The Top Ten List

My Top Ten Book to Television Series:

29 September, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 4 categories

Welcome to The Top Ten List!

To commemorate the Featured TV Blog for the month of September, The Looming Tower, I have gathered My Top Ten Book to Television Series! If you’re looking for the best adapted series, you’ve come to the right place, have a look at my favorite shows that feature a series adapted from/or based on a novel, book or literary source to be developed into a television series.

Genre: Detective fiction, and Drama, based on the Harry Bosch novel series by Michael Connelly, Developed by Eric Overmyer, Starring : Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick, Annie Wersching, Sarah Clarke, Jason Gedrick, Madison Lintz, Jeri Ryan, Brent Sexton, Mimi Rogers, Paul Calderón, with Music by Jesse Voccia, Opening theme "Can't Let Go" by Caught A Ghost, No. of seasons: 7, No. of episodes: 68, Executive producers: Henrik Bastin, Pieter Jan Brugge, Michael Connelly, Eric Overmyer, Titus Welliver, Daniel Pyne, Elle Johnson, Jan David Frouman, Henrik Pabst, Mikkel Bondesen, John Mankiewicz, and James Baker, Producers: James D. Boscadin, Mark Douglas, Tom Bernardo, Titus Welliver, T.L. Lankford, Patrick McKee, Rachel Rusch, Tara Duncan, and Jim Mckay, with Cinematography by Eric Alan Edwards, Running time: 39–80 minutes, Production companies: Hieronymus Pictures, Fabrik Entertainment, and Amazon Studios, Original Network: Amazon Prime Video (2014-21)
Genre: Action, Drama, Science fantasy, and Superhero, Created by Steve Blackman, Based on "The Umbrella Academy" by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, Developed by Jeremy Slater, Starring: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, Kate Walsh, Genesis Rodriguez, and Britne Oldford, with Composers: Jeff Russo, and Perrine Virgile, No. of seasons: 3, No. of episodes: 30, Executive producers: Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Jeremy Slater, Scott Stuber, Beau Bauman, Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, Peter Hoar, Jeff F. King, Jeremy Webb, Steve Blackman, and Jesse McKeown, Producers: Kevin Lafferty, Sneha Koorse, Jamie Neese, Jason Neese, Ted Miller, Steve Wakefield, and D.J. Carson, Production, with Cinematography by Neville Kidd, and Craig Wrobleski, with Editors: Jon Dudkowski, Timothy A. Good, Amy Duddleston, Wendy Tzeng, Todd Desrosiers, Brian Beal, Amanda Panella, Franklin Peterson, Amy Bostrom, and Miklos Wright, Running time: 40–60 minutes, Production companies: Borderline Entertainment (seasons 1 and 2), Irish Cowboy (season 3), Dark Horse Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions (season 1), and Universal Content Productions, Original Network: Netflix (2019-)
Genre: Drama, Supernatural, and Horror, Created by Mike Flanagan, Based on "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, Directed by Mike Flanagan, Starring: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate Siegel, Victoria Pedretti, Lulu Wilson, Mckenna Grace, Paxton Singleton, Julian Hilliard, Violet McGraw, and Timothy Hutton, with Composers: The Newton Brothers, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 10, Executive producers: Meredith Averill, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Trevor Macy, and Mike Flanagan, Producer: Dan Kaplow, with Cinematography by Michael Fimognari, and Editors: Jim Flynn, Brian Jeremiah Smith, Mike Flanagan, and Ravi Subramanian, Running time: 42–71 minutes, Production companies: FlanaganFilm, Amblin Television, and Paramount Television, Original Network: Netflix (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, and Black comedy, Created by David E. Kelley, Based on "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty, Written by David E. Kelley, Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, and Andrea Arnold, Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling, Laura Dern, Iain Armitage, Kathryn Newton, and Meryl Streep, Opening theme: "Cold Little Heart" by Michael Kiwanuka, No. of seasons: 2, No. of episodes: 14, Executive producers: David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, Andrea Arnold, and Liane Moriarty, with Producers: Barbara A. Hall, and David Auge, Production location: Monterey, California, with Cinematography by Yves Bélanger, and Jim Frohna, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 45–58 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Hello Sunshine, Blossom Films, David E. Kelley Productions, and Crazyrose (season 2), Original Network: HBO (2017-)
Genre: Science fiction, and Drama, Based on "The Expanse" by James S. A. Corey, Developed by Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, Starring: Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Paulo Costanzo, Florence Faivre, Shawn Doyle, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, Keon Alexander, Jasai Chase Owens, and Nadine Nicole, with Composer: Clinton Shorter, No. of seasons: 6, No. of episodes: 62 , Executive producers: Naren Shankar, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, Sharon Hall, Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Dan Nowak, and Ben Roberts, with Producers: Lynn Raynor, Jason Ning, Robin Veith, Ben Cook, Manny Danelon, Alan Di Fiore, Lewin Webb, Robert Munroe, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, and Dominique Tipper, with Cinematography by Jeremy Benning, Michael Galbraith, and Ray Dumas, Running time: 42–63 minutes, Production companies: Penguin in a Parka, SeanDanielCo (s. 1–3), Alcon Television Group, Just So (s. 4–6), Hivemind (s. 4–6), and Amazon Studios (s. 4–6), Original Network: Syfy (s. 1–3), and Amazon Prime Video (s. 4–6) (2015-22)
Genre: Crime drama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Dark comedy, and Police procedural, Based on "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, Developed by James Manos Jr., Starring: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C. S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, Aimee Garcia, and Geoff Pierson, with Theme music composer: Rolfe Kent, and Composer: Daniel Licht, No. of seasons: 8, No. of episodes: 96 , Executive producers: Daniel Cerone, Sara Colleton, Charles H. Eglee, John Goldwyn, Michael C. Hall, Chip Johannessen, Clyde Phillips, James Manos, Jr., Manny Coto, Wendy West, Tim Schlattmann, Melissa Rosenberg, Jace Richdale, and Scott Buck, Producers: Robert Lloyd Lewis, Timothy Schlattmann, Lauren Gussis, Scott Reynolds, Arika Lisanne Mittman, Drew Z. Greenberg, and Dennis Bishop (pilot only), with Cinematography by Terry Stacey, Romeo Tirone, Martin J. Layton, and Jeffrey Jur, Running time: 47–58 minutes, Production companies: The Colleton Company, John Goldwyn Productions, Clyde Phillips Productions (seasons 2–5), 801 Productions (season 6), Devilina Productions (seasons 7–8), and Showtime Networks, Original Network: Showtime (2006-13)
Genre: Historical fiction, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, and Romance, Based on "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon, Developed by Ronald D. Moore, Starring: Caitríona Balfe, and Sam Heughan, with Opening theme: "The Skye Boat Song", and Composer: Bear McCreary, No. of seasons: 7, No. of episodes: 83, Executive producers: Ronald D. Moore, Jim Kohlberg, Andy Harries, Maril Davis, Ira Steven Behr, Toni Graphia, Anne Kenney, Matthew B. Roberts, Marigo Kehoe, Caitríona Balfe, and Sam Heughan, Producers: David Brown, and Guy Tannahill, with Cinematography by David Higgs, Neville Kidd, Denis Crossan, Martin Fuhrer, Stephen McNutt, Alasdair Walker, Michael Swan, Stijn van der Veken, and Michael Coulter, with Editors: Michael O'Halloran, Liza Cardinale, Melissa Lawson Cheung, Stewart Schill, Fabienne Bouville, Miklos Wright, Nathan D. Gunn, Micky Blythe, Gena Bleier, Tammis Chandler, and Alanah Jones, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 53–90 minutes, Production companies: Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, Story Mining and Supply Company, and Tall Ship Productions, Original Network: Starz (2014-)
  • 3. The Looming Tower (2018)
Genre: Drama, Created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Lawrence Wright, Based on "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright, Starring: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp, Louis Cancelmi, Virginia Kull, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, with Composer: Will Bates, No. of episodes: 10, Executive producers: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk, and Adam Rapp, with Producers Ali Soufan, Peter Feldman, and Lauren Whitney, Production locations: New York City, Johannesburg, and Morocco, with Cinematography by Jim Denault, Frederick Elmes, and Ivan Strasburg, with Editors: Daniel A. Valverde, Meg Reticker, and Joe Hobeck, Running time: 46–51 minutes, Production companies: Wolf Moon Productions, South Slope Pictures, Jigsaw Productions, and Legendary Television, Original Network: Hulu (2018)
Genre: Tragedy, Dystopia, Created by Bruce Miller, Based on "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, Amanda Brugel, Bradley Whitford, Sam Jaeger, with Composer Adam Taylor, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 5, No. of episodes: 56 (list of episodes), Executive producers: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Reed Morano, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker, Eric Tuchman, Yahlin Chang, Sheila Hockin, John Weber, Frank Siracusa, Dorothy Fortenberry, Producers: Marissa Jo Cerar (supervising producer), Nina Fiore, John Herrera, Kim Todd, Joseph Boccia, Lisa Clapperton (associate producer), Margaret Atwood (consulting producer), Production locations: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Washington, D.C., with Cinematography by Colin Watkinson, Zoë White, Stuart Biddlecombe, Nicola Daley, Stuart Campbell, Running time: 41–65 minutes, Production companies: Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc., The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures, Toluca Pictures, and MGM Television, Original network: Hulu (2017-)
Genre: Fantasy, Serial drama, Tragedy, Created by David Benioff, and D. B. Weiss, Based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin, Theme music composer: Ramin Djawadi, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 8, No. of episodes: 73, Executive producers: David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, George R. R. Martin, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield, Bryan Cogman, Miguel Sapochnik, David Nutter, and Producers: Mark Huffam, Joanna Burn, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Lisa McAtackney, Duncan Muggoch, Production locations: United Kingdom, Croatia, Iceland, Spain, Malta, Morocco, and Canada, Running time: 50–82 minutes, Production companies: HBO Entertainment, Television 360, Grok! Television, Generator Entertainment, Startling Television, and Bighead Littlehead, Original network: HBO (2011-19)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten Book to Television Series! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

Jeff Daniels with David Letterman on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 21, 2014. Photo Credit: CBS Network/World Wide Pants
Jeff Daniels with David Letterman on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 21, 2014. Photo Credit: CBS Network/World Wide Pants
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