Isn't the book always better than the movie? I mean, oftentimes, yes, but that doesn’t mean a great book won't be the source material for a great movie. As a book-reader, I'm almost always going to get excited for the adaptation. There are so many great books with adaptations lined up on the 2026 movie schedule that it was hard for me to narrow things down for the purposes of this list. With that said, I did want to focus on movies here, but that makes it only marginally simpler. Of the adaptations I'm highlighting, I have read, well, most of them (I'll explain The Odyssey when we get to that one).
If you're looking for a comprehensive list of upcoming book-to-screen adaptations, this article has you covered. For me personally, however, these are the five I absolutely can't wait to see (in no particular order):
