Bookshave a way of transporting the reader into a world completely unlike their own.

Even a limited miniseries book adaptation can snare people into binge-watching, since it isnt multiple seasons long!

And these miniseries, based on not only their books but other authors are worth watching.

Beth looking down at a chess board in The Queen’s Gambit

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Even though, in this case, Epping was able to go back and fix his mistakes.

One of the biggest changes is that of Anna Urbanova (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).

The passing of time and the somber yet romantically inclined narrative was a perfect adaptationof Nicholls best-selling novel.

Paul Giamatti glancing up from a handful of papers in HBO’s John Adams

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In Cold War-era chess, she proves everyone wrong.

Somehow, when everything feels and looks as though it is going to go horribly wrong, it doesnt.

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James Franco and George McKay listen to tapes with retro headphones in 11.22.63.

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Ewan McGregor as the Count next to a lamp in Episode 3 of A Gentleman in Moscow.

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Adele holding a knife against her shoulder in Behind Her Eyes

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The cast standing together in Looking For Alaska.

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Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall share a romantic moment in a still from One Day.

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Dani is looking behind her shoulder and appears scared in The Haunting of Bly Manor.

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Carla Gugino as Olivia Crain looking tearfully at a person offscreen in The Haunting of Hill House

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The Haunting of Hill House

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon, sitting in front of a chess board in The Queen’s Gambit.

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Hiromatsu sits alone looking pensive in Episode 8 of Shogun.

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