Prompts

Which books had the best film adaptations?

A great movie can lead to even more readers of the source material. What are some books you read that had movies that you enjoyed the most.

The Lord of the Rings

#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 1,879 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

1965 • 5,593 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,586 Readers • 399 pages 4.2

Jurassic Park

#1 of 2 in Jurassic Park

1990 • 1,748 Readers • 805 pages 4.1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,463 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 5,051 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Fight Club

#1 of 2 in Fight Club

1996 • 1,438 Readers • 224 pages 4.1

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 3,781 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Pride and Prejudice

6 Cozy Classics

1811 • 3,222 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

The Shining

#1 of 2 in The Shining

1977 • 2,131 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 2,059 Readers • 223 pages 3.9

Trainspotting

#2 of 5 in Mark Renton

1993 • 408 Readers • 344 pages 4.2

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

#1 of 14 in Oz

101 • 656 Readers • 61 pages 3.8

Stardust

#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust

1997 • 1,431 Readers • 248 pages 4

The Last Unicorn

3 The Last Unicorn

1968 • 493 Readers 3.9

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 4,310 Readers • 323 pages 4.2

Divergent

#1 of 3 in Divergent

2011 • 2,158 Readers • 487 pages 3.7

Sense and Sensibility

1811 • 1,102 Readers • 432 pages 3.8

The Godfather

#1 of 8 in The Godfather

1969 • 648 Readers • 452 pages 4.3

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

1996 • 3,898 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

Gone Girl

2011 • 2,240 Readers • 415 pages 3.9

Battle Royale

1999 • 504 Readers • 772 pages 4

Doctor Sleep

#2 of 2 in The Shining

2013 • 778 Readers • 703 pages 3.9

2001: A Space Odyssey

#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey

1968 • 1,241 Readers • 221 pages 4.1

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,723 Readers • 72 pages 3.9

Crazy Rich Asians

#1 of 3 in Crazy Rich Asians

2013 • 656 Readers • 450 pages 3.7

Cloud Atlas

2003 • 1,242 Readers • 509 pages 3.9

The Silence of the Lambs

#2 of 4 in Hannibal Lecter

1988 • 675 Readers • 436 pages 4.1

Girl, Interrupted

1993 • 450 Readers • 169 pages 3.7

Gerald's Game

1992 • 365 Readers • 366 pages 3.3

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

1985 • 1,074 Readers • 263 pages 3.9

Emma

16 Manga Classics

6 • 1,264 Readers • 334 pages 4

Catching Fire

#2 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 3,558 Readers • 391 pages 4.1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 4,348 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

Audition

1997 • 126 Readers • 208 pages 2.9

Shōgun

#1 of 6 in Asian Saga: Chronological Order

1975 • 775 Readers • 1,218 pages 4.2

The Fault in Our Stars

2012 • 2,399 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

The Bourne Identity

#1 of 20 in Jason Bourne

1980 • 18 Readers • 576 pages 4.2

Inkspell

#2 of 3 in Inkworld

2005 • 219 Readers • 635 pages 3.9

Memoirs of a Geisha

1997 • 1,184 Readers • 435 pages 4

The witches of Eastwick

#1 of 2 in Eastwick

1984 • 59 Readers • 313 pages 2.8

Colossus

#1 of 2 in Colossus

1966 • 17 Readers • 342 pages 4

Anna Karenina

1877 • 1,619 Readers • 1,480 pages 4

Kiki's Delivery Service

#1 of 6 in 魔女の宅急便 [Majo no Takkyūbin]

1985 • 170 Readers • 164 pages 4

We Need to Do Something

2020 • 100 Readers • 168 pages 3.5

Daisy Jones & The Six

1 Reidverse

2019 • 1,534 Readers • 422 pages 4.1

Howl's Moving Castle

#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,490 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

The Andromeda Strain

#1 of 2 in The Andromeda Strain

1969 • 659 Readers • 354 pages 3.7

The Hunt for Red October

#3 of 18 in Jack Ryan

1984 • 448 Readers • 486 pages 4

Scarface

1930 • 5 Readers • 186 pages 3

Mickey7

#1 of 2 in Mickey7

2022 • 424 Readers • 320 pages 3.6

Crooked House

1948 • 228 Readers • 232 pages 4

Sphere

1987 • 528 Readers • 371 pages 3.7