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The Most Extreme Cases of 'The Book Was Better Than the Movie' - Page 2

Taking user ratings from IMDB and Goodreads, Fivethirtyeight was able to figure out which book-to-movie adaptations had the lowest scores in comparison to their well-received novel counterparts.
In a nutshell, these are the the most beloved books that gave viewers the most disappointing movie adaptations.
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
41
Lois Lowry
The Giver (2014)
The Giver (2014)
42
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
43
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
44
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
45
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
46
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
47
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
48
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
49
Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
50
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series (Lemony Snicket)
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
51
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
52
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
53
Christopher Paolini
Eragon (2006)
Eragon (2006)
54
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
55
Tom Wolfe
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
56
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
57
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
58
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
59
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
60
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
Stardust
61
Neil Gaiman
Stardust (2007)
Stardust (2007)
62
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
63
E.B. White
Stuart Little (1999)
Stuart Little (1999)
64
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
65
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
66
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
67
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
68
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
69
Richard Matheson
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
70
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
71
Isaac Asimov
I, Robot (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
72
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
73
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
74
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
75
H.G. Wells
War of the Worlds (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
76
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
77
Robert Penn Warren
All the King's Men (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
78
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
79
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
80
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