Fully-Booked: Literary Podcast

From secret societies to campus murders, these dark academia books beg for adaptation—discover the page-turners that could be your next streaming obsession.

We kicked off this Fully-Booked: Literary Podcast episode, chatting about how dark academia just naturally fits the start-of-fall, back-to-school season. There’s this nostalgic, almost magnetic pull toward school supplies and cozy, spooky stories, even if we’re in our 30s and haven’t set foot in a classroom in years. It's something...

Campus thrillers decoded: what secret-society stories get right (and wrong) about power, ritual, and risk—and why readers can’t quit them each fall.

Season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty is losing fans fast. We break down why the characters, story, and decisions just aren’t working anymore.

A Netflix romance set at Oxford, My Oxford Year had promise but missed the mark. We break down the plot, characters, and what went wrong with this adaptation.

Colleen Hoover's books explore love, trauma, and heartbreak, but do they still count as romance? We question the genre line in today's most talked-about novels.

Thriller, fantasy, YA, sci-fi; some book genres adapt better than others. Here's what works, what doesn’t, and why we still fall for the messy ones.

Get the scoop on book-to-screen adaptations releasing in 2025 through 2026, including thrillers, fantasy epics, and romance hits, plus the ones worth reading first.

Amazon’s We Were Liars adaptation uncovers hidden trauma, privilege, and family secrets in a gripping YA mystery that may outshine the bestselling novel.

Discover why today’s book-to-screen adaptations shine with faithful storytelling, author involvement, and the rise of streaming series.