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For the Love of All That Is Holy, Read These Books but Do NOT Watch Their Movies! - Page 2

Look. This isn't to say you can't make a good adaptation off of some of these books. But these are, without a doubt, the greatest books that have inspired the worst film adaptations.
Please, please, read the book. Stay as far away from the movie as you can. I'm begging you.
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Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
41
Stephen King
One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
42
David Nicholls
Pet Semetary (Stephen King)
Pet Semetary
43
Stephen King
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
44
Philip Roth
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
45
C.S. Lewis
Queen of the Damned (Anne Rice)
Queen of the Damned
46
Anne Rice
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
47
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sea of Monsters (Rick Riordan)
The Sea of Monsters
48
Rick Riordan
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series (Lemony Snicket)
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
49
Lemony Snicket
Slapstick (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slapstick
50
Kurt Vonnegut
Sphere (Michael Crichton)
Sphere
51
Michael Crichton
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles
52
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
53
Stephen King
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
Stardust
54
Neil Gaiman
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
55
E.B. White
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
56
H.G. Wells
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
57
Audrey Niffenegger
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
58
Henry Miller
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
59
C.S. Lewis
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
60
H.G. Wells
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
61
Alan Moore
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