Historical fiction is a pretty popular literary genre, and it’s coming to our small screens this fall. TV adaptations of beloved historical fiction novels are having a moment right now, and these three will take us back to some of the most turbulent eras of the 20th century.
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is finally getting its long-anticipated adaptation thanks to Netflix. All the Light We Cannot See will take us back to the midst of World War II in war-occupied France and chronicle a complicated bond between a blind French girl Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig, a young boy forced to join the German army.
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus made quite a splash with her best-selling book Lessons in Chemistry, and Apple TV’s adaptation is just around the corner. Brie Larson stars as a brilliant chemist Elizabeth Zott, who accepts a hosting gig on a cooking show after facing gender discrimination in the scientific world.
Fellow Travelers
Based on Thomas Mallon’s book of the same name, Showtime’s mini-series Fellow Travelers will take us back to the height of McCarthyism in America. It centers on two men from different backgrounds (played by Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey), whose volatile romance spans four rocky decades.
