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Books on Screen

Each month, our Books on Screen feature spotlights movies, television shows, miniseries and specials that are based on books of various genres --- including novels, memoirs, comics, children's books, short stories and poetry --- along with the latest DVD releases.

September 2023

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+, "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime Video, and "Virgin River" on Netflix; the series premieres of AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon," Hulu's "The Other Black Girl," Apple TV+'s "The Changeling," and Netflix's "Dear Child"; the season finales of "Harlan Coben’s Shelter" on Amazon Prime Video and "Dark Winds" on AMC; the Netflix film Love at First Sight, along with the theatrical releases of Dumb Money and A Haunting in Venice; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, God Is a Bullet and Corner Office.

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August 2023

August's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Harlan Coben’s Shelter" on Amazon Prime Video, "Painkiller" on Netflix, and "The Winter King" on MGM+; the resumption of season two of Netflix's "The Lincoln Lawyer"; the season seven midseason finale of "Outlander" on Starz; the continuation of AMC's "Dark Winds" and Hallmark Channel's "When Calls the Heart"; the films Red, White & Royal Blue on Amazon Prime Video and Landscape with Invisible Hand in theaters; and the DVD releases of The Flash, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and BlackBerry.

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July 2023

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the series finales of "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan" on Amazon Prime Video and "The Crowded Room" on Apple TV+; the season finales of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" on AMC and "Joe Pickett" on Paramount+; the season premieres of "The Lincoln Lawyer" and "Sweet Magnolias" on Netflix, "Good Omens" on Amazon Prime Video, "Dark Winds" on AMC, and "When Calls the Heart" on Hallmark Channel; the films Oppenheimer in theaters, Happiness for Beginners on Netflix and Rare Objects on AMC+; and the DVD releases of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Knights of the Zodiac and Love Again.

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June 2023

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" on AMC and "The Crowded Room" on Apple TV+; the season premieres of "Outlander" on Starz, "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan" on Amazon Prime Video, and "Joe Pickett" on Paramount+; the conclusion of "City on Fire" on Apple TV+; the midseason finale of "Fear the Walking Dead" on AMC; the films The Boogeyman in theaters, The Wonder Weeks on Netflix, and Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; and the DVD releases of Rare Objects, Sakra and The Pope’s Exorcist.

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May 2023

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "American Born Chinese" on Disney+, "City on Fire" on Apple TV+, and "Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss" on Peacock; the season eight premiere of AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead"; the conclusions of "The Last Thing He Told Me" on Apple TV+ and "Saint X" on Hulu; the season one finales of ABC's "Will Trent" and AMC's "Lucky Hank"; the films Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery and The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; and the DVD releases of Knock at the Cabin, Children of the Corn and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

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April 2023

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Last Thing He Told Me" on Apple TV+, and Hulu's "Tiny Beautiful Things" and "Saint X"; part two of the second and final season of "Firefly Lane" on Netflix; the conclusion of "A Spy Among Friends" on MGM+; the season two finale of HBO's "Perry Mason"; the films Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., One True Loves and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; and the DVD releases of Jesus Revolution, Emily and Marlowe.

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March 2023

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of Amazon Prime Video's "Daisy Jones & the Six" and "The Power," MGM+'s "A Spy Among Friends" and Netflix's "The Night Agent"; the season two premiere of "Perry Mason" on HBO; the season one finales of "Dear Edward" and "Truth Be Told" on Apple TV+; the films The Magician’s Elephant, Children of the Corn and The Lost King; and the DVD releases of A Man Called Otto and Women Talking.

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February 2023

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premiere of "Dear Edward" on Apple TV+; the season premieres of HBO's "C.B. Strike: Troubled Blood" and Netflix's "You"; the season finales of "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" on AMC and "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the continuation of ABC's "Will Trent" and Apple TV+'s "Truth Be Told"; the films Knock at the Cabin, Marlowe, Emily, The Amazing Maurice and Jesus Revolution; and the DVD releases of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Devotion and Spoiler Alert.

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January 2023

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Will Trent" on ABC, "The Lying Life of Adults" on Netflix, and "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" on AMC; the season three premieres of "Truth Be Told" on Apple TV+ and "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season finales of ABC's "Big Sky" and Apple TV+'s "The Mosquito Coast"; the wide theatrical releases of the films A Man Called Otto and Women Talking, along with the Netflix release of The Pale Blue Eye; the sequel trilogy to Hallmark Channel's movie series, The Wedding Veil; and the DVD releases of She Said, Black Adam and Bones and All.

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December 2022

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Three Pines" on Amazon Prime Video and "Kindred" on FX; the season premieres of Netflix's "Firefly Lane," Amazon Prime Video's "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan" and HBO's "His Dark Materials"; the conclusion of FX's "Fleishman Is in Trouble"; the season finales of "The Peripheral" on Amazon Prime Video and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" on Disney+; the films A Man Called Otto, White Noise, The Pale Blue Eye, Women Talking and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules; and the DVD releases of Bandit and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

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