March is National Reading Month, so as an avid reader and book club founder I must encourage reading to all. I know a lot of people don't have time to or find it boring to read, but here's your excuse to read. So many books are being made into movies, so here's a list of books with movie adaptations this year.
1. The Commuter and Exhibit Piece — Jan. 16
This isn’t a movie, but an anthology series called "Electric Dreams." This series will be available on Amazon video.
2. Vulgar Favors — Jan. 17
"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" is another TV show based on a book.
3. Forever My Girl — Jan. 19
Book one in the "Beaumont" series.
4. Horse Soldiers (12 Strong) — Jan. 19
5. The Leisure Seeker — Jan. 19
6. The Alienist — Jan. 22
The show by the same name is aired in TNT.
7. Opheilia — Jan. 23
8. The Death Cure — Jan. 26
9. Fifty Shades Freed — Feb. 9
10. Peter Rabbit — Feb. 9
11. Annihilation — Feb. 23
Book one of "Southern Reach!"
12. Every Day — Feb. 23
Book one of the "Every Day" series.
13. The War With Grandpa — Feb. 23
14. The Looming Tower — Feb. 28
It's a TV show, but still worth the watch.
15. Red Sparrow — March 2
"Red Sparrow" is the first book in the "Red Sparrow" series. It’s about a Russian ballerina, Dominika Egorova who is forced to become a spy, or also known as Sparrow. This thriller will keep you on the end of your seat form beginning to end, and the movie adaptation will do the same.
16. Death Wish — March 2
Book on in the "Paul Benjamin" series.
17. A Wrinkle in Time — March 9
18. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda — March 16
19. Where’d You Go Bernadette — May 11
20. On Chesil Beach — May 18
21. Ready Player One — March 30
22. The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni — April 20
23. Meg — Aug. 10
If you like "Jaws," maybe this book about a prehistoric shark will peak your interests.
24. Crazy Rich Asians — Aug.17
25. Three Seconds — Aug. 17
Grens & Sundkvist #5
26. The Little Stranger — Aug. 31
27. The Darkest Minds — Sept. 14
"Darkest Minds" book one.
28. The House With a Clock in its Walls — Sept. 21
29. Boy Erased — Sept. 28
30. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong — Oct. 12
31. Where’d You Go, Bernadette — Oct. 19
32. The Girl in the Spider’s Web — Oct. 19
33. The Jungle Book — Oct. 19
“Mowgli” will be an origin story and prequal to “The Jungle Book.”
34. Bluebird — Oct. 29
35. My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots — Nov. 2
36. Mortal Engines — Dec. 14
"The Hungry City Chronicles Series" in all its glory.
37. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Nov. 16
Sequel to the movie of the same name, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crime of Grindelwald” is sure to be a hit among Harry Potter fans.
38. Sherlock Holmes — Dec. 21
Holmes and Watson is loosely based on the original stories.
39. Mary Poppins — Dec. 25
Mary Poppins returns!
40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society — TBA
41. Bel Canto — TBA
42. Little Women — TBA
43. The Black Hand — TBA
44. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet — TBA
45. Hunting Christ —TBA
46. Fahrenheit 451 — TBATV show on HBO
48. The Long Home — TBA
47. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before— TBA
48. Monster — TBA
49. The Bell Jar — TBA
50. Between Shades of Grey — TBA
Ashes in the Snow will come out sometime in 2018.