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Books Made Into Best Picture Winning Movies

Books can be sometimes overlooked. Especially when made into popular or amazing movies. So, how many books made into (mostly) popular or amazing movies named Best Picture have you actually read?
Note: I am excluding short stories like "Night Bus (It Happened One Night)".
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1
Erich Maria Remarque
Cimarron
Cimarron
2
Mutiny on the Bounty (John Boyne)
Mutiny on the Bounty
3
John Boyne
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
4
Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
5
Daphne Du Maurier
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
6
Richard Llewellyn
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
7
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
8
Glory for Me (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Glory for Me (The Best Years of Our Lives)
9
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
10
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
11
William Shakespeare
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
12
Robert Penn Warren
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
13
James Jones
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
14
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
15
Jules Verne
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Bridge Over the River Kwai
16
Gigi
Gigi
17
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
18
West Side Story
West Side Story
19
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
20
Henry Fielding
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
21
Oliver Twist (Oliver!)
Oliver Twist (Oliver!)
22
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
23
The French Connection (Robin Moore)
The French Connection
24
Robin Moore
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
25
Mario Puzo
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
26
Ken Kesey
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
27
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
28
Judith Guest
Terms of Endearment (Larry McMurtry)
Terms of Endearment
29
Larry McMurtry
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
30
Isak Dinesen
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves
31
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
32
Thomas Harris
Schindler's Ark (Schindler's List) (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark (Schindler's List)
33
Thomas Keneally
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
34
Winston Groom
The English Patient
The English Patient
35
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
36
Sylvia Nasar
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
37
J.R.R.Tolkien
Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner (Million Dollar Baby) (F.X. Toole)
Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner (Million Dollar Baby)
38
F.X. Toole
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
39
Cormac McCarthy
Q&A (Slumdog Millionaire)
Q&A (Slumdog Millionaire)
40
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