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Books to film 2021

Need a new read? Explore this year’s recent and upcoming TV and film adaptions and borrow an eBook or eAudiobook from our digital library BorrowBox.  We have selected three books to highlight but there are lots of other books to film titles available from BorrowBox. Library members can access our digital library straight away all you need is your library card and PIN.  Not a library member?  Join online now.
 

Bridgerton: The Duke and I

Written by author Julia Quinn and now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix.   When Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, agree to a fake courtship, they think they’ve found the perfect solution to their problems. Romantically associated with one of London’s most desirable catches, Daphne’s prospects among the ton will soar. For avowed bachelor Simon, an attachment to Daphne will deter would-be brides and their ambitious mamas. Their plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule.
 

The Dig

Writen by John Preston and now a film on Netflix starring Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes and Lily James. On a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Petty, the widowed farmer, has had her hunch proved correct that the strange mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds against a background of mounting national anxiety, it becomes clear though that this is no ordinary find ... And pretty soon the discovery leads to all kinds of jealousies and tensions. John Preston's recreation of the Sutton Hoo dig - the greatest Anglo-Saxon discovery ever in Britain - brilliantly and comically dramatizes three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivaly flourished in equal measure
 

Behind her Eyes

Writen by Sarah Pinborough and now a series on Netflix staring Simona Brown, Eve Hewson and Tom Bateman.  It's said that the only people who really know what goes on in a marriage are the couple themselves. But what if even they don't know the truth?

David and Adele seem like the ideal pair. He's a successful psychiatrist, she is his picture-perfect wife who adores him. But why is he so controlling? And why is she keeping things hidden? Louise, David's new secretary, is intrigued. But as Louise gets closer to each of them, instead of finding answers she uncovers more puzzling questions.  The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong. But Louise could never have guessed how wrong things really are and just how far someone might go to hide it.

Take a look at our reading list of all the titles available in our digital library that are coming to your screen this year.