All 63 books in Reese Witherspoon’s book club, to date

Reese Witherspoon chose “Little Fires Everywhere” for her book club and later starred in the Hulu adaptation of the novel. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Reese Witherspoon launched her book club in May 2017 with the book “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. ” Since then, she’s chosen 63 books to highlight.

Witherspoon has also brought many of the stories to life, and even starred in one adaptation. May 2017: “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman”Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. “Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

25/5 stars”Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” was Witherspoon’s first selection for her book club back in November 2017. It tells the story of Eleanor Oliphant, a woman who lacks social skills, and therefore sticks to her lonely routine – that is, until she meets Raymond, a co-worker, and Sammy, and an older man who falls on the sidewalk. When Eleanor and Raymond team up to help Sammy, she learns she must open her heart to people if she wants her life to be more than “fine.

“In January 2022, Deadline reported that Harry Bradbeer, director of “Fleabag” and “Enola Holmes,” is set to direct the film adaptation, with Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine producing. June 2017: “The Alice Network” by Kate Quinn”The Alice Network. “William Morrow/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 4.

3/5 stars”The Alice Network” is a piece of historical fiction set in during World War I, based on the real female spy network called the Alice Network, who operated out of German-occupied Belgium and France. Multiple real-life figures appear in the book, but the two main characters, Eve Gardiner and Charlie St. Clair, are fictional.

The story jumps back in forth in time between 1915, when Eve is recruited to join the Alice Network, and 1947, when American college student Charlie who learns about Eve through her French cousin. According to Deadline, both “The Alice Network” and another Quinn novel, “The Rose Code,” are set to be developed into miniseries, by Warner Bros. and Black Bear Pictures, respectively.

August 2017: “The Lying Game” by Ruth Ware”The Lying Game. “Gallery/Scout Press/Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 54/5 stars”The Lying Game” is a mystery thriller set in England, centering around a group of four former friends (Fatima, Thea, Kate, and Isa) who discover that secrets from their past during boarding school aren’t as far behind them as they feared.

Deadline reported that the TV rights were optioned back in November 2017, but there hasn’t been an update since. September 2017: “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng”Little Fires Everywhere. “Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

09/5 stars”Little Fires Everywhere” centers on two families living in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in the ’90s; specifically two women, Elena and Mia, whose children become friends. The story starts with Elena’s family home burning down due to suspected arson, and then flashes back to when Elena and Mia first meet. The novel was adapted into a miniseries in March 2020, with Witherspoon playing Elena and Kerry Washington taking on the role of Mia.

October 2017: “The Rules of Magic” by Alice Hoffman”The Rules of Magic. “Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books/Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 99/5 stars”The Rules of Magic” is a prequel to Hoffman’s 1995 novel “Practical Magic,” which was adapted into the 1998 movie of the same name starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

Two decades later, Hoffman returned to the magical world with “Rules of Magic,” set decades before “Practical Magic,” focusing on the two aunts from “Practical Magic” (played by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest in the movie) as young girls living in 1960s New York City. The two sisters discover their heritage when they visit the small Massachusetts town their family hails from, and decide to try and evade their family’s curse: Any man who loves an Owens woman will die. In 2019, Deadline reported that HBO Max would be adapting “The Rules of Magic,” but there hasn’t been any updates since.

November 2017: “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” by Ann Patchett”This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage. “Harper Perennial/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 4/5 starsWitherspoon’s first nonfiction pick was Patchett’s 2013 memoir “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage,” which follows Patchett from her childhood to her first (unhappy) marriage, to her current happier one, as well as her relationships with her friends, family, and her dream of opening a bookstore. December 2017: “The Last Mrs.

Parrish” by Liv Constantine”The Last Mrs. Parrish. “Harper Paperbacks/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3.

96/5 stars”The Last Mrs. Parrish” is about Amber, a power-hungry, social climber who decides to befriend Daphne Parrish — a Connecticut socialite who seems to have everything — in order to steal her life and her seemingly perfect husband Jackson. There are a few major twists in this book, but we can say: Fans of “A Simple Favor” and “Gone Girl” will enjoy.

Variety reported in September 2021 that Netflix will adapt the page-turner into a film. January 2018: “Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone” by Brené Brown”Braving the Wilderness. “Random House Trade Paperbacks/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

13/5 starsBrown, a professor, lecturer, podcast host, and author, has written multiple books over the course of her career. Witherspoon chose her sixth book, “Braving the Wilderness,” to join her list of picks a few months after it was published. “Braving the Wilderness” posits that we’re living in one of the most disconnected times in human history, even if it’s technically the easiest it’s ever been to keep in touch with people.

The book puts forth four practices of “true belonging” that she believes we need to implement in our society today. February 2018: “The Light We Lost” by Jill Santopolo”The Light We Lost. “G.

P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 87/5 starsLucy and Gabe meet as seniors in college in New York City one fateful day in September 2001, and make a profound impact on each other.

One year later, they meet again, and decide it must be fated that they are in each other’s lives. But when Lucy decides to stay in New York and Gabe is assigned a job in the Middle East, the two are once again physically separated, but are never far in each other’s minds. “The Light We Lost” follows their journeys over the course of 13 years, helping readers get deeply invested in their lives.

In 2018, it was announced that Santopolo would be adapting her novel into a film, but there has not been any updates since. March 2018: “Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows” by Balli Kaur Jaswal”Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. “William Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3.

92/5 starsYes, this book does live up to its title and contains erotic stories, but it’s more than that: It tells the story of Nikki, a British-Punjabi daughter of immigrants who pushes back against her family’s conservative dreams for her; namely, that she attend law school. Instead, she drops out and begins bartending. But when her father dies, leaving her mother strapped for cash, Nikki decides to teach a creative writing course at her local community center — but due to a miscommunication, the women who show up are largely illiterate and are there to learn English.

Instead, Nikki helps them unlock their potential and her widowed students begin expressing their sexualities, which the self-appointed neighborhood watch group of Sikh men called the “Brotherhood” do not approve of. April 2018: “Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After” by Heather Harpham”Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After. “Henry Holt and Co/MacmillanGoodreads score: 4.

14/5 starsHarpham’s memoir is about her daughter, Gracie, who is born with a rare blood disease that promises to make life difficult, at the very least. At the same time, Gracie’s father, breaks up with Harpham when he makes it clear he doesn’t want to have children. However, he slowly makes his way back into the picture, and Harpham and her partner have to decide how they want to proceed with Gracie’s care.

May 2018: “You Think It, I’ll Say It” by Curtis Sittenfeld”You Think It, I’ll Say It. “Random House Trade Paperbacks/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 67/5 stars”You Think It, I’ll Say It” is a collection of satirical short stories about various characters who make snap judgments about the people in their lives, only to find out that reality is often more complex than they’d ever imagine.

Kristen Wiig was originally set to star in an Apple TV+ adaptation of the collection in 2018, but pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts with “Wonder Woman 1984. “May 2018: “Something in the Water” by Catherine Steadman”Something in the Water. “Ballantine Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

58/5 stars”Something in the Water” is the story of a honeymoon gone wrong. Erin and Mark, a documentary filmmaker and an investment banker respectively, travel to Bora Bora on their honeymoon. But when they find something while scuba diving, their lives will change forever.

Back in 2017, Deadline reported that Hello Sunshine would be adapting “Something in the Water,” but it so far remains in limbo. July 2018: “Next Year in Havana” by Chanel Cleeton”Next Year in Havana. “Berkley/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

94/5 stars”Next Year in Havana” jumps back and forth between Cuba in 1958 and Miami in 2017, as freelance writer Marisol visits to Cuba after her grandmother Elisa dies. Elisa’s one wish was for her ashes to be scattered in her home country, which she was forced to flee as a teenager. As Marisol learns more about her family’s past, the story jumps between her adventures in Cuba and Elisa’s life as a 19-year-old in Havana, the daughter of a sugar baron who is largely unaware of the political turmoil happening in her own backyard.

August 2018: “Still Lives” by Maria Hummel”Still Lives. “Counterpoint PressGoodreads score: 3. 28/5 stars”Still Lives” follows a young copy editor for an art museum, Maggie, as she gets sucked down a rabbit hole after an artist, Kim Lord, goes missing on the night of her newest exhibition — and Maggie’s ex-boyfriend becomes suspect No.

1. September 2018: “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens”Where the Crawdads Sing. “G.

P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4. 44/5 starsKya Clark is a young woman who has grown up all alone in the marshes of North Carolina, where the local townspeople shun her and call her “Marsh Girl.

“”Where the Crawdads Sing” follows Kya as she grows from a 6-year-old abandoned by her family to a young woman who can fend for herself. But when the town’s local golden boy is murdered, she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight as the most likely suspect. The novel was adapted into a film that was released in July 2022, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya.

October 2018: “This Is How It Always Is” by Laurie Frankel”This Is How It Always Is. “Flatiron Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 4. 27/5 starsIn “This Is How It Always Is,” parents Penn and Rosie learn that their fifth and youngest child, Claude, wants more than anything to be a princess and wear dresses to school.

As Claude grows up and transitions into being Poppy, his parents move their family across the country to the more liberal Seattle — but they encourage their children to lie about Poppy’s assigned gender at birth to make things easier for everyone. October 2018: “The Other Woman” by Sandie Jones”The Other Woman. “Minotaur Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3.

76/5 starsNo, “The Other Woman” isn’t about cheating; Instead it follows a young woman named Emily, her seemingly perfect boyfriend Adam, and Adam’s manipulative and overbearing mother Pammie, who will do whatever it takes to get rid of Emily for good. November 2018: “One Day in December” by Josie Silver”One Day in December. “Ballantine Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

89/5 stars”One Day in December” follows Laurie, a young woman who spots a mystery man through a bus window that she’s certain she’s fated to meet — and she does, one year later, when her best friend introduces Laurie to her new boyfriend, Jack. The story follows this trio over the course of 10 years, as their relationships evolve. January 2019: “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean”The Library Book.

“Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 89/5 stars”The Library Book” is an investigation into the devastating fire that consumed 400,000 books (and damaged 700,000 more) at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986. Orlean introduces readers to sprawling cast of characters, the history of the LAPL, and explains how libraries have played a pivotal role in our society, all the while asking: Did someone do this on purpose?Paramount acquired the rights to Orlean’s book in 2019 to develop it into a miniseries, but there have been no updates since.

January 2019: “The Proposal” by Jasmine Guillory”The Proposal. “Berkley/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 49/5 stars”The Proposal” begins with freelance writer Nikole at a baseball game, getting proposed to by her boyfriend in front of thousands of people.

Unfortunately, it’s a no from Nikole. Cue Carlos, who’s also at the game. He sees this tragedy unfolding and decides to help Nikole escape from the camera crew at the stadium, and the two embark on a no-strings-attached relationship — until, of course, feelings get complicated.

“The Proposal” is the second book in Guillory’s loosely connected “Wedding Date” series, of which there are six. February 2019: “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid”Daisy Jones & The Six. “Ballantine Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

24/5 starsWritten in the style of an oral history, “Daisy Jones & The Six” tells the story of the rise of the fictional 1970s rock band Daisy Jones & The Six, straight from the mouths of the people who lived it: the members of the band, their significant others, their manager, and their friends.  Amazon Prime will be releasing a TV adaptation of the novel at some time in 2022 starring Riley Keough as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin as the band’s original front man Billy Dunne. March 2019: “The Night Tiger” by Yangsze Choo”The Night Tiger.

“Flatiron Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3. 86/5 stars”The Night Tiger” transports readers to 1930s Malaysia, as the death of 11-year-old Ren’s master sets him on a collision course with 13-year-old Ji Lin, who dreams of being a doctor, but is forced to become an apprentice dressmaker, while also moonlighting as a dancehall girl. As the two inch closer together, they must also deal with a mysterious tiger that’s terrorizing their town.

April 2019: “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home” by Tembi Locke”From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home. “Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 91/5 starsLocke tells the story of meeting her husband, a Sicilian chef named Saro, while traveling in Florence.

The two fall in love against his family’s wishes, and move to Los Angeles to live their best lives with their daughter, until Saro is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The story then chronicles three summers Locke spends in Italy with her daugher and her late husband’s family as she learns more about her husband’s heritage and learns to live without him. “From Scratch” is set to drop on Netflix in October, starring Zoe Saldaña.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine produced the series. May 2019: “The Cactus” by Sarah Haywood”The Cactus. “Park Row Books/Harlequin Trade PublishingGoodreads score: 3.

59/5 starsThe title of this novel refers to its main character, Susan, who is just like the plant: prickly and uninterested in letting anyone get too close. But when Susan simultaneously loses her mother and finds out she’s going to become a mother, she must learn to let in those around her, including her brother’s best friend Rob. Witherspoon is set to star in a Netflix film adaptation of “The Cactus,” and will also produce the film.

June 2019: “Whisper Network” by Chandler Baker”Whisper Network. “Flatiron Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3. 61/5 starsFor those interested in Ronan Farrow’s “Catch and Kill” or Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s “She Said,” “Whisper Network” tells the story of four women working together at a corporation called Truviv.

When Truviv’s CEO suddenly dies, and the likely replacement is their boss Ames, they decide that Ames’ much-whispered about reputation surrounding his treatment of women at the office must come to light. July 2019: “The Last House Guest” by Megan Miranda”The Last House Guest. “Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books/Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3.

61/5 stars”The Last House Guest” switches back and forth between two time periods: the past, when Littleport local teen Avery and summer guest Sadie first become friends, and the present, 10 years later, when Sadie is found dead and Avery is blamed by Sadie’s brother and the town. Even though Sadie’s death is ruled a suicide, Avery makes it her mission to uncover the secrets of her friend’s death. In March 2021, sisters Elle and Dakota Fanning announced the formation of their own production company, and set their first project as the adaptation of the novel into a series.

August 2019: “The Secrets We Kept” by Lara Prescott”The Secrets We Kept. “Vintage/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 67/5 starsInspired by the true story of the CIA’s plot to help take down the USSR, “The Secrets We Kept” follows two American secretaries at the CIA who are chosen to try and smuggle Russian author Boris Pasternak’s forbidden novel “Doctor Zhivago” out of the USSR and into the US for it to be published.

September 2019: “Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky”Fair Play. “G. P.

Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 44/5 stars”Fair Play” is a self-help book designed to help married and long-term couples equally divvy up responsibilities around the house and with their kids, predicated on four simple rules. October 2019: “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes”The Giver of Stars.

“Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4. 28/5 stars”The Giver of Stars” focuses on British immigrant Alice who marries an American man to escape her small town, only to end up in a small town in Kentucky during the Great Depression. To find adventure, she signs up to be part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, and along with three other women and their leader Margery, they become the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.

In December 2020, Deadline reported that Catalina Aguilar-Mastretta had signed on to direct a movie adaptation of the novel. November 2019: “Conviction” by Denise Mina”Conviction. “Mulholland BooksGoodreads score: 3.

55/5 starsAfter Ana’s husband leaves her for her best friend and takes their two daughters with him, she throws herself into a true crime podcast. Except, shockingly, she thinks she recognizes one of the names involved, and decides to solve the case herself. This is the first in Mina’s “Anna and Fin” series.

The second installment, “Confidence,” was published in July 2022. December 2019: “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid”Such a Fun Age. “G.

P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 83/5 stars”Such a Fun Age” tells the story of Emira, a young Black woman is a babysitter for Alix’s (a white woman) daughter, Briar.

When Emira takes Briar to the supermarket, she is accosted by the store’s security guard, who is convinced that Emira is kidnapping Briar. This sets Alix on a path towards proving her “wokeness” to Briar. But then the two find out they have a mutual friend, long-buried secrets from Alix may shed an uncomfortable light on her new persona.

Before “Such a Fun Age” was even published, director/actress Lena Waithe and her production company secured the rights to adapt it. January 2020: “The Scent Keeper” by Erica Bauermeister”The Scent Keeper. “St.

Martin’s Press/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3. 94/5 starsEmmeline has grown up on an enchanted island with her father, who teaches her almost everything she needs to know about the world. Notably, he won’t explain how the drawers in their cabin are filled with various scents, or how the machine that produces them works.

But when Emmeline is thrust into the real world alone, she must learn the secrets of the scents, her family, and her unknown past to get home. February 2020: “The Jetsetters” by Amanda Eyre Ward”The Jetsetters. “Ballantine Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3.

11/5 starsThe Perkins children are reunited on a 10-day cruise around Europe after their 70-year-old mother submits an essay to a contest, and wins. On the ship, the siblings and their mother encounter their exes, are forced to deal with their baggage, and reveal their secrets for the first time. March 2020: “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle”Untamed.

“The Dial Press/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4. 01/5 stars”Untamed” is activist Doyle’s memoir, chronicling her divorce, her adventures in parenting, and how she went from a Christian mommy blogger to the wife of one of the most famous female soccer players of all time. As of 2020, JJ Abrams’ production company Bad Robot has the rights to “Untamed,” and is currently developing the memoir into a TV series.

April 2020: “The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi”The Henna Artist. “MINA/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 4. 20/5 starsSet in the Indian city of Jaipur in the 1950s, “The Henna Artist” is the story of 17-year-old Lakshmi, who escapes an abusive marriage and becomes the city’s most sought-after henna artist, and becomes privy to high society gossip and secrets.

Years later, her husband tracks her down and introduces her to a sister she never knew she had, whose sudden appearance threatens to upend the life she worked so hard to achieve. “The Henna Artist” is the first in a trilogy about Lakshmi, followed by “The Secret Keeper of Jaipur” in 2021, and “The Perfumist of Paris,” which is set to be published in 2023. In 2021, Netflix acquired the rights to Joshi’s novels, and announced that Freida Pinto would be producing and starring in the series.

May 2020: “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley”The Guest List. “William Morrow/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3. 85/5 starsFans of “Clue,” look no further: Foley’s novel “The Guest List” gives readers a dead body, a location, a murder weapon, and a list of five suspects after a would-be groom turns up dead on his wedding day on an island off the coast of Ireland.

According to Foley, both “The Guest List” and her previous novel “The Hunting Party” are both set to become TV series at some point in the future. May 2020: “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” by Austin Channing Brown”I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. “Convergent Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

38/5 starsWritten by Austin Channing Brown, a Black woman, “I’m Still Here” is Brown’s story of growing up as a Black person in a predominantly white town in Middle America, beginning with when she finds out her parents named her Austin so she could pass for a white man on paper. The book also explores her relationship with her faith, and how she has learned to love her Blackness in a world designed for white people. July 2020: “Everything Inside” by Edwidge Danticat”Everything Inside.

“Vintage/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 73/5 stars”Everything Inside” is a compilation of eight short stories about love, loss, death, birth, reconnecting after years apart, and more. They’re set in various countries and cities, including Miami, Port-au-Prince, and an unnamed Caribbean country.

As Danticat herself is Haitian-American, many of the characters in her stories are connected by their experiences as part of the Haitian diaspora. August 2020: “The Last Story of Mina Lee” by Nancy Jooyoun Kim”The Last Story of Mina Lee. “Park Row/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3.

54/5 stars”The Last Story of Mina Lee” jumps back and forth in time from the present, when Mina’s daughter Margot finds out her mother has suspiciously died, to the past, to explore Mina’s first year in Los Angeles after immigrating from Korea (and escaping the Korean War) as she’s working as a stock-person at a Korean grocery store. September 2020: “His Only Wife” by Peace Adzo Medie”His Only Wife. “Oneworld PublicationsGoodreads score: 3.

76/5 stars”His Only Wife” is about Afi, a young woman living in a small town in Ghana and working as a seamstress, who is presented with an opportunity to move to Ghana’s capital city, Accra, with one catch: She must marry a man, Elikem, who she barely knows, and who is actually in love with another woman who his family doesn’t approve of. Afi decides to take the plunge and marry Eli, and ends up falling in love with her new life of Independence and possibilities in the city (and she gets to know Eli, too). The rights to adapt “His Only Wife” were acquired in December 2020, to either become a movie or a TV series.

  October 2020: “Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life” by Christie Tate”Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life. “Avid Reader Press/Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 80/5 stars”Group” is a memoir written by Christie Tate, a law school student who is also recovering from bulimia and is having suicidal thoughts.

So, she decides to join a therapy group run by Dr. Rosen, who tells her that group therapy is the best way to deal with her mental health struggles. December 2020: “The Chicken Sisters” by KJ Dell’Antonia”The Chicken Sisters.

“G. P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

41/5 starsThink “Romeo and Juliet” meets “Hell’s Kitchen — in the small town of Merinac, Kansas, there are two warring fried chicken joints, owned by the Moore and Pogociello families. When Amanda Moore marries Frank Pogociello, the conflict between the families becomes even more intense. So, tired of fighting, Amanda decides to enter both businesses into the food reality competition “Food Wars” to declare a winner once and for all.

The only issue? Amanda’s sister Mae comes back to town to help her family’s restaurant take the crown, pitting her against her sister.  January 2021: “Outlawed” by Anna North”Outlawed. “Bloomsbury PublishingGoodreads score: 3.

55/5 stars”Outlawed” is a mixture between alternate history and a western: In the mid-19th century, a flu wiped out much of the population, leaving cities to rule themselves semi-autonomously, while the overarching US is run by, essentially, fundamentalist Christians who believe women only exist to have children. Enter Ada, a 17-year-old girl who works as an apprentice to her midwife mother and is set to be married. But one year later, in 1894, Ada is still childless, and must go on the run with a group of other childless women, known as the Holl in the Wall Gang, led by a mysterious figure known only as the Kid.

Deadline reported in January 2021 that A24 and Amy Adams were teaming up to bring “Outlawed” to TV. February 2021: “The Sanatorium” by Sarah Pearse”The Sanatorium. “Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

37/5 stars”The Sanatorium” centers on Elin Warner, a detective who takes time off from her job to celebrate her brother Isaac’s engagement at Le Sommet, a minimalist hotel that, until recently, was an abandoned sanatorium plagued with sinister rumors about its past. When Isaac’s fiancée Laure goes missing the morning of the party, Elin takes the case and discovers everyone at the hotel has more secrets than she thought possible. “The Sanatorium” is the first in a series of novels about Elin, followed by “The Retreat,” published in 2022.

March 2021: “Infinite Country” by Patricia Engel”Infinite Country. “Avid Reader Press/Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3. 96/5 stars”Infinite Country” is the story of two Colombian immigrants, Elena and Mauro, who risk everything by overstaying their visas in order to give their children a better life, and to help Elena’s mother back in Bogotá by sending money.

But when Mauro is suddenly deported, leaving Elena alone with three young children, she must gather strength she never knew she had. April 2021: “Northern Spy” by Flynn Berry”Northern Spy. “Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

71/5 stars”Northern Spy” takes place in Belfast, two decades after the Good Friday Agreement seemingly ended The Troubles, a period of political unrest in Northern Ireland, led by the IRA, a paramilitary group focused on ending British rule in Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland and Northern Ireland. But, according to news footage of a bank robbery captured by the BBC, the IRA is alive — and, much to BBC producer Tessa’s surprise, her sister Marian is part of the movement and was involved in the robbery. But there’s more to Marian’s story than meets the eye.

Netflix is set to adapt “Northern Spy” with “Harry Potter” screenwriter Steve Kloves taking on the screenplay, as of September 2021. May 2021: “The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave”The Last Thing He Told Me. “Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3.

89/5 starsHannah Hall and her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey don’t exactly get along, but when Hannah’s husband (and Bailey’s father) Owen Michaels disappears without a trace, leaving only a note to Hannah that tells her to protect Bailey, the two must team up to uncover who Owen really is, and why he’s disappeared. “The Last Thing He Told Me” is set to become an Apple TV+ miniseries starring Jennifer Garner as Hannah, Angourie Rice as Bailey, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Owen. Hello Sunshine will produce the series.

June 2021: “Seven Days in June” by Tia Williams”Seven Days in June. “Grand Central PublishingGoodreads score: 4. 10/5 stars”Seven Days in June” is the story of Eva, a single mother and mega-successful erotica novelist and Shane, a reclusive writer who mysteriously shows up in New York City.

What the rest of the world doesn’t know is that Shane and Eva had a week-long relationship 20 years prior that the two still think about often. As they embark on another week-long relationship, the two will finally get closure, tell the truth, and shock New York City’s Black literary society. In June 2021, it was announced that producer Will Packer had acquired the rights for “Seven Days in June” and that the novel will be turned into a TV series.

July 2021: “The Paper Palace” by Miranda Cowley Heller”The Paper Palace. “Riverhead Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3. 87/5 starsElle, a 50-year-old happily married mother of three, and Jonas, her oldest friend, have snuck away during a family vacation in July to sleep with each other the first time, in “The Paper Palace.

” Now, Elle has 24 hours to decide if she wants to blow up her picture-perfect life and marriage to Peter in order to live a life she’s always fantasized about with Jonas. August 2021: “We Were Never Here” by Andrea Bartz”We Were Never Here. “Ballantine Books/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 3.

54/5 starsKristen and Emily are two best friends who go on an annual trip every year to reunite. This year, the two have chosen to go backpacking through the mountains of Chile. But one night, Emily returns to their room to find Kristen and the dead body of a backpacker who she claims attacked her — a scenario eerily similar to their trip last year.

Now, Emily must decide if she can truly trust her best friend, or if she needs to leave her behind. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a Netflix movie adaptation is in the works. September 2021: “L.

A. Weather” by María Amparo Escandón”L. A.

Weather. “Flatiron Books/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3. 19/5 stars”L.

A. Weather” is the story of the Alvarado family: Oscar, his wife Keila, and their three adult daughters Claudia, Olivia, and Patricia. When Keila decides to end their marriage, their daughters are shocked, and all Oscar can do is pray for rain during one of worst droughts California has ever seen.

Over the course of a year, Keila and Oscar promise their daughters to try and save their marriage, while the three sisters take a hard look at their own relationships and lives.  October 2021: “Sankofa” by Chibundu Onuzo”Sankofa. “CatapultGoodreads score: 3.

89/5 stars”Sankofa” follows Anna, a woman who is simultaneously grieving the death of her mother, separating from her husband, and dealing with the fact that her daughter doesn’t need her anymore. But when clues about her father who she never knew appear in her mother’s belongings, Anna takes a chance and tracks him down, only to find out he’s a maybe dictator of a small African country. November 2021: “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak”The Island of Missing Trees.

“Bloomsbury PublishingGoodreads score: 4. 20/5 starsFor those looking to learn more about history of Cyprus, “The Island of Missing Trees” is a way into the small island’s history, focusing on two teenagers Kostas and Defne, who are both Cypriots — but one is Greek and the other is Turkish. As civil war breaks out in the 1970s, they are forced to leave island for decades.

The story is jumps back and forth between the ’70s, telling the story of Kostas and Defne’s love, and 2010, from the point of view of their daughter Ada, who barely knows anything about her family’s history and their ancestral home. December 2021: “Lucky” by Marissa Stapley”Lucky. “Simon & SchusterGoodreads score: 3.

65/5 stars”Lucky” is a story for the scammer-obsessed, as it follows Lucky Armstrong, a talented criminal who successfully pulled off a million-dollar heist with the help of her boyfriend Cary — of course, that’s when everything gets royally messed up and Lucky is on her own for the first time ever. And, to make matters somewhat worse (or somewhat better, depending on your point of view), Lucky discovers she has a winning lottery ticket . .

. that she can’t cash in or else she’ll get arrested for her previous crimes. The rights to “Lucky” were optioned by ABC/Disney TV and, as of 2021, Stapley was working with “Lost” screenwriter Carlton Cuse.

January 2022: “Honor” by Thrity Umrigar”Honor. “Workman Publishing/Algonquin BooksGoodreads score: 4. 42/5 stars”Honor” is a dual narrative, telling the story of Smita, an Indian American journalist who returns to India to tell the story of our other main character Meena, a Hindu woman who is attacked by people in her village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man.

As the two women learn more about each other, Smita must face up to her own past and examine her relationship to her home country. February 2022: “The Christie Affair” by Nina de Gramont”The Christie Affair. “St.

Martin’s Press/MacmillanGoodreads score: 3. 75/5 starsBased on the real-life 11-day disappearance of famed mystery author Agatha Christie in 1926, “The Christie Affair” is told from the point of view of Nan O’Dea, the eventual mistress of Agatha’s husband Archie. Amidst the 11 days, the story weaves in her childhood in Ireland, and explains why Nan would go after this specific married man in the first place.

Deadline reported in December 2021 that “The Christie Affair” will be turned into a limited series. March 2022: “The Club” by Ellery Lloyd”The Club. “HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3.

40/5 stars”The Club” is a thriller set in an ultra-exclusive club for celebrities (think Soho House) called The Home Group. The launch party for its poshest location yet, the Island Home, is one of the most coveted invitations on the planet. But, as the overworked staff mix with the entitled guests, people start going missing, and everyone on the island will be clamoring to get off.

Fans of “The White Lotus,” run, don’t walk. April 2022: “True Biz” by Sara Nović”True Biz. “Random House/Penguin Random HouseGoodreads score: 4.

15/5 stars”True Biz” takes place at a boarding school for the deaf, aptly called called River Valley School for the Deaf. Our main characters are February, the school’s headmistress, Charlie, a transfer student who has never met another deaf person and whose parents cannot accept her deafness, and Austin, the school’s big man on campus who is in for a huge shock when his sister is born hearing. In July 2021, Millicent Simmonds (“A Quiet Place”) was cast as Charlie in a TV adaptation of the novel.

May 2022: “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams”The Dictionary of Lost Words. “Affirm PressGoodreads score: 4. 10/5 stars”The Dictionary of Lost Words” is the story of Esme, a young girl whose father is part of a group of lexicographers who are compiling words to write the first “Oxford English Dictionary” in the early 1900s.

Esme begins to collect her own list of words, words that usually have to do with women, and are often overlooked by intellectual society. She calls this “The Dictionary of Lost Words. “June 2022: “Counterfeit” by Kirstin Chen”Counterfeit.

“William Morrow/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3. 57/5 starsTwenty years after Winnie Fang dropped out of college under shady circumstances, she reconnects with her former roommate Ava Wong in order to get help with her new business: importing almost-exact counterfeit replicas of luxury bags into the US. Ava, a respected lawyer, wife of a surgeon, and mother, is the perfect person to help Winnie’s business — that is, until Winnie disappears again, leaving Ava to deal with the consequences.

Sony optioned the rights for “Counterfeit” in 2021. As of July 2022, Chen told the San Francisco Chronicle that things are moving ahead, albeit very slowly. July 2022: “Honey & Spice” by Bolu Babalola”Honey & Spice.

“William Morrow/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 3. 94/5 stars”Honey & Spice” takes a classic rom-com trope, fake dating, and brings it to Whitewell University in England, where Kiki Banjo, the host of a popular student radio show called “Brown Sugar,” finds herself in a compromising position with campus’ biggest playboy, Malakai Korede. In order to save face, Kiki and Malakai pretend to date, but, in true romantic comedy fashion, find out they may have more in common than they think.

A sequel to “Honey & Spice,” called “Sun Under Skin,” will be published in 2024. , picking up with Malakai and Kiki years after the events of “Honey & Spice. “August 2022: “Wrong Place Wrong Time” by Gillian McAllister”Wrong Place Wrong Time.

“William Morrow/HarperCollinsGoodreads score: 4. 26/5 starsTold in reverse, “Wrong Place Wrong Time” begins with a mother, Jen, witnessing her 17-year-old Todd seemingly murdering someone in cold blood. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds that it’s not the day after the murder, but the day before.

As she keeps traveling back in time, Jen searches for answers about Todd’s crime, and seeks to prevent the shooting from ever happening. Read the original article on Insider.