These are the ten shows people watched most on Netflix from January through May 2026, ranked by views. It is a mix of Regency romance, crime thrillers, an anime adaptation, and a dinosaur documentary. One thread worth noticing as you scroll: a good chunk of them started on the page, so where a show came from a book or manga, the source and an audiobook link are noted. Several are on Audible, and the Prime Day trial is the cheap way to start listening.

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The Top 10

Bridgerton 1. Bridgerton (Season 4) 130.8M views · Netflix · Based on Julia Quinn's novels

Season 4 turns to Benedict, the second Bridgerton son, and a Cinderella-style romance. He falls for a mystery woman at his mother’s masquerade ball, then for a housemaid, without realizing they are the same person. The Regency series gives each sibling a season, taking a different book each time.

Based on Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels. Season 4 adapts the third book, An Offer From a Gentleman. Full reading order is in our guide to 11 TV Shows Based on Books.

His & Hers 2. His & Hers 90.6M views · Netflix · Based on the Alice Feeney novel

Anna, a former journalist played by Tessa Thompson, is pulled back into action when she hears of a murder in the Georgia town where she grew up. Detective Jack Harper, her estranged husband played by Jon Bernthal, is assigned to the case and suspicious of her interest. The title is the point: every story has two sides, which means someone is lying.

Based on Alice Feeney’s 2020 novel, with the setting moved from an English village to Atlanta. Audiobook: His & Hers.

One Piece 3. One Piece (Season 2) 39.5M views · Netflix · Based on the manga by Eiichiro Oda

Luffy and the Straw Hats leave the East Blue and enter the Grand Line, the dangerous stretch of sea on the way to the treasure called the One Piece. Season 2 runs through five arcs and ends pointed toward Alabasta, picking up the reindeer doctor Tony Tony Chopper along the way.

Based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga, the best-selling comic of all time at more than 100 volumes. Season 2 covers roughly volumes 12 to 18. Start at the beginning: One Piece, Vol. 1.

Man on Fire 4. Man on Fire 32.1M views · Netflix · Based on the A.J. Quinnell novels

John Creasy, played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, is a former special forces mercenary worn down by PTSD. After a high-rise bombing in Rio de Janeiro kills his closest friend, he becomes the sole protector of the man’s teenage daughter and goes after the people responsible.

Based on A.J. Quinnell’s John Creasy novels, drawing on the 1980 book Man on Fire and its 1992 follow-up The Perfect Kill. Audiobook: Man on Fire.

The Night Agent 5. The Night Agent (Season 3) 26.7M views · Netflix · Started as a Matthew Quirk novel

Peter Sutherland started as a low-level FBI agent manning an emergency line that almost never rings. Three seasons in, he is a full Night Action agent, and the conspiracies have kept finding him.

Began as Matthew Quirk’s 2019 novel, which Season 1 adapted. The show went original after that, so there is no book matching Season 3, but the first novel is where it all started. Audiobook: The Night Agent.

The Lincoln Lawyer 6. The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 4) 26.4M views · Netflix · Based on Michael Connelly's novels

Defense lawyer Mickey Haller works Los Angeles out of the back of his Lincoln, taking the cases other attorneys turn down. Season 4 puts him on the other side of the table, defending himself against a murder charge.

Based on Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller novels. Season 4 adapts the sixth, The Law of Innocence. Full reading order is in our guide to 11 TV Shows Based on Books.

Run Away 7. Run Away 25.3M views · Netflix · Based on the Harlan Coben novel

Simon Greene, played by James Nesbitt, is a father searching for his runaway, drug-addicted daughter Paige. The search drags him out of his comfortable life and into a dangerous world, and a murder soon puts him under suspicion.

Based on Harlan Coben’s 2019 novel, adapted as a single eight-episode story. Audiobook: Run Away.

XO, Kitty 8. XO, Kitty (Season 3) 23.7M views · Netflix · Teen romance

Kitty Song Covey is back at her boarding school in Seoul, still better at fixing other people’s love lives than her own. It is light teen romance with the usual tangle of crushes and misunderstandings.

The Dinosaurs 9. The Dinosaurs 23.4M views · Netflix · Documentary

A four-part nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman, from the team behind Life on Our Planet with Steven Spielberg as an executive producer. It traces the rise and fall of the dinosaurs across roughly 165 million years, from the first of them to the last.

Unchosen 10. Unchosen 22.3M views · Netflix · Original psychological thriller

A British psychological thriller. Rosie, played by Molly Windsor, lives inside a strict, closed religious group with her husband and daughter. A chance meeting with an escaped convict sets off a dangerous turn toward escape and self-discovery.


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