10 exciting serial novelties, filmed from books

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker has prepared a list of TV shows shot over the past two years based on good books. You can see and read.

Riverdale

• Drama, crime, detective.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

A thrilling teenage drama based on the legendary American comic book series about high school student Archie Andrews. Events take place in a provincial town called Riverdale, which only seems calm and prosperous. Archie and his friends can't wait to unravel all the eerie mysteries that envelop the city and its inhabitants.

13 reasons why

• Drama, detective.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

One of the most scandalous TV series of the year, based on the novel of the same name by American writer Jay Asher. It is scandalous because of the ambiguous plot.

Clay Jensen finds on the doorstep of his house a box of audio cassettes left by his classmate Hannah Baker, who is no longer alive. The cassettes mention 13 reasons that prompted her to commit suicide. Clay will have to find out what relation he and his classmates have to what happened.

She's Grace

• Thriller, drama, crime, biography.
• Canada, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. This is the story of the maid Grace Marks, convicted of the murder of her master and his pregnant mistress. Grace is sent to jail, although she claims that she does not remember anything about the terrible crime. After many years, Simon Jordan, a specialist in psychopathology, is trying to reconstruct the course of events and get to the bottom of the true causes of what happened.

The Handmaid's Tale

• Science fiction, drama.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

Another film adaptation of the novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. This is a beautifully filmed dystopian TV series about a fictional totalitarian state in which the military seized power.

Ordinary people are deprived of all their rights, and women are needed only to become surrogate mothers for the continuation of the family of wealthy gentlemen who cannot have offspring on their own.

Mister Mercedes

• Thriller.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

A series based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Experienced detective Bill Hodges has been looking for an elusive psychopathic criminal who threatens to cause irreparable harm to hundreds of innocent people for several years.

Mind hunter

• Thriller, drama, crime.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 9.

Popular action-packed thriller directed by David Fincher based on the book by former FBI special agent John Douglas.

FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench are trying to find a non-standard way to prevent particularly violent crimes committed by mentally ill people. In the hope of learning to understand the motives of the criminals, they turn to one of the prisoners for help to investigate his demeanor and train of thought.

Lemony Snicket: 33 misfortunes

• Drama, adventure, family.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 9.

A screen adaptation of the eponymous series of children's books by American writer Daniel Handler. This is a magical multi-part fairy tale about orphaned children, given to the education of the strange Count Olaf, who is not at all happy about this.

Dirk Gently Detective Agency

• Science fiction, comedy, detective.
• USA, UK, 2016.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 3.

A series based on the detective novels by Douglas Adams, the famous science fiction writer with an excellent sense of humor. An eccentric private investigator, Dirk Gently, along with his partner, unravels crazy affairs using a very unconventional approach.

American gods

• Fantasy, detective.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8, 2.

A screen adaptation of one of the most famous works of the English writer Neil Gaiman. This is a series about the confrontation between the old gods, brought to America by people from all over the world, and the new technocratic gods that flourish in the modern world.

Big little lies

• Drama, crime, detective.
• USA, 2017.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 9.

A dramatic mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Liana Moriarty. The plot focuses on five families with children in the same class. They all seem to be quite happy and content with their lives, but from the first episodes it is clear that there are plenty of skeletons in their cabinets.