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Not all the movies and television series are bad, but the books are definitely better! Literature > movies
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I Love Dick (Chris Kraus)
I Love Dick
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Chris Kraus
The Ladies' Paradise (Émile Zola)
The Ladies' Paradise
2
Émile Zola
Trilby (George Du Maurier)
Trilby
3
George Du Maurier
Malombra (Antonio Fogazzaro)
Malombra
4
Antonio Fogazzaro
Daddy Long Legs (Jean Webster)
Daddy Long Legs
5
Jean Webster
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6
Robert Louis Stevenson
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
7
William Shakespeare
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
8
Alexandre Dumas
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
9
Alessandro Manzoni
Nana
Nana
10
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Little Match Girl
12
Hans Christian Andersen
Private Lives (Noel Coward)
Private Lives
13
Noel Coward
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
14
Mary Shelley
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
15
Theodore Dreiser
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
16
Ernest Hemingway
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
17
Louisa May Alcott
Night Flight (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
Night Flight
18
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
She Done Him Wrong (Mae West)
She Done Him Wrong
19
Mae West
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
20
Baroness Orczy
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
21
L.M. Montgomery
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
A Lost Lady
22
Willa Cather
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
23
Edith Wharton
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
24
Charlotte Bronte
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men
25
Louisa May Alcott
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
26
Charles Dickens
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
27
William Shakespeare
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
28
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias
29
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
30
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
31
Pearl S. Buck
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
32
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Story of Ferdinand (Munro Leaf)
The Story of Ferdinand
33
Munro Leaf
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
34
Emily Bronte
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
35
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
36
Jane Austen
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
37
Thornton Wilder
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
38
Daphne Du Maurier
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
39
Carlo Collodi
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
40
Richard Llewellyn
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