Which books had the best film adaptations?

A great movie can lead to even more readers of the source material. What are some books you read that had movies that you enjoyed the most.

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Answers206

Readers74

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.55	947 reads
The Princess Bride William Goldman	4.2	611 reads
Dune Frank Herbert	4.29	2,458 reads
Jurassic Park Michael Crichton	4.11	872 reads
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	4.1	3,228 reads
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	4,370 reads
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen	4.18	1,518 reads
The Martian Andy Weir	4.41	1,997 reads
The Shining Stephen King	4.14	987 reads
Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk	4.08	643 reads
Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum Ella Okstad W. w. Denslow Michael Patrick Hearn Dynos Design Anne Hathaway Tom Sinnickson Germán Vives Olimpia Zagnoli WIlliam Wallace Denslow Robert Ingpen Rosa María Borràs Montané Cristina Rodríguez Fischer Rebecca Burns W W Denslow Fabien Clavel Jean-Philippe Taboulot Yvette Métral Dyno Designs Monique Luiken Jeroen van Luiken-Bakker Baum L Frank Baum jaime arbe Séamus Ó Coileáin Jose perez monica alonso Yenis Adelaira Ochoa Marc Cornelis Wirton Arvott	3.81	296 reads
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick	3.96	820 reads
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee	4.15	2,242 reads
Trainspotting Irvine Welsh Eric Lindor Fall (Translator)	4.13	39 reads
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen Sam Ngo	3.83	469 reads
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle	3.89	150 reads
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	4.39	2,104 reads
Stardust Neil Gaiman	3.97	646 reads
Divergent Veronica Roth	3.72	1,293 reads
The Godfather Mario Puzo	4.36	249 reads
Battle Royale, Vol. 9 Koushun Takami Masayuki Taguchi Tomo Iwo (Translator)	4.06	140 reads
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn	3.93	1,077 reads
Doctor Sleep Stephen King	3.91	319 reads
2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick	4.04	500 reads
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins	4.08	2,326 reads
Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan	3.7	330 reads
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Patrick Süskind John E. Woods (Translator)	3.94	42 reads
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess	3.9	568 reads
Emma Jane Austen Therezinha Monteiro Deutsch (Translator)	3.95	465 reads
Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen	3.74	152 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.24	2,242 reads
Sphere Michael Crichton	3.65	268 reads
The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy	3.99	198 reads
Inkspell Cornelia Funke	3.86	115 reads
Audition Ryū Murakami Ralph McCarthy (Translator)	2.78	45 reads
Colossus D.F. Jones	3.8	7 reads
The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum	3.75	5 reads
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy Richard Pevear (Translator) Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)	3.95	443 reads
The witches of Eastwick John Updike	2.88	18 reads
The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris	4.13	276 reads
Crooked House Agatha Christie	3.93	103 reads
We Need to Do Something Max Booth Iii	3.72	32 reads
Gerald's Game Stephen King	3.29	152 reads
Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid	4.09	649 reads
The Fault in Our Stars John Green	3.88	1,413 reads
Five feet apart By Rachael Lippincott	0	2 reads
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden	3.94	523 reads