You Binged the Show, Now Read the Book

As tedious as the past couple of years have been, with lockdowns and restrictions, it has been a time for binge-watching our favourite TV shows! But did you know that many of your favourite shows started out as books? Read on for eight books that have inspired hit small screen adaptations. Why not give one of these reads a go while you’re waiting for that next season to air?

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

Blood of Elves is the first novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the most-watched Netflix show of 2019! Filled with magic, monsters and a touch of destiny, this is one gripping read you won’t want to miss.

Buy a copy of Blood of Elves here.

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Read the bestselling series that inspired the hit TV show! Outlander is an epic story of love, war and time travel that follows Claire Randall, a combat nurse from 1946, who walks through a circle of standing stones and is transported to the 18^th century Scottish Highlands.

Buy a copy of Outlander here.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

With the huge success of Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power, there’s never been a better time to jump into the world of Tolkien with The Fellowship of the Ring.

Buy a copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring here.

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

If you liked Normal People, you’ll love this. Now a critically acclaimed TV series, Sally Rooney’s award-winning bestseller is a sharply intelligent novel about friendship, lust, jealousy, and the unexpected complications of adulthood in the 21st century.

Buy a copy of Conversations with Friends here.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The first book in The Wheel of Time series, one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published, is now a major TV series on Amazon Prime! Readers of high fantasy will devour this.

Buy a copy of The Eye of the World here.

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Discover the bestselling dystopian classic that became a cultural phenomenon and inspired the award-winning TV series. Set in The Republic of Gilead, formerly the US, The Handmaid’s Tale follows Offred, a woman who is forced into sexual servitude by the state and given one sole purpose: to breed.

Buy a copy of The Handmaid’s Tale here.

You by Caroline Kepnes

In this gripping thriller which inspired the popular Netflix series, bestselling author Caroline Kepnes gives readers a chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit. You is a thriller more perversely clever and dangerously twisted than any YOU have ever read.

Buy a copy of You here.

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

This list wouldn’t be complete without George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Fire and Ice, which inspired the hugely successful TV show. With the success of the latest spin-off House of the Dragon, there’s never been a better time to dive into the world of Westeros and begin reading these ground-breaking novels.

Buy a copy of A Game of Thrones here.