This is a listicle from Collider highlighting five television adaptations that critics and audiences consider to have improved upon their source novels, rather than simply replicating them on screen. Written by TV writer Amanda M. Castro, the piece argues that the best adaptations use the strengths of television – strong performances, expanded storylines and visual storytelling – to enrich stories that were originally confined to the page.

The examples cited include Netflix's *You*, which builds on Caroline Kepnes' novel through Penn Badgley's performance and expanded original characters such as Paco; *The Queen's Gambit*, Netflix's 2020 miniseries based on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel, praised for using Anya Taylor-Joy's acting and inventive visual techniques to convey protagonist Beth Harmon's internal chess-playing brilliance; and *Normal People*, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, though further detail on this and the remaining two entries was not included in the available text.