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In this era of peak TV, with more than 500 scripted English-language series on the agenda for 2019, what better time for our very well-read panel to suggest books and book series they’d like to see turned into new TV shows? If you’re a TV producer, you’d better act fast—since we recorded this episode, one of our picks has already been announced as a new project! If you’re not a TV producer, consider this a great reading list of books that you’ll like so much you’ll wish they were adapted into TV shows.

Host Jason Snell with Lisa Schmeiser, Monty Ashley, Moisés Chiullan, Alyssa Franke, Kathy Campbell, Dan Moren and David J. Loehr

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Show Notes & Links

Thanks to Listener Ian for the idea!

1. Lisa: Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
2. Monty: Khaavren Romances/The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust
3. Moisés: Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
4. Alyssa: Tortall Universe starting with Song of the Lioness
5. Kathy: Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey
6. Dan: Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
7. David: Craig Rice John J. Malone series
8. Jason: Clockwork Century by Cherie Priest
9. Lisa: “Pine Cove”, based on Practical Demonkeeping series by Christopher Moore
10. Monty: War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
11. Moisés: Magic: The Gathering novels
12. Alyssa: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
13. Kathy: Katherine by Anya Seton
14. Dan: Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovich
15. David: Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
16. Jason: The Arcadia Project, starting with Borderline by Mishell Baker

Bring Out Your Dead

• Lisa: The Last Policeman by Ben Winters, Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Monty: Elric by Michael Moorcock, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber
• Moisés: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
• Alyssa: Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
• Kathy: Redwall series, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, The Selection by Kira Kass, Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• Dan: Felix Castor series by Mike Carey, The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde, Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Norse Mythology by Neil gaiman
• David: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, Lady Astronaut novels by Mary Robinette Kowal, Carl Hiassen, Julian May, The Bayern Agenda, Travis McGee, Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies, The Last Castle, Edmund Crispin, Trust Me on This, Dortmunder, Seven Torments of Amy and Craig
• Jason: The Peripheral by William Gibson, Barrayar (Vorkosigan) by Lois McMaster Bujold

"Yiddish Policeman's Union" set up at CBS Studios