Fifty of the best small-screen adaptations of literary works

At LitHub Emily Temple tagged--and ranked--50 of the best small-screen adaptations of literary works to date. #15 on the list:

Homicide: Life on the Street
NBC (1993-1999)
Based on: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

David Simon, Baltimore, fictional stories based on real ones. It’s basically the first draft of The Wire, and it’s already better than tons of other shows. No wonder The Wire is one of the best shows ever made.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is among Caitlin Kleinschmidt's nine best true crime books and Laura Tillman's nine great unconventional true crime books.

--Marshal Zeringue