Netflix Adaptations Spark Massive Viewership and Surging Sales

Netflix is doubling down on a truth readers have always known: great stories don’t just live on the page—they explode on screen. In a new statement, the streamer revealed that book-to-screen adaptations delivered more than 4.5 billion views worldwide in 2025 alone. From Frankenstein to The Woman in Cabin 10, The Hunting Wives, The Thursday Murder Club, and Ransom Canyon, literary adaptations have held a spot in Netflix’s global Top 10 every single week this year.

And the momentum shows no signs of slowing. Netflix highlighted 11 new adaptations slated for 2026, including four major premieres arriving in January. Also in the works: a new adaptation of Emily Giffin’s All We Ever Wanted, with production teams from Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben backing the project.

But the success isn’t limited to streaming charts. These adaptations are reshaping book sales in dramatic fashion.

Penguin Random House reported that sales of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein skyrocketed 180% after the film’s release. Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 surged 190%, according to Gallery Books publisher Jennifer Bergstrom. And perhaps the biggest jump of all: The Hunting Wives by May Cobb saw sales leap a staggering 5,000% in a single week, Berkley publisher Christine Ball confirmed.

The takeaway? Readers are devouring the original stories behind their favorite on-screen hits—turning every adaptation into a powerful engine for book discovery, renewed fandom, and unprecedented sales growth.

With more titles headed to production and a global audience hungry for compelling storytelling, the book-to-streaming pipeline is stronger than ever… and still accelerating.