Sanditon. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1925 book
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Sanditon
Jane Austen, 1925
TV series vs book
Andrew Davies, 2019

The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.


Ordeal by Innocence. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1958 book
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Ordeal by Innocence
Agatha Christie, 1958
TV series vs book
Sandra Goldbacher, 2018

Wealthy heiress Rachel Argyll is found bludgeoned to death in her palatial home where she lives with her husband, Leo; their five adopted children and their maid, Kirsten Lindquist. Jack is arrested for the crime as his fingerprints are found on the presumed murder weapon, but is killed in jail before he can stand trial.


The King's Daughter. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1997 book, The Moon and the Sun
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The Moon and the Sun
Vonda N. McIntyre, 1997
movie vs book
Sean McNamara, 2021

Set in 17th-century France at the court of the Sun King, King Louis XIV, the young, colony-raised, naïve Mademoiselle Marie-Josèphe de la Croix is the lady-in-waiting to King Louis XIV’s niece. Her brother, Father Yves de la Croix, has recently returned from a mission commissioned by the king: to bring back the endangered sea monster whose flesh is rumoured to give the consumer immortality.