--- title: Books to Read Before They Become Movies in 2017 description: Hollywood-loving book clubs have plenty of fodder to choose from this year canonical: https://time.com/4762311/books-movies-stephen-king-2017/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-03T19:08:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:41:31.095Z article:section: Ideas og:title: 6 Books to Read Before They Become Movies This Year og:description: From Stephen King thrillers to YA best-sellers og:url: https://time.com/4762311/books-movies-stephen-king-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7886e144c5728944/6988cbcaa988cad8256bc102/book-movies-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1012&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1012 og:image:height: 569 og:image:alt: book-movies-2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 Books to Read Before They Become Movies This Year twitter:description: From Stephen King thrillers to YA best-sellers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7886e144c5728944/6988cbcaa988cad8256bc102/book-movies-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1012&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 6 Books to Read Before They Become Movies This Year > Sponsored content. 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A paid TIME subscription is separate and available at time.com/subscribe-agent. by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 3, 2017 7:08 PM UTC  Knopf; Scribner; Scribner by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 3, 2017 7:08 PM UTC 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) (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) (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), [_The Birds_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844080870/?tag=timecom-20)). Rachel Weisz stars as the dead man’s widow. ## [_The Dark Tower_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501143514/?tag=timecom-20) (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) series includes eight novels and connects to many of his other books. ## [_It_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501142976/?tag=timecom-20) (Sept. 8) The other big [Stephen King](http://time.com/4517916/stephen-king-clowns/?iid=sr-link2) 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) (Nov. 10) [Agatha Christie’s](http://time.com/4029233/agatha-christie-poison/?iid=sr-link1) landmark mystery gets yet another [film adaptation](http://time.com/4029315/agatha-christie-best-novels/?iid=sr-link2) 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) (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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