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The Book Was Way Better Than the Movie - Page 2

Goodreads readers voted on "When these books were adapted for the screen, they didn't live up to expectations." These are the top 100+ as voted by the readers and me. Book/movie series have been combined.
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The Polar Express
The Polar Express
41
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
42
Stephen King
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Inkheart
43
Cornelia Funke
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding
44
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
45
Richard Matheson
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
46
Janet Fitch
Where the Heart Is (Novel)
Where the Heart Is (Novel)
47
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You
48
Cecelia Ahern
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
49
George Orwell
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
50
Stephen King
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
51
Tracy Chevalier
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
52
William Goldman
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
Stardust
53
Neil Gaiman
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
54
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
55
Augusten Burroughs
Pet Semetary (Stephen King)
Pet Semetary
56
Stephen King
A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)
A Walk to Remember
57
Nicholas Sparks
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
58
Alice Sebold
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
59
Mitch Albom
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
60
E.B. White
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
61
Jane Austen
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
62
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
63
Jean M. Auel
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
64
Amy Tan
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
65
Stephen King
Blood and Chocolate (Annette Curtis Klause)
Blood and Chocolate
66
Annette Curtis Klause
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
67
Victor Hugo
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
68
Charles Dickens
The Nanny Diaries (Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus)
The Nanny Diaries
69
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Timeline (Michael Crichton)
Timeline
70
Michael Crichton
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
71
Frank Herbert
The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Identity
72
Robert Ludlum
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
73
Maurice Sendak
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
74
Diana Wynne Jones
The Horse Whisperer (Nicholas Evans)
The Horse Whisperer
75
Nicholas Evans
Left Behind (Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins)
Left Behind
76
Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
77
Bram Stoker
Sphere (Michael Crichton)
Sphere
78
Michael Crichton
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
79
Ian McEwan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
80
Ken Kesey
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