--- description: Hollywood-loving book clubs have plenty of fodder to choose from this year title: 6 Books to Read Before They Become Movies This Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7886e144c5728944/6988cbcaa988cad8256bc102/book-movies-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 6 Books to Read Before They Become Movies This Year by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 3, 2017 7:08 PM CUT  Knopf; Scribner; Scribner by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 3, 2017 7:08 PM CUT Hollywood-loving book clubs have plenty of fodder to choose from this year, with a spate of blockbusters based on novels due to hit theaters in the coming months. From young adult hits to classic mysteries to a pair of Stephen King adaptations, here are the books to read before their corresponding movies before they hit the big screen. ## [_Everything, Everything_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553496670/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (May 19) The best-selling Nicola Yoon novel centers on a teenage girl with an autoimmune disorder that confines her to a decontaminated house. When a boy moves in next door, she begins to wish her world were wider. Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson play the lovesick teens. ## [_My Cousin Rachel_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492660639/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (June 9) A man inherits his cousin’s estate and begins to question the circumstances around the death in this classic novel by Daphne Du Maurier ([_Rebecca_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0380730405/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"), [_The Birds_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844080870/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined")). Rachel Weisz stars as the dead man’s widow. ## [_The Dark Tower_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501143514/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (Aug. 4) Idris Elba plays Roland Deschain, “The Gunslinger,” pursuing “The Man in Black” (Matthew McConaughey) across a post-apocalyptic landscape. The [Stephen King](http://time.com/4517916/stephen-king-clowns/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") series includes eight novels and connects to many of his other books. ## [_It_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501142976/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (Sept. 8) The other big [Stephen King](http://time.com/4517916/stephen-king-clowns/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") adaptation of the year is the story of a Maine town where the children start to go missing, falling prey to an evil clown played by Bill Skarsgård. ## [_Murder on the Orient Express_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062073508/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (Nov. 10) [Agatha Christie’s](http://time.com/4029233/agatha-christie-poison/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") landmark mystery gets yet another [film adaptation](http://time.com/4029315/agatha-christie-best-novels/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") with a star-studded cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench and Daisy Ridley. Kenneth Branagh both directs and stars as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot. ## [_Wonder_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375869026/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") (Nov. 17) Jacob Tremblay plays a young boy with a facial difference who is transitioning from homeschooling to a mainstream classroom experience. Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson play his parents in the adaptation of this landmark bestseller by R.J. 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