Eyes Tired from Reading? 9 Book Adaptations to Watch Instead

The eye strain is real

I stare at words all day for work: editing, writing, email reading, everywhere I turn, words words words. Try as I might, by the time evening rolls around, I have about 30 minutes of solid reading left in my withering eyeballs before they fully go caput for the day. Much to the delight of my optometrist, there are plenty of T.V. shows to take my mind (and eyes) off the written word — at least where work is concerned.

Also lucky for us, fellow bibliophile, there’s a surge of book adaptations storming pop culture at the moment. Which are worth your time? Below, I’ve listed the ones I’ve watched, and others that look especially enticing (minus one ~ hound dog love story ~ that’ll be getting the feature treatment early next month). Did I miss one? Be sure to add your favorites to the comments below.

9 Book Adaptations to Watch Now and All Fall

1. Silo, based on “Wool” by Hugh Howey

   Available now on Apple T.V.+

2. A Haunting in Venice, based on the book by Agatha Christie

   Out now in theaters

3. Foe, based on the book by Iain Reed

   Out now in theaters

4. Killers of the Flower Moon, based on the book by David Grann

   Out now in theaters

5. The Color Purple, based on the book by Alice Walker

   Out in theaters, December 25

6. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the book by Suzanne Collins

   Out in theaters, November 17

7. Black Cake, based on the book by Charmaine Wilkerson

   Available on Hulu, November 1

8. All the Light We Cannot See, based on the book by Anthony Doerr

   Available on Netflix, November 2

9. The Fall of the House of Usher, based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe

   Available now on Netflix