If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie or that the fun-looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The Library is here to the rescue! Here, we will be exploring the movie adaptations soon to hit screens big and small, and give you the chance to read before you view.
Coming This August
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint by Sing Shong
After spending 10 years as the sole reader of the novel Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World, Kim Dojka realizes that reality and fiction are slowly becoming one and the same. As the only person who knows how the story goes, he must figure out how to change the ending in order to save the world. Originally published as a web comic, Sing Shong’s Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint will be released in theaters under the title Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy on August 1, 2025.
The Thursday Murder Club
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron, residents of a peaceful retirement village, meet up weekly to look into unsolved murders. When a vicious homicide takes place in their own quiet community, the foursome jump into investigation mode. Can this octogenarian quartet solve the case? The film adaptation of Richard Osman’s popular The Thursday Murder Club starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and David Tennant will premiere on Netflix on August 28, 2025.
The War of the Roses
From married bliss to volatile divorce, Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses follows Jonathan and Barbara Rose’s relationship as it descends into hatred, sabotage, and violence. The second film adaptation, titled The Roses and starring Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch, will premiere in theaters on August 29, 2025