Winter is slowly turning into spring, and while the season of "read a book inside under a blanket" is ending, the season of "read a book in the park in the sun" is just beginning!
With this in mind, we at Hirsh have curated a list of books that have been adapted into TV shows or movies, so if you're looking for something to read outside or to watch inside, come on down!
These are our picks:
Long Bright River by Liz Moore (a woman searches for her sister on the streets of Philadelphia, adaption a miniseries starring Amanda Seyfried)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire (the story of the Wicked Witch of the West, adapted into an Oscar-winning movie)
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (the history of a fictional 1960s band, adapted into a miniseries starring Riley Keough)
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (a young report interviews an ancient vampire, adapted into a series and an extended universe by AMC)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (a murder in the marshes of North Carolina, adapted into a movie in 2022)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (two families face trouble in a small town in Ohio, adapted into a miniseries on Hulu)
The Magicians by Lev Grossman (a student with a big imagination is admitted to a school for magicians, adapted to a series on SyFy)
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (a young scholar at Oxford discovers an ancient manuscript and her own witchy ancestry, adapted into an AMC series in in 2019)
All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage (a murder mystery and a ghost story set in a small town in upstate New York, adapted into a Netflix movie also starring Amanda Seyfried)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (a young woman struggles to survive in a dystopian gladiator competition, adapted into a movie series)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (a group of people investigate the strange goings-on in a mysterious haunted house, adapted into a Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan)
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (an epic fantasy following, among others, an exiled queen, a pair of villainous twins, and a man struggling to do his duty, adapted into the HBO series you may all know already)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (time travel and romance in the Scottish highlands, adapted into a Starz series)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (a dystopian classic about a nightmarish future, adapted into a series on Hulu)
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (a fantasy world with strange magic and mysterious creatures, adapted into a Netflix series)
So come on down and pick out something to read before you watch!