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The Books Which Gave Us Beloved Films

Without these books, many of the best movies ever made would not have existed. Many watch films, but are you well read too?
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
1
Alice Walker
The Guns of Navarone (Alistair MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone
2
Alistair MacLean
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
3
Andy Weir
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
4
Anne Rice
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
5
Anthony Burgess
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
6
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Scarface (Armitage Trail)
Scarface
7
Armitage Trail
The Living and the Dead (Boileau-Narcejac)
The Living and the Dead
8
Boileau-Narcejac
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
9
Boris Pasternak
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
10
Bram Stoker
The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
The African Queen
11
C.S. Forester
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
12
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
13
Carl Sagan
I Heard You Paint Houses (Charles Brandt)
I Heard You Paint Houses
14
Charles Brandt
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
15
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
16
Charles Portis
The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
The Prestige
17
Christopher Priest
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
18
Chuck Palahniuk
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
19
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
20
Cormac McCarthy
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
21
Daphne Du Maurier
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
22
Daphne Du Maurier
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
23
Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
24
Dashiell Hammett
To Catch a Thief (David Dodge)
To Catch a Thief
25
David Dodge
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
26
David Grann
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
27
Dennis Lehane
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
28
Dennis Lehane
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
29
Diana Wynne Jones
Rum Punch (Elmore Leonard)
Rum Punch
30
Elmore Leonard
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma
31
Elmore Leonard
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
32
Frank Herbert
Catch Me If You Can (Frank W. Abagnale)
Catch Me If You Can
33
Frank W. Abagnale
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
34
George Orwell
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
35
Gillian Flynn
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
36
Graham Greene
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
37
H.G. Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
38
Harper Lee
Papillon (Henri Charrière)
Papillon
39
Henri Charrière
The Gangs of New York (Herbert Asbury)
The Gangs of New York
40
Herbert Asbury
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