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Books Before They Were Films - Page 4

Here are 150 books that were made into film adaptations. Sometimes the movies do the books justice, sometimes they don't.
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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
122
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
123
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
124
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
125
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
126
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
127
Shutter Island
Shutter Island
128
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
129
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
130
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
131
The DUFF Designated Ugly Fat Friend
The DUFF Designated Ugly Fat Friend
132
Safe Haven
Safe Haven
133
It (Stephen King)
It
Stephen King
134
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
135
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
136
Misery
Misery
137
The Silence of the Lambs (Novel)
The Silence of the Lambs (Novel)
138
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
139
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
140
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
141
Labor Day
Labor Day
142
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
143
Nights in Rodanthe
Nights in Rodanthe
144
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
145
Running With Scissors
Running With Scissors
146
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
147
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
Michael Cunningham
148
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
149
The Godfather
The Godfather
150
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
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