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Adaptations: August Theme Talk

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Join us as we chat about the best, the worst and imagined adaptations we thought existed but actually don’t.

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Books Mentioned:

  • The Martian by Andy Weir
  • The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • The Hitchhiker's  Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
  • Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
  • The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
  • The Lord Of The Rings by J R R Tolkien
  • The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
  • A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness
  • The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
  • Room by Emma Donoghue
  • Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
  • Yellowface by R F Kuang
  • Babel by R F Kuang
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
  • Noughts And Crosses by Malorie Blackman
  • The Girl Before by J P Delaney
  • Playing Nice by J P Delaney
  • The One by John Marrs
  • The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler
  • The Dictionary Of Lost Words by Pip Williams
  • The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
  • The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly
  • The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  • Emma by Jane Austen
  • Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
  • To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Cristo
  • Below The Edge Of Darkness by Dr Edith Widder
  • Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
  • Red, White, And Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
  • One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

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