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Books Before They Were Films

Here are 150 books that were made into film adaptations. Sometimes the movies do the books justice, sometimes they don't.
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
1
Ian McEwan
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
2
Dan Brown
Twilight Saga
Twilight Saga
3
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
4
David Mitchell
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5
Hunter S. Thompson
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
6
Roald Dahl
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
7
J.K. Rowling
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
8
Louis Sachar
The Hunger Games Series (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games Series
9
Suzanne Collins
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
11
Dan Brown
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
13
Helen Fielding
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
Goodnight Mr. Tom (Michelle Magorian)
Goodnight Mr. Tom
15
Michelle Magorian
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
16
Sara Gruen
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
17
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beautiful Creatures (Kami Garcia)
Beautiful Creatures
18
Kami Garcia
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
19
John Green
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
20
Jonas Jonasson
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep
21
S.J. Watson
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
22
Phillip Pullman
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
23
Lewis Carroll
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
24
Cormac McCarthy
One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
25
David Nicholls
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
26
John Steinbeck
Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz)
Stormbreaker
27
Anthony Horowitz
The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
The Devil Wears Prada
28
Lauren Weisberger
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host
29
Stephenie Meyer
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
30
Jodi Picoult
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
31
Alice Sebold
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
32
Stieg Larsson
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
33
John Boyne
War Horse (Michael Morpurgo)
War Horse
34
Michael Morpurgo
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
35
William Golding
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
36
Khaled Hosseini
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
37
Markus Zusak
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
38
Gillian Flynn
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
39
Stephen Chbosky
An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley)
An Inspector Calls
40
J.B. Priestley
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