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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.

August 2022

August's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "House of the Dragon" on HBO, "Tales of the Walking Dead" on AMC, "The Sandman" on Netflix, and "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+; the season six premiere of Hallmark Channel's "Chesapeake Shores"; the season one finale of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin" on HBO Max; the films Bullet Train and Three Thousand Years of Longing; and the DVD releases of The Black Phone, Mr. Malcolm's List and My Donkey, My Lover & I.

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July 2022

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Where the Crawdads Sing, The Gray Man, The Forgiven and Persuasion; the series premieres of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin" on HBO Max, "The Terminal List" on Amazon Prime Video, and "How to Change Your Mind" on Netflix; the season four premiere of Netflix's "Virgin River"; the season one finale of Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; and the DVD releases of Drive My Car and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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June 2022

June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series finales of FX on Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven" and HBO's "The Time Traveler's Wife"; the season finales of "The Essex Serpent" and "Shining Girls" on Apple TV+; the series premieres of Netflix's "The Perfect Mother" and "First Kill"; the films The Lost Girls, The Black Phone and The Wrath of God; and the DVD releases of Firestarter, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Mothering Sunday and We Need to Do Something.

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May 2022

May's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Bosch: Legacy" on Amazon Freevee, "The Lincoln Lawyer" on Netflix, "Conversations with Friends" on Hulu, "The Time Traveler's Wife" on HBO, and "Joe Pickett" on Paramount+; the season finales of Starz's "Outlander," HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant," and ABC's "Big Sky"; the films Firestarter and Operation Mincemeat; and the DVD release of The Batman.

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April 2022

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the season two premiere of "The Flight Attendant" on HBO Max; the season finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Pachinko" on Apple TV+ and "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" on Showtime; the series premieres of FX on Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven," Netflix's "Anatomy of a Scandal," HBO Max's "Tokyo Vice" and Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; the films All the Old Knives and Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Death on the Nile, The Tiger Rising, The Meaning of Hitler, Last Looks and The King's Daughter.

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March 2022

March's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Pachinko" and "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey" on Apple TV+, along with Netflix's "Pieces of Her" and "Midnight at the Pera Palace"; the season premieres of "Outlander" on Starz and "Bridgerton" on Netflix; the films Deep Water, The Unbreakable Boy and Mothering Sunday; the continuation of HBO's "My Brilliant Friend" and ABC's "Big Sky"; and the DVD releases of Redeeming Love, A Journal for Jordan, Nightmare Alley and Marry Me.

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February 2022

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Reacher" on Amazon Prime Video, "The Girl Before" on HBO Max, and "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" on Showtime; the films Death on the Nile, No Exit, Through My Window and The Sky Is Everywhere; the season premieres of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, and "Sweet Magnolias" and "Young Wallander" on Netflix; the season finales of "Around the World in 80 Days" and "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; and the DVD releases of Eternals, Clifford the Big Red Dog, House of Gucci, The Hating Game and The King's Man.

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January 2022

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Redeeming Love, Munich – The Edge of War, Brazen and The Tiger Rising; the conclusion of "Station Eleven" on HBO Max and the season finale of "Dexter: New Blood" on Showtime; the series premiere of "Around the World in 80 Days" on PBS "Masterpiece"; the season premieres of TNT's "Snowpiercer" and HBO Max's "Gomorrah"; and the DVD releases of Dune, The Dry and Antlers.

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December 2021

December's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of HBO Max's "Station Eleven" and Netflix's "Stay Close" and "Anxious People"; the season finales of "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime Video and "Gossip Girl" on HBO Max; the films The Hating Game, The Tender Bar, The Lost Daughter and Diary of a Wimpy Kid; and the DVD releases of Dear Evan Hansen, The Last Duel, Cry Macho and Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

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November 2021

November's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Dexter: New Blood" on Showtime and "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime Video; the season finales of "American Rust" on Showtime, "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+ and "Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol" on Peacock; the conclusion of the Hulu miniseries "Dopesick"; the films Debbie Macomber's A Mrs. Miracle Christmas, Nantucket Noel, House of Gucci and Clifford the Big Red Dog; and the DVD releases of My Salinger Year, Flag Day and Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

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