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A collection of books that have inspired Netflix Originals.

Just a quick glance at the ever-expanding list of Netflix Originals tells us that their production teams across the globe are filled with avid book lovers. Children and adults alike will enjoy adaptations of classic children’s books like Anne of Green Gables (Anne with an E), iBoy and The Little Prince. While books like Mindhunter by John Douglas and Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher have inspired the Netflix series of the same names. Plus there’s Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, children’s classic Watership Down and more available to stream now.