Netflix adaptations topped bestseller lists and viewing charts in early 2026. Adaptations based on books hit the Netflix Global Top 10 weekly list each week for the first 13 weeks of the year, the company announced on World Book Day.
Book-based material accounted for almost 9 billion views in 2025, or around 20% of all viewing hours on Netflix. This year, book-based adaptations in 14 languages from around the world, including Norwegian, Turkish, and Korean, have made their way onto Netflix.
His & Hers, an adaptation of Alice Feeney’s psychological thriller, was named the latest addition to Netflix’s Most Popular TV List and helped her novel become the No. 15 bestseller on Amazon’s bestseller list. Spotify listened numbers for this audiobook shot up 494%.
A film adaptation of Emily Henry’s book People We Meet on Vacation, which debuted at No. 1 on the Global Top 10 chart, propelled the book back onto The New York Times bestseller list after the film’s premiere. In the two weeks following the film’s release, Penguin Publishing Group recorded a 97% increase in sales across all formats. Spotify listened numbers for this audiobook shot up 515%.
There was a major international breakthrough for Jennifer Iacopelli’s Finding Her Edge. With 13 new translation deals in place, the paperback tie-in sold five times as many copies as the hardcover in only eight weeks. There was a 990% increase in Spotify listened numbers, and global searches for the book were up 1,300% post-premiere.
Other increases included a fourfold boost in U.K. sales for Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery and three times as many copies sold for Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series due to the fourth season’s debut, according to HarperCollins. Sales of Vladimir were up 130% in Q1 2026 vs. all of 2025, according to Avid Reader Press.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, which is due to make its debut on Netflix next month, has sold more than 4 million copies. Publisher Ecco said the release of a first-look announcement increased sales almost twofold.
Van Pelt and director Olivia Newman spoke about this adaptation at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books last weekend.
Other adaptations currently available on Netflix this year include The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4, The Night Agent Season 3, and Virgin River Season 7.
