not be the one in danger. The story is full of twists, manipulation, and shocking reveals. excellent easy read!

I read this on holiday in 2 days. This came out in cinemas in December 2025 but it’s a good one, so adding to our options.

Release date: out now!

3. reminders of him by colleen hoover

After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.

Release Date: 13 March 2026

4. verity by colleen hoover

A book so unhinged I couldn’t put it down and have always been torn whether it’s right to recommend this book or not. I read it in 3 hours so you can get your reading numbers up with this one.

Release date: 2 October 2026

5. The Five-Star Weekend by elin hilderbrand

Something tragic happens to famous food blogger Hollis at the very start of the book. So when Hollis hears about something called a “Five-Star Weekend” (one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life: her teenage years, her twenties, her thirties, and midlife) she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the weekend doesn’t turn out to be a joyful Hallmark movie.

Great book, easy read and Nantucket is now on my list of places to visit!

Release date: To be confirmed – being released on Peacock

6. his & hers by alice feeney

“When a woman is murdered in Blackdown village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Anna’s ex-husband, DCI Jack Harper, is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation.

Someone is lying, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.” Amazon description

Release date: Available on Netflix now

7. People we meet on vacation by emily henry

People We Meet on Vacation is a romantic novel about Poppy and Alex, two opposites who have been best friends for years and take a summer trip together every year. After one trip changes everything, they stop speaking until they reunite and revisit their past to figure out what went wrong and whether friendship can turn into love.

Release date: Available on Netflix now

8. Sunrise on the reaping

Sunrise on the Reaping is a Hunger Games prequel set years before Katniss’s story, during an earlier and especially brutal Quarter Quell. It explores how the Games shaped Panem, revealing the origins of fear, power, and survival and the choices people make when the odds are stacked completely against them.

Release date: November 2026