History Main / TheShowOfTheBooks

* ''Series/GamesPeoplePlay'' from ''Games Divas Play'' by Creator/AngelaBurtMurray.

* ''Series/{{Dracula}}'' from [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the book]] by Bram Stoker.

** The upcoming ''House of the Dragon'' will be an adaptation of the spin-off book ''Literature/FireAndBlood''.

* The first four seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' are adaptations of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''. Everything else is an original story written for the show, with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins''.

* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'' was adapted by Creator/NeilPatrickHarris from the [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents books of the same name]] written by Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''received a now mostly forgotten animated adaptation in the 1980s. Hardcore fans like it becasue it includes characters not found in the [[MovieOfTheBook Peter Jackson films]]. The downside is that it was erroneously aimed at children too young to understand the fairly complex plot (because of being an animation, the audience was assumed to be 5 or under). Thus, it sanitized many of the darker themes and simplified many of the complex characters that had originally attracted the book's teenage and adult readers.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the books]] by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. Straight adaptation (at least for the first 4 seasons).

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'', from the books by Kathy Reich. All original stories, and indeed mostly original characters. (It's arguable whether Temperance "Bones" Brennan is even the same character as Temperance "Tempe" Brennan.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'', adapted from award-winning author Michael Rex's ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' kids' graphic novels. The general premise and tone of the books is the same as the show and almost all the books' characters are present in the show, but the show chooses to tell completely original stories instead and also introduces a number of new characters to the series.

* ''Series/TheExpanse'', adapted by Creator/{{Syfy}} from [[Literature/TheExpanse James S.A. Corey's novels]] is a reasonably faithful adaptation of the overall plot (though with lots of minor details changed or added). Notably, it's less likely to [[OvertookTheSeries Overtake The Series]] than most examples; the authors have managed to come out with six books in six years, and season 1 of the TV show only got about two-thirds of the way into the first book.

A book series is adapted into a TV series. Not just a TV Movie, but a regular weekly series about the characters. Unless the book series is already a LongRunner, this is probably going to [[OvertookTheSeries Overtake The Series]] quite quickly, and become its own AlternateContinuity. In fact, it may not even use the books as anything other than a source of characters.

* The first three seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' are adaptations of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''. Everything else is an original story written for the show, with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDayMyButtWentPsycho'' is based on the ''Literature/TheBumTrilogy'', a trilogy of [[GrossoutShow grossout]] books by Andy Griffiths.

* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'', adapted from the children's book series by Paulette Bourgeois.

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'', adapted from the Just Annoying/Shocking/Etc. books by Andy Griffiths (not to be confused with the actor Andy Griffith).

* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' spawned a [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 thirteen episode show]] in 1990.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the books]] by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. Straight adaptation.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'' from the Literature/{{Wayside School}} books by Louis Sachar.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'', adapted from the Just Annoying/Shocking/Etc. books by Andy Griffiths (not to be confused with the actor Andy Griffith).

* ''Series/SleepyHollow'' from [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the short story]] by Washington Irving.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'' is a adapted into a Netflix original series by Creator/LukePearson who also written and illustrated the graphic novels.