Netflix Book Club: Everything You Need to Know

Netflix recently announced the Netflix book club! It’s both an exciting and incredibly GENIUS book club, and I am here to keep you updated on ALL the details.

The announcement of the Netflix book club came via the below video featuring book club host Uzo Aduba, who you may recall from one of the first successful Netflix book adaptations, Orange is the New Black.

How the Netflix Book Club Works

Each month, the Netflix book club will highlight a book being adapted by Netflix. After the club reads and watches the book together, they talk to the cast and author about the process of how the books went from the page to the screen to become a show over a cup of Starbucks.

In November 2021, the series “But Have You Read the Book?” debuted worldwide on the Still Watching Netflix YouTube channel and in the United States on Netflix’s Facebook channel.

Read, watch, and talk about your favorite book adaptations. You may even be able to answer the age-old question: Was the book or adaptation better?

Since the theme of this website is “where books meet lifestyle” and I always love to offer book pairings (kind of like Reading Rainbow), book adaptations are a big part of what I do and what I love, so I thought this idea for a book club was absolutely G-E-N-I-U-S, and I am here for the ride!

Full List of Netflix Book Club Picks

Below is the full list of Netflix book club picks, which I will continue to update over time.

Passing (November 2021)

Based on the book by Nella Larsen

Passing is a book about two Black women (Tessa Thompson & Ruth Negga) in 1929 who are passing as white. However, each woman chooses to live on the opposite side of the color line in New York. It’s a journey of self-awareness and identity that is thought-provoking, topical, and beautifully crafted.

The adaptation debuted to critical acclaim at the 2021 Sundance International Film Festival. And this version of the book contains an introduction by Brit Bennett, author of the award-winning book of a similar plot, The Vanishing Half (my favorite book of 2020.

Stay Close (December 2021)

Based on the book by Harlan Coben

Stay Close is a thriller about three people: a suburban soccer mom who once had a wild side; a talented documentary photographer who now poses as a paparazzo; and a detective who can’t let go of a cold case. Each holds shocking secrets.
 
As the consequences of old events threaten to ruin their lives, they begin to realize they may not want to forget the past after all. Their temptations draw their past lives and the current lives dangerously close together.

More Netflix Book Adaptations to Watch

Since the Netflix book club is still new, you may want to catch up on some prior book adaptations on Netflix. Below is a list:

• Alias Grace
• The Baby-Sitters Club
• Behind Her Eyes
• Bird Box
• Bridgerton
• The Dig
• Dumplin’
• Firefly Lane
• The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society
• The Haunting of Hill House
• The Kissing Booth
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Maid
• Moxie
• Mudbound
• Nappily Ever After
• Orange is the New Black
• The Queen’s Gambit
• Rebecca
• The Stranger
• Sweet Magnolias
• Tales of the City
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
• Unorthodox
• Virgin River
• The Woman in the Window
• You

I have watched most of these and enjoyed them! I will note a few standouts in case you are still unsure what to read and watch:

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah is a bestselling book with my readers, and I enjoyed both the book and the movie about decades of friendship between two different females!

And a few titles that I really liked both on the page and on the screen include Rebecca, Boys I’ve Loved Before, and The Woman in the Window.

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That’s everything you need to know about the Netflix book club right now.

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