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Best Adapted Screenplay Novels

These print media ( books, novels,graphic novels and plays) were all adapted into films that received a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards!
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
1
Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
2
Daphne Du Maurier
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
3
Dashiell Hammett
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
4
Tennessee Williams
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
5
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
6
Truman Capote
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
7
Harper Lee
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
9
P.L. Travers
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
10
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
11
Edward Albee
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
12
Truman Capote
The Graduate (Charles Webb)
The Graduate
13
Charles Webb
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
14
Ira Levin
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
16
Mario Puzo
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
17
William Peter Blatty
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
18
Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
19
Joseph Conrad
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
20
E.L. Doctorow
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
21
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Terms of Endearment (Larry McMurtry)
Terms of Endearment
22
Larry McMurtry
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
23
Isak Dinesen
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
24
Alice Walker
Stand by Me (Stephen King)
Stand by Me
25
Stephen King
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
26
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Wiseguy (Nicholas Pileggi)
Wiseguy
27
Nicholas Pileggi
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
28
Thomas Harris
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
29
Thomas Keneally
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
30
Winston Groom
The Shawshank Redemption (Stephen King)
The Shawshank Redemption
31
Stephen King
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
32
Jane Austen
The Sheep Pig
The Sheep Pig
33
The English Patient
The English Patient
34
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
35
James Ellroy
Out of Sight
Out of Sight
36
Election (Tom Perotta)
Election
37
Tom Perotta
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
38
Stephen King
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
39
Patricia Highsmith
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
40
Homer
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