Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday.
It’s held over at That Artsy Reader Girl, where every week bloggers list their top 10 bookish lists to the theme for the week.
This week we’re all about those books that should be Netflix shows or movies.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: This is the story of women that are supposed to not have lives because their husbands are dead, but they still have stories to tell, and lives to lead and they need a whole series for themselves to explore their stories.
Tannie Maria series: Tannie Maria is the protagonist of a cozy mystery series set in a small town in South Africa. But underneath that is a character who is trying to deal with her PTSD from an abusive marriage as well.
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil: I can’t tell you how much the characterisation in this book just left me salivating for more, and it’s a standalone. While the others would probably be best as a series, this would be a movie. For sure.
Good Me, Bad me:The daughter of a serial killer might just be a victim of a ruthless mother, or just as manipulative.
The Max Parsons series: Max is a single father and a cop, but his relationship with his daughter is by far the more interesting part of this series because of how that experience affects the rest of what he does.
Poison City:This is the kind of sci-fi fantasy I adore beyond all good reason. Stunningly creative, angsty and with a talking dog (that is not the weirdest thing in this book) — only a series will do.
The Harry Virdee series:I could talk about how good this series is FOREVER, so naturally, only a series, for oh about 7 seasons, will do the characterisation, politics and family issues justice.
My Sister Rosa:Given that the little sister in this is a killer, I’m thinking a movie will do mostly because I can’t imagine a kid this young playing a psycho for a tv series. Though I think it would be brilliant to see Rosa in all her psycho glory.
That’s all she wrote. Would you watch any of these series?
Poison City and the Tannie Maria series both sound fantastic.
They are the best! I think you would like them!
Hi Verushka! I am jumping up and down her with excitement! You’ve listed Tannie Maria!! Yea!!!! I am from South Africa and I can already just picture the series and all the characters. It would be wonderful.
Have you read them all?
The Max Parson series can work well too. Such a great list you have here. Well done!
Here’s my 10 Books that should be adapted for Netflix
Hello!!!! It’s so nice to meet you — I was born there, and I squealed in glee when I found the Tannie Maria series! It is the BEST – and I would watch the hell out of a series about her! I have finished the first two, and Death on the Limpopo is next for me! Thank you so much for stopping by!
Ohh My Sister Rosa would be amazing! The mind bends that would indure. Thanks for the post.
IKR? That’s why I think it would be awesome!
I’m a little surprised Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows hasn’t already been adapted – it seems perfect for it!
Exactly! The BBC should be all over that!
I’d watch any of these if they would turn into tv shows or movies, to be honest. Especially Poison City. I wanna see that talking dog.
The talking dog ROCKS. Seriously, I adored him. He also drank as I recall, but still.
Poison City looks promising. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/08/ttt-081820.html
It was so much fun!
I would definitely watch Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil!
You read it! How good was it??? I would adore this series. aDORE.
I am only familiar with two of the books on your list, but from what I know about them, I think they offer some great source material.
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Yes! Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows would make an amazing series.
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RIGHT? I think it would be perfect for a series format!
Haven’t read any of these books…but if they ever turned any of them into a TV series I’d give them a try! 🙂
YAY! I think they wouldbe so much fun!
Haven’t read any of these, but a couple of them are already on my (ahem) TBR list!
LOL! Yeah, I have found my TBR list has many of the books on this week’s TTT too!
Poison City! With the dog, just perfect, I’d definitely watch that one!
Heh, it owuld be hilarious!
I haven’t even heard of most of these, but they do sound like they would make good t.v./movie shows. I hope Netflix is listening – they’re getting lots of great suggestions this week!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I hope they are listening too!
My Sister Rosa intrigues me 🙂
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Oh it is so creepy — CREEPY!
That last one with the sister as a killer does sound like it would make a great movie!
It is such a genuinely creepy book – i think it would be so good as a movie!
I haven’t read it, but your description of Max Parson seems to me like it’d be a good TV show.
I didn’t expect the books to be so addictive, but they are! A show would be too!
Visiting you from TTT 🙂 I haven’t read any of the books you listed (yet), but they sound great! I love seeing books that aren’t insanely popular on these lists … helps me add to my own TBR without reading the same couple books that everyone is reading!
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Such a great selection here. I’d totally watch all of these if they were made into films or series. 🙂
I’d love to see more sci-fi / fantasy adaptations! If the TV people handle them correctly, they look awesome.