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From adaptions like Netflix’s recent [_Anatomy of a Scandal_](https://time.com/6165832/anatomy-of-a-scandal-review/), based on Sarah Vaughan’s best-selling novel, to an upcoming take on [Sally Rooney](https://time.com/5827920/normal-people-hulu-review/)‘s _Conversations With Friends_ on Hulu, readers eager to lay eyes on the characters they’ve only visualized in their heads are sure to be thrilled. Here are 14 book-to-screen to look forward to in 2022. ## **_Anatomy of a Scandal_** **(Netflix, April 15)** Prepare for slow-burning suspense in this #MeToo-era courtroom thriller, which centers on bad behavior among Britain’s elite. James (Rupert Friend), a prominent politician, and his wife, Sophie (Sienna Miller), are seemingly thriving until James is accused of professional misconduct—and then of far worse things. The novel, published in 2018, was adapted for Netflix by David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson. The six-episode TV version is a timely examination of entitlement and consent. ## **_Heartstopper_** **(Netflix, April 22)** _Heartstopper_, Alice Oseman’s sweet webcomic—which began in 2016 and was eventually published as a series of graphic novels—charts the relationship between Charlie and Nick, two grammar-school boys who unexpectedly fall for each other. While the eight-part Netflix series is unlikely to stop your heart, it will almost certainly warm it. ## **_Under the Banner of Heaven_** **(FX and Hulu, April 28)** [Jon Krakauer’s 2003 true-crime bestseller](https://time.com/5355643/best-true-crime-books-of-all-time/) is being adapted into a seven-episode limited series. It investigates the gruesome 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City. Andrew Garfield portrays Detective Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon who has to wrestle with his faith as he untangles the killings—and how they relate back to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ## **_Conversations With Friends_** **(Hulu, May 15)** Perhaps you, too, have been waiting for another adaptation of a [Sally Rooney novel](https://time.com/6094903/sally-rooney-millennial-novel/) since you finished binging [_Normal People_](https://time.com/5827920/normal-people-hulu-review/). It’s finally here: the Irish author’s debut novel will be reimagined as a 12-episode series starring Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane, and Jemima Kirke. It follows a pair of best friends—Frances and Bobbi—as they become close with an eccentric married couple and explore their sexuality, testing the boundaries of their friendship. ## **_Where the Crawdads Sing_** **(In theaters July 15)** Delia Owens’ best-selling 2018 novel is finally getting the big-screen treatment. The story focuses on Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who was abandoned at a young age and raised herself in the North Carolina marshes. Years later, the lonely, mysterious girl is accused of murdering town heartthrob Chase (Harris Dickinson), who’d fallen for her but kept their romance secret from his family. Reese Witherspoon is among the movie’s producers, and Olivia Newman is directing. (Taylor Swift recently revealed that she wrote a song for the movie, but she’s faced backlash because of [Owens’ controversial involvement](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/05/the-hunted) with a poaching incident.) ## **_Salem’s Lot_** **(In theaters Sept. 9)** A small New England town is invaded by vampires in _Salem’s Lot_, the latest [Stephen King](https://time.com/4929570/stephen-king-it-novel-time-cover/) thriller being adapted into a movie. (The novel—King’s second, published in 1975—was also the inspiration for a 2004 TNT miniseries.) It’s about Ben (Lewis Pullman), a troubled writer who heads home to Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine, where his childhood demons transform into real ones. He bands together with a group of locals to fight the evil vampires. ## **_She Said_** **(In theaters Nov. 18)** New York _Times_ reporters [Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor](https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217592/ronan-farrow-jodi-kantor-megan-twohey/) won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal—which helped birth the #MeToo movement. They chronicled how they did it in [_She Said_](https://time.com/collection/must-read-books-2019/5724503/she-said/), a 2019 book that whisked readers behind-the-scenes of their investigative reporting. Now, Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are set to portray the journalists in a movie adaptation of the high-profile, game-changing case. ## **_Luckiest Girl Alive_** **(Netflix, 2022)** [Jessica Knoll](https://time.com/4274921/luckiest-girl-alive-jessica-knoll-lenny-letter-essay/), who wrote the 2015 thriller _Luckiest Girl Alive_, also penned the screenplay for the movie adaptation, which is due this year—starring and produced by [Mila Kunis](https://time.com/5349513/the-spy-who-dumped-me/). The story, which was partly inspired by Knoll’s personal experiences, is about a woman who’s reinvented herself after being raped as a teenager. Years later, she seemingly has it all—until her past comes roaring back, fraying the edges of her carefully constructed life. ## **_A Man Called Otto_** **(In theaters Dec. 25)** In Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s delightful debut novel, _A Man Called Ove_, the titular curmudgeon has a heart that’s too big—literally, but also, it turns out, metaphorically. That story is getting the big-screen treatment in the U.S., following the success of a Swedish adaptation that was nominated for a 2017 Academy Award. Ove has been renamed the more-pronounceable Otto in this iteration, which stars [Tom Hanks](https://time.com/5777520/oscars-2020-tom-hanks/) (whose wife, Rita Wilson, is among the producers). ## **_The Summer I Turned Pretty_** **(Amazon Prime Video, TBD)** Before [_To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before_](https://time.com/5774277/jenny-han-to-all-the-boys-sequel-netflix/)_,_ there was _The Summer I Turned Pretty_. Jenny Han’s YA romance trilogy, which launched in 2009, is set to premiere as a Prime Video series this year. It’s about Belly (Lola Tung), a teenage girl who gets a crash course in love when she develops a relationship with two boys who fight for her affections. Expect a fun, fluffy coming-of-age story that makes you long for youthful summers spent at the shore. ## **_Pieces of Her_** **(Netflix, currently available)** What happens when you think you know everything there is to know about your mother—and then find out she specializes in secrets? That question is at the heart of [Karin Slaughter](https://time.com/4174139/real-mystery-of-making-a-murderer/)’s stirring novel, which was the basis for this eight-episode inaugural season. Andy (Bella Heathcote) and her mother (Toni Collette) are caught up in a shooting at a local diner, which ignites a media firestorm—and forces Andy to realize her mom has an entire shocking history that’s been long concealed. ## **_Death on the Nile_** **(HBO Max and Hulu,** **currently available** **)** Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) puts his “little grey cells” to fine use in this movie adaptation of [Agatha Christie’s classic murder-mystery](https://time.com/4029233/agatha-christie-poison/). It takes place on a glamorous cruise ship headed down the Nile River in 1937, as newlyweds Linnet (Gal Gadot) and Simon (Armie Hammer) celebrate their marriage. Things get complicated when Simon’s scorned ex-girlfriend, Jackie (Emma Mackey), shows up, and even more so when Linnet ends up dead. Even if you know exactly what the brilliant detective Poirot will figure out, it’s fun to watch the puzzle pieces click into place. ## **_No Exit_** **(Hulu, currently available)** In this thrilling movie based on the 2017 novel by Taylor Adams, a woman named Darby (Havana Rose Liu) becomes stranded at a rest stop where she’s forced to shelter with a group of strangers. That could be uncomfortable during the best of circumstances, but the tension grows quickly when she discovers a young girl tied up and gagged in one of the stranger’s vans—clearly, a kidnapping in progress. Darby has to figure out who’s responsible and how to save the child, and herself, in this claustrophobic adaptation. ## **_Pachinko_** **(Apple TV+, currently available)** Min Jin Lee’s _Pachinko_, a sweeping historical fiction novel published in 2017, was beloved by many readers—like [Barack Obama, who recommended](https://www.minjinlee.com/news/writer-min-jin-lee-to-teach-at-amherst-college-4/) it for its resilience and compassion. The saga follows a Korean immigrant family across four generations. In March, an eight-episode adaptation premiered on Apple TV+ as one of the [biggest multilingual shows ever](https://time.com/6157906/pachinko-apple-tv/). 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