This is an easy way to harness pop culture to move your backlist. There are no right answers as to what books fans of a certain show might like because what draws people to a television show or movie is different. Use your collection and involve staff, any staff, who are fans of that show or movie. If the first one you choose makes it difficult to find enough items, add a second one and create your own version of the Barbie/Oppenheimer mashup “Barbenheimer.”
An alternative way to harness excitement about a show or movie is to come up with a display highlighting titles that characters from the show would like. Again, there are no right answers. You can allow patrons to suggest titles if you wish for it to be a passive program as well.
You can also use the setting or time period from a particular show as the basis for a book display. Expand it to include other books and movies that take place in the same location as well as travel and non-fiction about that place. An easy example would be to use backlist titles about Maine if a Stephen King movie was trending.
If the movie is based upon a particular title, use read likes for that book. I did that when Bird Box by Josh Malerman was on Netflix and again when It by Stephen King was popular. You can create a list with title suggestions for multiple shows because the internet loves a list.
I will include some links to lists below so that you can find some inspiration.
• If You Liked This Show, Read This Book: Recs Based On Popular TV Shows
• 24 Books To Buy ASAP If You Flew Through These TV Series And Movies
• Like These Movies? Here Are 100+ Things You Might Also Like ...
• The 17 Best Books Like ‘Bridgerton’
• Timey-Wimey Books for Doctor Who Fans
• Graphic Novels a Kaiju Would Read and So Should You
• Books with heroes like Jack Reacher
• 9 of the Best YA Books to Read if You Love The Hunger Games
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