To ask what book you'd like to see adapted for TV or film?

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They keep remaking Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Little Women.

What book would you like to see adapted?
I'd love to see The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (and I know, there is one TV series from ages ago), Evelina by Frances Burney, who was said to have inspired Jane Austen. Oh, and The Power by Naomi Alderman.

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The Icehawk's Feather set in the near future in North Yorkshire, Alaska and Italy. Brilliant novel which you can easily imagine dramatised. Can't wait for the sequel to come out.

Domina by Barbara Wood . Set in the 19th century a young girl beats all the odds and becomes a doctor . She gets into med school by pretending be a young man and the book documents her journey. I’ve read this book so many times , it’s such a great story

Oh @MrsBeltane - done well - that would be fantastic - I saw ( doing a reading ) her a couple of decades ago & there was someone who wanted to make the film at the time - obviously never happened - but I do think it would make a good ( needs to be well made ) film - excellent choice @MrsBeltane

Yes to Georgette Heyer.Also Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody Victorian archaeologist/detective and Donna Leon’s Brunetti detective series set in Venice. Last two are great characters set amid wonderful scenery.

Definitely Shardlake and Evelina. I'd really like someone to do a decent fist of the Mary Stuart story to - perhaps based on Jean Plaidy's books which are reasonably accurate.

Anya Seton's Katherine

For children Mara Kay's Masha and Youngest Lady in waiting

Think Reese Witherspoon hs bought the film rights to Eleanor Oliphant.

Wilkie Collins' books. The novel No Name could make a really exciting heist film.

They keep making versions of The Moonstone and The Woman in White but never No Name or Armadale. I'm really surprised no-one has done Armadale, Wilkie Collins even wrote a stage play of it. It's the only Victorian novel I've read with a mixed race lead character.

Love the idea of a TV series of Girl, Woman, Other, agree it could work really well as a 12 parter.

I have desperately awaited someone to do a "proper job" of two mentioned already :

Tenant and Night Circus

I read, only this week two non fictions that would make GREAT films or series, Mrs Jordan's Profession and Noble Savages

I would also like to see the Mitfords "done" - not Nancy's works but a Crown style series covering their fascinating lives.

"a Crown style series covering their fascinating lives."

I would LOVE that.

Another vote for a proper discworld series of films, especially the witches (Maggie Smith for Granny Weatherwax, Miranda Hart as Magrat Garlick and Miriam Margoyles for Nanny Ogg, I may have given this too much thought!)

And also for The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb and Martina Cole books. The Take was brilliant.

The Song of the Lioness series by Tamorra Pierce. This could work as films or a TV show.

Honestly, anything by Enid Blyton. The Malory Towers TV series made my inner child very happy over lockdown even if it is made for 12 year olds

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The Passage by Justin Cronin especially if it were a Netflix or HBO series

You mean a remake? Or finish making it?

Oh @MrsBeltane - done well - that would be fantastic - I saw ( doing a reading ) her ( Donna Tart )
a couple or indeed 4 decades ago & there was someone who wanted to make the film at the time - obviously never happened - but I do think it would make a good ( needs to be well made ) film - excellent choice @MrsBeltane

I second the Wilkie Collins books that aren't the Moonstone or The Woman in a White. No Name and The Law and The Lady are very good (although they might have to do something with that odd character in TLALL!). George Eliot has also been sorely underused in recent years. Lady Audley's Secret would be good too.

For more contemporary books, maybe one of Laura Purcell's books, The Binding or something by Sarah Dunant - In the Company of the Courtesan could make good viewing.

I was hopeful of a faithful Poldark series, but thatcdidnt happen.

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

And do NOT tell me they made the movie recently. It was an abomination. It's like th y took the books, chewed them up, popped them out them smeared them across a load and then used three pieces of bread to make a movie

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Another vote for a proper discworld series of films, especially the witches (Maggie Smith for Granny Weatherwax, Miranda Hart as Magrat Garlick and Miriam Margoyles for Nanny Ogg, I may have given this too much thought!)

And also for The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb and Martina Cole books. The Take was brilliant.

The Song of the Lioness series by Tamorra Pierce. This could work as films or a TV show.

Completely agree with your fantasy casting. I can't believe I never thought of Miranda Hart as Magrat!

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The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelasny.

Would work very very well I think - a superb story, set in a fantastical world (of which our own is just a corrupted mirror), with intrigue and warfare amongst the ruling family. The princes of this realm (the titular "Nine Princes In Amber", from the first book) all have the power to travel the worlds of "Shadow" - infinite variations on reality, where anything can be found.

It all starts with a character waking up in a hospital with no memory of who he is....

Very highly recommended, and with very very good potential I think for a TV series. There-again... I am not exactly an expert!! :-)

This sounds great! How easy going (or not) is the writing? I have a small baby and lack of sleep means I need something not too taxing for the moment.

The Wizard of Earthsea books by Ursula Le Quin. I loved these books as a child and I don't think there's ever been a decent film or series of these and it would be lovely to see, especially with the special effects we have today.

Please don't bother televising anything by Martina Cole.

Ruth Galloway books by Griffiths.

I've been listening to the Ruth Galloway stories and sort of imagine her like Susan Calman...

That said, I was so horrified with Steven Tompkinson's casting as my favourite Inspector Banks that I've never watched the TV show and some books are best left in imagination.

Ken Follett's Century trilogy could be good - I think I read the first one might be in production?

The Simon Serailler novels by Susan Hill would be interesting.
If they did Shardlake, Toby Jones would be good casting.

Wow so many great ideas here!

Definitely support A Little Princess, much better than The Secret Garden

A proper Little House series not that terrible naff 80s drivel - I think this is as important an American influence as Little Women but it gets no interests

Lots of the Narnia books have never been done eg The Magician’s Nephew

In adults’ books, a good The Time Travellers’ Wife and Life After Life, glad to hear Station Eleven is being made. Was looking forward to The Pursuit of Love but the Dominic West / Lily James grimness rather takes the shine off

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The Wizard of Earthsea books by Ursula Le Quin. I loved these books as a child and I don't think there's ever been a decent film or series of these and it would be lovely to see, especially with the special effects we have today.

I thought about this when I answered the question as I love those books, but I think it could be a little difficult to adapt as there isn't a lot of real action. In a way they are like the opposite of the Harry Potter books, which almost seem written for a film adaption with lots of action and visual gags and such. The Earthsea stories very language oriented, lots of people sitting around talking and quiet moments. I've tried to think if any of her novels could work well, but I suspect they'd always end up with the heart and complexities of the stories left out and you'd end up with something like the Oprahfied Wrinkle In Time.

The Real Charlotte by Somerville & Ross. They made a film of it but Charlotte wasn’t horrible enough.
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen though maybe there isn’t enough action in it though the psychological aspects of the 16 year old half sister coming to live with her half brother and sister in law and inadvertently causing chaos are very interesting.

I've been listening to the Ruth Galloway stories and sort of imagine her like Susan Calman

Oh no, Susan is too shouty. That would spoil it for me - but shape wise I see what you mean.