Release radar

New books in series worth catching up on, and adaptations worth refreshing for — with spoiler-safe refreshers and verified endings to get you ready.

Updated October 17, 2026

Book to screen

Read it — or refresh it — before you watch it.

Verity

Film · Amazon MGM · Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett

Read it first — or at least know how it ends.

How Verity ends →

In theaters now since Oct 2

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Film · Lionsgate · prequel — Haymitch's Games, 24 years before Katniss

Going in cold? The original trilogy is on qBary.

The Hunger Games series → How the first book ends →

Nov 20 in theaters

Percy Jackson and the Olympians — season 3

Disney+ series · adapts book 3, The Titan's Curse

Starting from the top? The Lightning Thief is on qBary.

How The Lightning Thief ends →

Nov 20 on Disney+

Pride and Prejudice

Netflix series · six episodes · written by Dolly Alderton · Emma Corrin & Jack Lowden

Two hundred years of spoilers, zero shame in a refresher.

Pride and Prejudice on qBary →

Dec 3 on Netflix

Dune: Part Three

Film · adapts Dune Messiah, 17 years after Part Two

Hazy on where Paul's story stands? Two minutes fixes that.

How Dune ends →

Dec 18 in theaters

3 Body Problem — season 2

Netflix series · based on Liu Cixin's trilogy

Refresh book 1 — and see how season 1 compares.

The book vs. season 1 → The trilogy →

Late 2026 date TBA

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Film · written and directed by Greta Gerwig · Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig, Carey Mulligan · Meryl Streep voices Aslan

Narnia's origin story. Read it first — or see how it ends.

How The Magician's Nephew ends → The Chronicles of Narnia →

Feb 12, 2027 in theaters · Netflix Apr 2

The Housemaid's Secret

Film · Lionsgate · Sydney Sweeney and Kirsten Dunst

The sequel adapts book 2 — both Housemaid books are on qBary.

How The Housemaid ends → The Housemaid's Secret →

Dec 17, 2027 in theaters

New & next in series

Sequels with a catch-up path on qBary.

A Court of Splintered Harmony

ACOTAR #6 · Sarah J. Maas · Bloomsbury · book 7 follows Jan 12, 2027

All five earlier books are on qBary — five years since book 5 is a lot to remember.

The ACOTAR series → Start at book 1 →

Oct 27 2026

Life Out of Order

Audrey Niffenegger · the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife, following Henry and Clare's daughter Alba

Twenty-three years on — remember how the original ends?

How The Time Traveler's Wife ends →

October 2026 · date TBA

A Court of Forgotten Melody

ACOTAR #7 · Sarah J. Maas · finishes the story book 6 begins

Back-to-back releases — one catch-up covers both.

The ACOTAR series →

Jan 12, 2027 2027

On the watchlist

Announced, no firm date — they move up when dates land.

Empyrean #4 — Rebecca Yarros · untitled · in progress · The Empyrean →
Red God — Pierce Brown · Red Rising #7 · still being written · in progress · The Red Rising Saga →
A Blessing for a Warrior Going Out — Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #10 · in progress · Outlander →
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo film — Netflix · Anna Kendrick directing · in development · The book on qBary →

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