India, March 6 -- It's a truth universally acknowledged that a gripping, female-led book will eventually find its way to the screen - and if done right, it becomes an obsession. Hollywood has an almost supernatural ability to sniff out a compelling woman protagonist and go, "Yep, that's the next big thing." Sometimes, they get it right (Bridgerton, we see you). Other times... well, we try to pretend certain adaptations never happened (*cough* The Girl on the Train Indian version *cough*). But when they hit the sweet spot? Magic. As International Women's Day approaches, let's explore the female-led and women-centric books that were turned into excellent movies, TV shows, and web series.

Take Outlander (2014-), for instance - sci-fi TV, ti...