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Unadaptable: Books That Should Never Be Made Into Movies

Not that these books could NEVER be adapted to movies (If Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, and Naked Lunch can make it to film, anything can), but... y'know... maybe they shouldn't be? Some things are better off staying in print.
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
Roberto Bolaño
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
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Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
Helen Oyeyemi
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The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
Julio Cortázar
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10
Speedboat
Speedboat
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The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
12
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich
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Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
Katherine Dunn
14
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
A.S. Byatt
15
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
Vladimir Nabokov
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
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Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons
Gertrude Stein
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Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
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The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
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Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany
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The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
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Everyone Poops (Taro Gomi)
Everyone Poops
Taro Gomi
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Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel
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The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
29
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
30
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
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Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)
Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister
33
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
36
I Want My Hat Back (Jon Klassen)
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
37
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
38
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
Kathy Acker
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The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps
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The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
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