The Better Sister: Book vs. Series

Prime Video’s 2025 series The Better Sister is adapted from Alafair Burke’s 2019 novel. It follows estranged sisters Chloe and Nicky as a murder investigation forces them back into each other’s lives.

PollBook or series, which was better?
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About the book and the series
Book
The Better Sister cover
Author
Alafair Burke
Year
2019
Pages
336Buy book
Audiobook length
9 hr 24 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Sophie Amoss, see all

Chloe Taylor is married to Adam, the former husband of her estranged older sister, Nicky, and is raising Nicky’s teenage son. When Adam is murdered at their East Hampton home and the police focus on the boy, the sisters are forced back together to protect him and confront the family history between them.

Series
The Better Sister poster
Creator
Olivia Milch
Year
2025
Episode
58 minWatch on Amazon
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Network
Prime Video
Cast
Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Bobby Naderi
Genre
Drama, Thriller
IMDb
View on IMDb

Successful media executive Chloe lives with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan, while her estranged sister Nicky struggles to rebuild her life. After Adam is murdered and the investigation turns toward the family, the sisters reunite and begin confronting the history that drove them apart.

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