Instead of “Netflix and chill”, let’s normalize “Open a book and chill”!
Check out your next library book based on the show(s) you binge-watched in 2021!
If you watched: What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
You should read:
- Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
- Horns by Joe Hill
- Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
- Fangs by Sarah Andersen
If you watched: The Aquatope on White Sand (Crunchyroll)
You should read:
- Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton
- Aquarium by David Vann
- The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor
- Adulting by Liz Talley
- From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn
- Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina
If you watched: Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
You should read:
- One Life by Megan Rapinoe
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
- Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
- Well Met by Jen DeLuca
- Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
If you watched: WandaVision and/or Loki (Disney+)
You should read:
- Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
If you watched: Squid Game (Netflix)
You should read:
- Battle Royale: The Novel by Koushun Takami
- At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
- Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
- The Plotters by Un-Su Kim
- City of Ash and Red by Hye-young Pyun
- Seven Years of Darkness by You-jeong Jeong
If you watched: Ozark (Netflix)
You should read:
- Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich
- The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
- Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
If you watched: Bridgerton (Netflix)
You should read:
- To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
- Her Night with the Duke by Diana Quincy
- The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
- How to Catch a Duke by Grace Burrowes
- Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
- Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas
If you watched: All Creatures Great & Small (PBS)
You should read:
- Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow by Dr. Jan Pol
- My Patients and Other Animals by Suzy Fincham-Gray
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Murder on the Moor by Julianna Deering
- Cavendon Chronicles by Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Pride of Eden by Taylor Brown