The Blacklist believes these books should be adapted, and we agree

Yesterday year Black list released, spotlighting some of Hollywood’s most hyped screenplays yet to be produced, featuring some interesting sci-fi, fantasy, and horror concepts, and today The Blacklist revealed a new venture with The Adaptation List. Deadline:which summarizes the novels published since 2005 that literary agents and editors agree would make an ideal source material for movies and TV shows.

Again, many genre titles are included; Here are our 10 favorites. (You can read the full list here.) here) Even if they never get used for adaptation, these are all solid choices to add to your future reading list.

Chain Gang All-Stars By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Loretta Thurvar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, the wildly popular, highly controversial program that raises profits for America’s more and more dominant in the private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators, and the inmates compete for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE, the inmates travel as “Chain Gangs” to packed arenas with righteous protesters at the gates. are both teammates and fans, and if all goes well, Turvar will be free in just a few games, a fact he carries as heavily as his deadly hammer.As he prepares to leave his friends, Turvar wonders how he can help preserve their humanity in the face of this so-called , games. But CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they put in Turvar’s way, have devastating consequences.”

Fifth season N.K. by Jamieson

“This is how the world ends… for the last time. It begins with a great red rift in the heart of the world’s only continent, spewing ash, obliterating the sun. It begins with a murdered son and a missing daughter.” It begins with treachery and long-dormant wounds that rise to coldness. This is a land long familiar with disaster, where the power of the earth is used as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.”

Note: Hugo winner Broken Earth trilogy that kicks off Fifth seasonhas has had adaptive interest in the recent pastbut for now… we are still waiting.

Historian By Elizabeth Kostova

Breathtakingly moving and beautifully written, The Storyteller is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where secrets from her family’s past connect with an unimaginable evil; may have kept his terrifying work alive for centuries. The search for truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so moving that it has captivated readers around the world.” :

Note: Vampires are hot on TV and: in the movies right now Who’s gonna catch this one?

Clara and the sun By Kazuo Ishiguro

“Here is the story of Clara, an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities, who from her place in the store carefully observes the behavior of those who enter the shop and passersby. She hopes that the customer will soon choose her.”

Note: Thanks, adaptation list, but this is already actively working. in 2023it was reported that Taika Waititi would direct the film version. filming began last year with a cast that includes Jenna Ortega (as a robot) and Amy Adams.

Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno Garcia

“After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, pleading for someone to save her from a mysterious demise, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a remote house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she’ll find; her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Naomi knows little about the region; Naomi is also an unlikely rescuer; she’s a glamorous debutante, and her fancy dresses and perfect red lipstick are more suited to cocktail parties than amateur flings. But she’s also tough and smart, indomitable and fearless; not of his father, the old patriarch, who seems to be in awe of Naomi; and not even the house itself, which begins to invade Naomi’s dreams with visions of blood and destruction.

His only ally in this inhospitable accommodation is the youngest son of the family. Shy and soft-spoken, he seems to want to help Noemi, but may also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. As there are many secrets behind the walls of the High Place, the family’s once-vast wealth and faded mining empire keep them from prying eyes. as Noemi digs deeper, she uncovers stories of violence and madness.And Noemi, fascinated by the High Place With a terrifying yet alluring world, it may soon be impossible to ever leave this enigmatic home.”

The Monsters of Templeton By Lauren Groff

“The day I returned to Templeton, disgraced, a fifty-foot corpse of a monster appeared in Lake Glimmerglass.” So it begins The Monsters of Templetona novel spanning two centuries. part contemporary story of a girl’s search for her father, part historical novel and part ghost story. In the wake of a disastrous affair with her older, married archeology professor at Stanford, the brilliant Wilhelmina Cooper returns to her hippie mother’s born-again home in Templeton, New York, a town founded by her ancestors that sits on the shores of Glimmerglass Lake.

After his arrival, a prehistoric monster appears in the lake and brings a feeding frenzy to the quiet town, and Willy learns that he has a mysterious father that his mother has kept a secret his entire life is somewhere in his family history, so he immerses himself in researching his twisted family tree and finds more than he bargained for as a chorus of voices from the city’s past. – something sinister, all fascinating, rise up to tell their side of it. Eventually, dark secrets emerge, past and present blur, and old mysteries are finally put to rest.”

Night circus By Erin Morganstern

“The circus comes without warning. No announcement precedes it. It’s just there when yesterday it wasn’t there. An absolutely unique experience full of breathtaking surprises in black-and-white striped canvas tents, it’s called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it’s only open at night. But behind the scenes, fierce competition is going on. a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been specially trained for this purpose since childhood.Unbeknownst to both, this is a game in which only one can stand.Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon fall in love causing a domino effect of dangerous consequences and leaving the lives of everyone from performers to patrons hanging in the balance.”

Night movie By Marisha Paisley

“One damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Although her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative reporter Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he investigates the strange circumstances of Ashley’s life and death, McGrath confronts her father with legacy, legendary, reclusive cult horror film director Stanislas Cordova. more than thirty years.

Another death associated with this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than a coincidence. While much has been written about Cordova’s dark and disturbing films, very little is known about the man. Driven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath two With the help of strangers, he is drawn deeper and deeper into the eerie, hypnotic world of Cordova came close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. This time he may lose more.”

A sky full of elephants By Sebo Campbell

“One day a catastrophic event happens. All the white people in America walk to the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a black man living in a whole new world. After serving time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he is now a professor of electrical and solar energy systems at Howard University when he receives a call from a about whose existence he was not even sure. by his white mother and stepfamily.

Traumatized by the event and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, he turns to the father he has never met, a man he has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time when they go on a road trip with a real “post-racial” America to look for answers.But neither of them is ready for this new world and how they see themselves in it. Heading south to what is now the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves and the world will be turned upside down.”

We ride on sticks By Quan Barry

“In Danvers, Massachusetts, site of the original 1692 witch trials, the 1989 Danvers Falcons will do whatever it takes to reach the state finals, even if it means touching the dark forces of Satan against a backdrop of irresistible 1980s iconography.” Barry deftly weaves the individual and collective progress of this enchanted team as they break out lead their way through an unforgettable season. Led by good girl Captain Abby Putnam (descendant of the infamous Salem accuser Anne Putnam) and her co-captain Jen Fiorenza (whose bleach blonde “Claw” sees and knows everything), the Hawks prove to be cunning, original and daring. are , showing society’s outdated notions of femininity.”

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