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

20 • 1,988 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

1965 • 5,918 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Jurassic Park

#1 of 2 in Jurassic Park

1990 • 1,847 Readers • 805 pages 4.1

The Princess Bride

1973 • 1,665 Readers • 399 pages 4.2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,837 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 5,356 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Fight Club

#1 of 2 in Fight Club

1996 • 1,531 Readers • 224 pages 4.1

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 4,018 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Pride and Prejudice

6 Cozy Classics

1811 • 3,488 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

The Shining

#1 of 2 in The Shining

1977 • 2,250 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Trainspotting

#2 of 5 in Mark Renton

1993 • 430 Readers • 344 pages 4.2

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

#1 of 14 in Oz

101 • 682 Readers • 61 pages 3.8

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 2,192 Readers • 223 pages 3.9

Divergent

#1 of 3 in Divergent

2011 • 2,273 Readers • 487 pages 3.7

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 4,554 Readers • 323 pages 4.2

Stardust

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

1997 • 1,491 Readers • 248 pages 4

The Last Unicorn

4 The Last Unicorn

1968 • 515 Readers 3.9

The Godfather

#1 of 8 in The Godfather

1961 • 675 Readers • 452 pages 4.3

Gone Girl

2011 • 2,343 Readers • 415 pages 3.9

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

1996 • 4,129 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

Sense and Sensibility

1811 • 1,150 Readers • 432 pages 3.8

Doctor Sleep

#2 of 2 in The Shining

2013 • 809 Readers • 703 pages 3.9

Battle Royale

1999 • 537 Readers • 772 pages 4

Catching Fire

#2 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 3,792 Readers • 391 pages 4.1

A Clockwork Orange

1962 • 1,821 Readers • 72 pages 3.9

2001: A Space Odyssey

#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey

1968 • 1,313 Readers • 221 pages 4.1

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

1985 • 1,136 Readers • 263 pages 3.9

The Silence of the Lambs

#2 of 4 in Hannibal Lecter

1988 • 713 Readers • 436 pages 4.1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

1979 • 4,604 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

Girl, Interrupted

1993 • 470 Readers • 169 pages 3.7

Gerald's Game

1992 • 384 Readers • 366 pages 3.3

Emma

15 Manga Classics

6 • 1,313 Readers • 474 pages 4

Cloud Atlas

2003 • 1,299 Readers • 509 pages 3.9

Crazy Rich Asians

#1 of 3 in Crazy Rich Asians

2013 • 673 Readers • 450 pages 3.7

Daisy Jones & The Six

Reidverse

2019 • 1,590 Readers • 422 pages 4.1

The witches of Eastwick

#1 of 2 in Eastwick

1984 • 65 Readers • 313 pages 2.7

The Bourne Identity

#1 of 20 in Jason Bourne

1980 • 19 Readers • 576 pages 4.2

Audition

1997 • 135 Readers • 208 pages 3

The Hunt for Red October

#3 of 18 in Jack Ryan

1984 • 471 Readers • 387 pages 4

Anna Karenina

1877 • 1,694 Readers • 1,480 pages 4

Shōgun

#1 of 6 in Asian Saga: Chronological Order

1975 • 827 Readers • 1,218 pages 4.2

Five Feet Apart

2018 • 288 Readers • 304 pages 3.9

Crooked House

1948 • 238 Readers • 232 pages 4

Scarface

1930 • 5 Readers • 186 pages 3

Mickey7

#1 of 2 in Mickey7

2022 • 481 Readers • 320 pages 3.6

Sphere

1987 • 564 Readers • 371 pages 3.7

The Fault in Our Stars

2012 • 2,503 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

Inkspell

#2 of 3 in Inkworld

2005 • 225 Readers • 635 pages 3.9

Colossus

#1 of 2 in Colossus

1966 • 19 Readers • 342 pages 4

Kiki's Delivery Service

#1 of 6 in 魔女の宅急便 [Majo no Takkyūbin]

1985 • 176 Readers • 164 pages 4

We Need to Do Something

2020 • 104 Readers • 168 pages 3.5

Howl's Moving Castle

#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,567 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

The Andromeda Strain

#1 of 2 in The Andromeda Strain

1969 • 688 Readers • 354 pages 3.7

Memoirs of a Geisha

1997 • 1,229 Readers • 435 pages 4