Emily Henry has taken the rom-com publishing world by storm in recent years, putting out six romance novels since 2020, all of which have made themselves comfortable on various best-seller lists. That incredible track record—not to mention the delightfully swoon-worthy plots and broad appeal of the books—has resulted in five of those six novels being snapped up for on-screen adaptations. (And, let’s be honest, it’s only a matter of time until some studio or other picks up the rights to 2025’s Great Big Beautiful Life, too.)
The book-to-screen deals were made slightly out of order, with Henry’s second adult novel, People We Meet on Vacation, being the first to hit our screens on Netflix in January 2026. But the film version of her first rom-com novel, Beach Read, could be close behind. 20th Century Studios claimed the distribution rights back in 2023, with a writer-director already in place.
