Netflix has had immense success adapting books into television series, turning the streamer into a global driving force for boosting book sales and changing how we read fiction. One of its biggest recent successes has been the “ Bridgerton ” series — the first three seasons rank among its top 10 most popular TV series , according to Netflix’s viewing metrics, and Season 3 is No. 1 in the global top 10 since Part 1 was released in May.
And those views have translated into major book sales. According to Nielsen’s BookScan, for example, the weekly U.S.
sales of HarperCollins’ “Bridgerton” book series, written by Julia Quinn, increased by a whopping 552% between the week before the Season 3 TV trailer was released and the week after the season premiered on Netflix. Similarly, after the premiere of “Fool Me Once,” an adaptation of Harlan Coben’s mystery thriller, the book soared onto the Amazon U.K.
bestsellers of 2024 list and the New York Times bestsellers list, and the tie-in cover sold 20,000 physical copies post-release in the U.S. Michelle Weiner , co-head of the books department at Creative Artists Agency, works closely with Netflix on numerous book to TV series deals, including “ Night Agent, ” “XO, Kitty,” “ Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story ” and “ All the Light We Cannot See .
” “Some of Netflix’s most successful series have been based on book adaptations we thoughtfully built together,” Weiner said. “They share our goals a.
