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To Be Read, or to Be Watched? - Page 3

A nice, short list of books that made it to the screen, often more than once. There's the old debate that's as old as the first movie ever made, "is it better to watch the movie, or read the book?" 95 percent of the time I like the book better, and 4 percent of the time I like the movie better, and 1 percent of the time they are about the same. That's my opinion.
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
81
H.G. Wells
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
82
Michael Crichton
The Darwin Awards (Wendy Northcutt)
The Darwin Awards
83
Wendy Northcutt
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
84
Rudyard Kipling
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
85
H. Rider Haggard
Alien (Alan Dean Foster)
Alien
86
Alan Dean Foster
Thinner (Stephen King)
Thinner
87
Stephen King
The Thin Red Line (James Jones)
The Thin Red Line
88
James Jones
I Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I Robot
89
Isaac Asimov
Forbidden Planet (Philip MacDonald)
Forbidden Planet
90
Philip MacDonald
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
91
Jack London
Another Man's Moccasins (Craig Johnson)
Another Man's Moccasins
92
Craig Johnson
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
93
Leigh Bardugo
The Last Ship (William Brinkley)
The Last Ship
94
William Brinkley
The Quick and the Dead (Louis Lamour)
The Quick and the Dead
95
Louis Lamour
All Quiet on the Western Front (German Title: Im Westen Nichts Neues) (Enrich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (German Title: Im Westen Nichts Neues)
96
Enrich Maria Remarque
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
97
Mark Twain
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
98
Anna Sewell
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
99
H.G. Wells
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
100
John Steinbeck
Sinbad the Sailor (Anonymous)
Sinbad the Sailor
101
Anonymous
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
102
William Goldman
Zorro (Isabel Allende)
Zorro
103
Isabel Allende
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
104
Stephen King
Fletch (Greg Mcdonald)
Fletch
105
Greg Mcdonald
The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Identity
106
Robert Ludlum
Aliens (Alan Dean Foster)
Aliens
107
Alan Dean Foster
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
108
Jules Verne
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
109
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mocking Jay (Suzanne Collins)
Mocking Jay
110
Suzanne Collins
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wizard of Oz
111
L. Frank Baum
The Davinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Davinci Code
112
Dan Brown
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
113
George Orwell
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
114
Dashiell Hammett
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
115
Ayn Rand
The Last Days of Pompeii (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
The Last Days of Pompeii
116
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
117
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
118
Daniel Keyes
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
119
Sara Gruen
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
120
Alice Sebold
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