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Film Adaptations: 50 Books You Must Read - Page 2

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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The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
41
S.E. Hinton
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
42
Muriel Spark
The Railway Children (E. Nesbit)
The Railway Children
43
E. Nesbit
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
44
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
45
John Le Carré
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
46
Patricia Highsmith
The Vanishing (Tim Krabbe)
The Vanishing
47
Tim Krabbe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
49
Irvine Welsh
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
50
Richard Adams
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