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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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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
121
Bernhard Schlink
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
122
Anthony Burgess
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
123
Ken Kesey
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
124
Oscar Wilde
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
125
Charles Dickens
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
126
Jeffrey Eugenides
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
127
Dennis Lehane
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Rachel Cohn and David Levithan)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
128
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
129
Alexandre Dumas
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
130
Madeleine L'engle
The DUFF Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Kody Keplinger)
The DUFF Designated Ugly Fat Friend
131
Kody Keplinger
Safe Haven (Nicholas Sparks)
Safe Haven
132
Nicholas Sparks
It (Stephen King)
It
133
Stephen King
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
134
Susanna Kaysen
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
135
Vladimir Nabokov
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
136
Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
137
Thomas Harris
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
138
Rebecca Wells
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
139
George Orwell
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
140
Seth Grahame-Smith
Labor Day
Labor Day
141
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story
142
Ned Vizzini
Nights in Rodanthe (Nicholas Sparks)
Nights in Rodanthe
143
Nicholas Sparks
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
144
Gabriel García Márquez
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
145
Augusten Burroughs
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
146
J.M. Barrie
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
147
Michael Cunningham
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
148
John Steinbeck
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
149
Mario Puzo
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
150
Fannie Flagg
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