The Five Best TV Shows Based On Books

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If you want to find out what Hollywood’s done with the latest bestseller (or you’re too lazy to read it) you go to the movies. However, some stories – with their long and elaborate plots – are better off unfolding on the small screen. If you avidly view any of these shows, check out the book as well. It’s JUST as great.

5. True Blood

HBO’s vampire-werewolf drama was derived from Charlaine Harris’ novel series The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries, which is probably why the show plays out like a gory version of a Nancy Drew book! It’s generally agreed that the TV version outperforms the books, but it had a lot to go on!

4. The Walking Dead

AMC’s zombie drama is based on the graphic novel series of the same name, which is still running, though way ahead of the TV version. From time to time, they overlap but the TV characters tend to be more sympathetic, especially the villains. It’s an emo makeover of the comic!

3. Boardwalk Empire

The inspiration for HBO’s (second!) New Jersey-set gangster epic was Nelson Johnson’s non-fiction history of prohibition-era Atlantic City through mobster Enoch ‘Nucky’ Johnson. The fictional TV version is a little lighter on the historical side than its source material, but it captures the excitement and danger of the period perfectly.

2. Justified

Adapted from two short stories by pulp author Elmore Leonard Pronto and Riding the Rap, Leonard resumed writing about Marshal Raylan Givens once the FX western cop show had aired, using storylines from episodes in Season two. It eventually became his final novel Raylan. A case of art imitating…well…art!

1. Game of Thrones

So-good-they-initialled-him-twice fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin’s Song of Fire And Ice series has become one of HBO’s most precious commodities, and is helping a new fanbase find Martin’s work. Neither Martin nor HBO will be done with the series for a while, so no character will ever be safe!