Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme from Goodreads, created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and now moderated by Sam from ThoughtsOnTomes. This week’s topic is: Books You Want to See as TV Shows.
Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks could adapted into a great tv series: Teenager angst! Sibling Rivalry! Misfit friends! The mother left the family! The dad is a cop! Ghosts!
My favorite comic of all time ElfQuest by Wendy and Richard Pini, has stories dating back to the 1970s- there are endless plot possibilities!
My other favorite graphic novel, Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, had a tv pilot shot in 2011 but wasn’t picked up by a network. There is news they are trying again! As the casting was off in the 2011 edition (Jesse McCarty as Tyler? Please), I look forward to the possibility of this going forward. (edit- Netflix now has an excellent tv adapation of it!!)
This is an obvious cheat- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon already is a tv series! IT IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. I love you Jamie ♥
Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton is about loved ones coming back from the dead, and the fall out the ensues, would be ripe for a tv series. There have been some similar shows on television recently based on this idea, but this source material is stellar.
-Nancy
Graphic Novelty² 
September 14, 2016 at 3:41 pm
See, now I wish I did this one too! I always get possessive over books when they’re adapted. I love the great ones…but the others hurt my soul! Still, your choices were solid making me realize a) I’d like to see these shows and b) I REALLY need to get my act together and read ‘Locke & Key’!!!
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September 14, 2016 at 10:36 pm
Once you read L&K, let me know what you think!
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September 15, 2016 at 1:21 am
Actually, in your honor, I’m going to go see if I can get the first few volumes from the library this weekend! I figure the library is appropriate since a) I don’t have the money to buy the whole series now (and obviously it’s addicting!) and b) it’s your recommendation :). So the library here I come!!
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September 17, 2016 at 12:07 am
I want to read Revival now – I’ve heard/read twice about it today.
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September 17, 2016 at 4:02 am
I have read volumes 1-6 so far, and they are great. The seventh just came out, and the eighth one should wrap it all up.
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September 18, 2016 at 5:35 am
oh that adds another 7 to my TBR -which is hitting the cloud just about now. I wonder if I’d ever strike off each title in the list.
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