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Where the Movies Came From

You know them as the great movies, but do you know books that inspired them? Here are the source novels or stories of some great ( and some not-so-great) movies; how many have you actually read? (Note - this list does not include novelizations of original scripts.)
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3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma
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About a Boy by Nick Hornby
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
2
Airport (Arthur Hailey)
Airport
3
Arthur Hailey
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Erich Maria Remarque
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
5
Bret Easton Ellis
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
6
Jules Verne
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
7
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
8
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
9
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
10
Raymond Chandler
The Blue Lagoon (Henry De Vere Stacpoole)
The Blue Lagoon
11
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
The Blue Max (Jack D. Hunter)
The Blue Max
12
Jack D. Hunter
The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney)
The Body Snatchers
13
Jack Finney
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Bridge Over the River Kwai
14
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
15
Geoffrey Homes
Camille
Camille
16
Captain Blood
Captain Blood
17
Captain From Castile (Samuel Shellabarger)
Captain From Castile
18
Samuel Shellabarger
Conquest of Space (Bonestall Ley)
Conquest of Space
19
Bonestall Ley
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves
20
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
21
John Wyndham
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
22
James Joyce
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
23
James Dickey
D'entre Les Morts (Boileau)
D'entre Les Morts
24
Boileau
The Dirty Dozen (E. M. Nathanson)
The Dirty Dozen
25
E. M. Nathanson
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
26
Philip K Dick
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
27
Dr. No (Ian Fleming)
Dr. No
28
Ian Fleming
Dr. Strangelove (Bryant)
Dr. Strangelove
29
Bryant
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
30
Bram Stoker
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
31
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
32
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
33
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
34
William Peter Blatty
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
35
Chandler
Farewell to the Master (Bates)
Farewell to the Master
36
Bates
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
37
Chuck Palahniuk
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
38
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
39
Winston Groom
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
40
Mary Shelley
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