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Books That Deserved a Better Movie Adaptation

It's unfortunate that good books don't always make good films. Sometimes it's the wrong actors, poor direction or not following the original storyline and changing the plot. Here 20 books that deserved better. Have you read the book or seen the movie?
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
2
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
3
Frank Herbert
Dune (1984)
Dune (1984)
4
The Mortal Instruments Series (Cassandra Clare)
The Mortal Instruments Series
5
Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
6
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
8
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
9
Lewis Carroll
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
10
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
11
Veronica Roth
Divergent (2014)
Divergent (2014)
12
Winters Tale
Winters Tale
13
Winter's Tale (2014)
Winter's Tale (2014)
14
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
15
Tom Wolfe
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
16
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
17
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
18
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
19
Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
20
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
21
Augusten Burroughs
Running With Scissors (2006)
Running With Scissors (2006)
22
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
23
Jack Kerouac
On the Road (2012)
On the Road (2012)
24
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
26
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
27
Martin Amis
London Fields (2018)
London Fields (2018)
28
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
29
Richard Wright
Native Son (2019)
Native Son (2019)
30
The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman
31
David Brin
The Postman (1997)
The Postman (1997)
32
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
33
Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
34
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
35
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
36
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
37
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
38
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
39
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
Lemony Snicket
40
Daniel Handler
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