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Film Adaptations: 50 Books You Must Read

Must-read books with film adaptations. The source article in "The Guardian" gives capsule summaries of each book's merits.
Please note that Different Seasons "has inspired not one but three great films: The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, and Apt Pupil".
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
2
Anthony Burgess
A Kestrel for a Knave (Barry Hines)
A Kestrel for a Knave
3
Barry Hines
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
4
Lewis Carroll
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
6
Truman Capote
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
7
Graham Greene
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
9
Roald Dahl
Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories (Annie Proulx)
Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories
10
Annie Proulx
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
11
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
12
Stephen King
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
13
Philip K. Dick
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
14
Boris Pasternak
Empire of the Sun (J. G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
15
J. G. Ballard
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
16
Chuck Palahniuk
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
17
Elmore Leonard
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
18
Ian Fleming
Goodfellas (Nicholas Pileggi)
Goodfellas
19
Nicholas Pileggi
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
20
Joseph Conrad
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
21
Peter Benchley
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
22
James Ellroy
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
23
Choderlos De Laclos
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
24
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
25
William Golding
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
26
Charles Dickens
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
27
Ken Kesey
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
28
Virginia Woolf
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
29
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
30
Daphne Du Maurier
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
31
Thomas Keneally
Sin City
Sin City
32
Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
33
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
34
John Wyndham
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
35
Michael Ondaatje
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
36
John Fowles
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
37
Mario Puzo
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
38
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
39
Rudyard Kipling
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
40
Dashiell Hammett
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