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how to publish a book » book publishing » number of books made into movies how to publish a book | publish my book | book printing how to publish a bookthe latest zdocs blog postings home about publish print promote case study contact subscribe number of books made into movies in my post yesterday i talked about repuposing books into speeches, websites, cds, ebooks and movies. that got me thinking about how many movies each year start out as a book. while i didn’t find the answer i was looking for, i did find the following, very long list of books that were made into movies. i never would have thought that die hard started out as a book. as stephen covey says, begin with the end in mind. is the end for your story a movie? now playing and coming attractions 1408 (story) - stephen king 3:10 to yuma - elmore leonard (short story) harry potter and the order of the phoenix - j.k. rowling stardust - neil gaiman the bourne ultimatum - robert ludlum the nanny diaries - emma mclaughlin and nicola kraus action and adventure casino royale - ian fleming d-tox (book title: jitter joint) - howard swindle diamonds are forever - ian fleming die hard (original book title: nothing lasts forever) - roderick thorp dr. no - ian fleming flight of the intruder - stephen coonts from russia with love - ian fleming gangs of new york - herbert asbury get carter - ted lewis goldfinger - ian fleming hostage - robert crais live and let die - ian fleming man on fire - a.j. quinnell mercury rising (book title: simple simon ) - ryne douglas pearson moonraker - ian fleming on her majesty’s secret service - ian fleming patriot games - tom clancy rabbit-proof fence - doris pilkington the great train robbery - michael crichton the hunt for red october - tom clancy the man with the golden gun - ian fleming the prince of central park - evan h. rhodes the spy who loved me - ian fleming the sum of all fears - tom clancy thunderball - ian fleming under siege - stephen coonts you only live twice - ian fleming classics a christmas carol - charles dickens a passage to india - e.m. forster a room with a view - e.m. forster around the world in eighty days - jules verne ben hur - lew wallace brideshead revisited - evelyn waugh clueless (book title: emma) - jane austen count of monte cristo - alexandre dumas doctor zhivago - boris pasternak east of eden - john steinbeck emma - jane austen for whom the bell tolls - ernest hemingway good woman (play title: lady windermere’s fan) - oscar wilde great expectations - charles dickens house of mirth - edith wharton howard’s end - e.m. forster jane eyre - charlotte bronte kidnapped - robert louis stevenson les miserables - victor hugo lord of the flies - william golding madame bovary - gustave flaubert man in the iron mask - alexandre dumas of mice and men - john steinbeck oliver twist - charles dickens persuasion - jane austen portrait of a lady - henry james pride and prejudice - jane austen sense and sensibility - jane austen the claim (book title: the mayor of casterbridge) - thomas hardy the african queen - c.s. forestser the europeans - henry james the golden bowl - henry james the grapes of wrath - john steinbeck the importance of being earnest - oscar wilde the musketeer (book title : the three musketeers) - alexandre dumas the scarlet letter - nathaniel hawthorne the three musketeers - alexandre dumas to kill a mockingbird - harper lee to sir with love - edward braithwaite vanity fair - william makepeace thackeray war and peace - leo tolstoy wuthering heights - emily bronte comedies a merry war (book title: keep the aspidistra flying) - george orwell about a boy - nick hornby adaptation (book title: the orchid thief) - susan orlean be cool - elmore leonard big bounce - elmore leonard big trouble - dave barry bridget jones’s diary - helen fielding cheaper by the dozen - frank b. gilbreth jr. chocolat - joanne harris christmas with the kranks (book title: skipping christmas) - john grisham confessions of a teenage drama queen - dyan sheldon divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood - rebecca wells ella enchanted - gail carson levine everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask - david reuben (very loosely based on this book) fast times at ridgemont high - cameron crowe forrest gump - winston groom freaky friday - mary rodgers fried green tomatoes - fannie flagg heartburn - nora ephron high fidelity - nick hornby matchstick men - eric garcia postcards from the edge - carrie fisher princess diaries - meg cabot shopgirl - steve martin striptease - carl hiassen thank you for smoking - christopher buckley the commitments - roddy doyle the first wives club - olivia goldsmith the snapper - roddy doyle the van - roddy doyle the witches of eastwick - john updike thumbsucker - walter kirn what’s the worst that could happen? - donald westlake courtroom a time to kill - john grisham just cause - john katzenbach the chamber - john grisham the client - john grisham the firm - john grisham the pelican brief - john grisham the rainmaker - john grisham the runaway jury - john grisham drama a love song for bobby long (book title: off magazine street) - ronald everett capps a map of the world - jane hamilton a river runs through it, and other stories - norman maclean a thousand acres - jane smiley about schmidt - louis begley an unfinished life - mark spragg antwone fisher (book title: finding fish) - antwone quenton fisher ask the dust - john fante asylum - patrick mcgrath atonement - ian mcewan away from her (short story: bear came over the mountain) - alice munro being there - jerzy kosinski beloved - toni morrison breakfast at tiffany’s - truman capote cavedweller - dorothy allison children of men - p.d. james crash - j.g. ballard disappearing acts - terry mcmillan door in the floor (book title: a widow for one year) - john irving emperor’s club (book title: the palace thief) - ethan canin enduring love - ian mcewan eyes wide shut (book title: rhapsody - a dream novel) - arthur schnitzler falling angels fear and trembling - amelie nothomb field of dreams (book title: shoeless joe) - w.p. kinsella fight club - chuck palahniuk focus - arthur miller four feathers - a.e.w. mason friday night lights - h.g. bissinger girl with a pearl earring - tracy chevalier hearts in atlantis - stephen king house of sand and fog - andre dubus iii how to make an american quilt - whitney otto i am david - anne holm in the bedroom (book title: dancing after hours or selected stories) - andre dubus intimacy - hanif kureishi last king of scotland - giles foden last orders - graham swift lost and delirious (book title: the wives of bath) - susan swan mysterious skin - scott heim mystic masseur - v. s. naipaul o pioneers! - willa cather one flew over the cuckoo’s nest - ken kesey one true thing - anna quindlen ordinary people - judith guest original sin (book title: waltz into darkness) - cornell woolrich painted veil - w. somerset maugham pay it forward - catherine ryan hyde personal velocity - rebecca miller quiet american - graham greene red dust - gillian slovo requiem for a dream - hubert selby secretary (short story in bad behavior) - mary gaitskill shawshank redemption (book title: different seasons - short story “rita hayworth and shawshank redemption”) - stephen king shipping news - e. annie proulx simon birch (book title: a prayer for owen meany) - john irving sisterhood of the traveling pants - ann brashares sleepers - lorenzo carcaterra some things that stay - sarah willis sundays’ children - ingmar bergman sweet hereafter - russell banks the 25th hour - david benioff the bear - james o. curwood the bonfire of the vanities - tom wolfe the bridge of san luis rey - thornton wilder the caveman’s valentine - george dawes green the cider house rules - john irving the city of joy - dominique lapierre the horse whisperer - nicholas evans the hotel new hampshire - john irving the invisible circus - jennifer egan the joy luck club - amy tan the legend of bagger vance - steven pressfield the piano - jane campion the spanish gardener - a.j. cronin the tailor of panama - john le carré the three faces of eve - thigpen & cleckley the weekend - peter cameron the world according to garp - john irving tim - colleen mccullough under the tuscan sun - frances mayes waiting to exhale - terry mcmillan what girls learn - karin cook white oleander - janet fitch wonder boys - michael chabon zigzag - landon j. napoleon family a series of unfortunate events - lemony snicket anne of green gables - l.m. montgomery babe (book title: babe : the gallant pig; uk book title: the sheep-pig) - dick king-smith bee season - myla goldberg bridge to terabithia - katherine paterson cat in the hat - dr. seuss charlie and the chocolate factory - roald dahl charlotte’s web - e.b. white chitty chitty bang bang - ian fleming eragon - christopher paolini five children and it - e. nesbit freak the mighty - rodman philbrick garfield - jim davis harry potter and the goblet of fire - j.k. rowling heidi - johanna spyri holes - louis sachar how the grinch stole christmas - dr. seuss in her shoes - jennifer weiner james and the giant peach - roald dahl jumanji - chris van allsberg little children - tom perrotta little women - louisa may alcott mary poppins - p. l. travers matilda - roald dahl mean girls (book title: queen bees & wannabes) - rosalind wiseman old yeller - fred gipson pinocchio - collodi, carlo polar express - chris van allsburg ramona - beverly cleary rebecca of sunnybrook farm - kate wiggin shiloh - phyllis reynolds naylor sounder - william armstrong stormbreaker - anthony horowitz stuart little - e.b. white the incredible journey - sheila burnford the indian in the cupboard - lynn reid banks the jungle book - rudyard kipling the princess bride - william golding the secret garden - frances hodgson burnett the wind in the willows - kenneth graham the wizard of oz - l. frank baum thomas and the magic railroad (book series: thomas the tank engine) - rev. w. awdry wolves of willoughby chase - joan aiken zathura - chris van allsburg fantasy big fish - daniel wallace chronicles of narnia - c.s. lewis conan - robert e. howard daywatch (dnevnoi dozor) - serge luk yianenko harry potter and the chamber of secrets - j.k. rowling harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone (book title: ….philosopher’s stone) - j. k. rowling league of extraordinary gentlemen - alan moore lord of the rings - j. r. r. tolkien lost horizon - james hilton naked lunch - william s. burroughs shrek - william steig the black cauldron - lloyd alexander the hobbit - j.r.r.tolkein the neverending story - michael ende the two towers (lord of the rings) - j.r.r. tolkien historical billy bathgate - e.l. doctrow cry, the beloved country - alan paton dances with wolves - michael blake exodus - leon uris gone with the wind - margaret mitchell how green was my valley - richard llewellyn longitude - dava sobel master and commander - patrick o’brian namesake - jhumpa mashi ragtime - e.l. doctrow rob roy - sir walter scott schindler’s list - thomas keneally spartacus - howard fast the color purple - alice walker the last of the mohicans - james fennimore cooper tom jones - henry fielding war and peace - leo tolstoy horror along came a spider - james patterson american psycho - brett easton ellis amityville horror - jay anson audrey rose - frank de felitta carrie - stephen king christine - stephen king cujo - stephen king dagon (story included in call of cthulhu) devil’s advocate - andrew neiderman dolores claiborne - stephen king dracula - bram stoker dreamcatcher - stephen king frankenstein - mary shelley from hell - alan moore ghost story - peter straub hannibal - thomas harris hound of the baskervilles - sir arthur conan doyle i know what you did last summer - lois duncan interview with the vampire - anne rice it - stephen king jaws - peter benchley manhunter (book title: red dragon) - thomas harris misery - stephen king monkey shines - michael stewart mothman prophecies - john a. keel perfume - patrick suskind pet sematary - stephen king phantoms - dean r. koontz psycho - robert bloch queen of the damned - anne rice red dragon - thomas harris riding the bullet - stephen king rosemary’s baby - ira levin sacrifice - mitchell smith salem’s lot - stephen king secret window (book title: four past midnight - novella) - stephen king silver bullet (book title: cycle of the werewolf) - stephen king sleepy hollow (book title: legend of sleepy hollow) - washington irving summer of fear - lois duncan the beast within - edward levy the believers (book title: the religion) - nicholas conde the dark half - stephen king the dead zone - stephen king the diary of ellen rimbauer - joyce reardon the exorcist - william peter blatty the exorcist iii (book title: legion) - william peter blatty the green mile - stephen king the haunting - shirley jackson the invisible man - h. g. wells the keep - f. paul wilson the ninth gate (book title: the club dumas) - arturo pérez-reverte the relic (book title: relic) - douglas preston the serpent and the rainbow - wade davis the servants of twilight - dean r. koontz the shining - stephen king the silence of the lambs - thomas harris thinner - stephen king (writing as richard bachman) valentine - tom savage watchers - dean r. koontz wolfen - whitley strieber mystery and suspense absolute power - david baldacci and then there were none - agatha christie blood work - michael connelly bourne identity - robert ludlum bourne supremacy - robert ludlum deepwater - matthew jones deliverance - james dickey derailed - james siegel devil in a blue dress - walter mosley disclosure - michael crichton don’t say a word - andrew klavan double indemnity - james m. cain farewell, my lovely - raymond chandler flowers in the attic - v. c. andrews hannibal rising - thomas harris high crimes - joseph finder in the cut - susanna moore killing me softly - nicci french kiss the girls - james patterson l.a. confidential - james ellroy last man standing (book title: red harvest) - dashiell hammett manchurian candidate - richard condon mystic river - dennis lehane prizzi’s honor - richard condon rebecca - daphne du maurier road to perdition - max allan collins sahara - clive cussler scanner darkly - philip k. dick shooter (book title: point of impact) - stephen hunter skins - adrian c. louis taking lives - michael pye the big sleep - raymond chandler the constant gardener - john le carre the dancer upstairs - nicholas shakespeare the glass key - dashiell hammett the godfather - mario puzo the grifters - jim thompson the juror - george dawes green the lady in the lake - raymond chandler the maltese falcon - dashiell hammett the postman always rings twice - james m. cain the russia house - john lecarre the statement - brian moore the thin man - dashiell hammett trapped (book title: 24 hours) - greg iles weight of water - anita shreve where the truth lies - rupert holmes reality based a beautiful mind : a biography of john forbes nash jr. - sylvia nasar a mighty heart - mariane pearl alive - piers paul read blow - bruce porter born free - joy adamson catch me if you can - frank w. abagnale and stan redding confessions of a dangerous mind - chuck barris dead man walking - helen prejean endurance : shackleton’s legendary antartic expedition - caroline alexander fever pitch - nick hornby frida - hayden herrera game of their lives - geoffrey douglas gorillas in the mist - diane fossey iris - john bayley midnight express - billy hayes midnight in the garden of good and evil - john berendt ned kelly (book title: our sunshine) - robert drewe pollock - steven naifeh and gregory white smith prize winner of defiance ohio - jane anderson proof of life (book title: long march to freedom) movie inspired by the book riding in cars with boys - beverly d’onofrio seabiscuit - laura hillenbrand serpico - peter maas shadowlands - william nicholson shot in the heart - mikal gilmore the hoax - clifford irving the hours - michael cunningham. the perfect storm - sebastian junger thirteen days (book title: the kennedy tapes) - ernest r. may touching the void - joe simpson zodiac - robert graysmith romance a walk to remember - nicholas sparks. bridget jones: the edge of reason - helen fielding captain corelli’s mandolin - louis de bernieres chocolat - joanne harris circle of friends - maeve binchy cold mountain - charles frazier enchanted april - elizabeth von arnim fever pitch - nick hornby home at the end of the world - michael cunningham iii how stella got her groove back - terry mcmillan human stain - philip roth i capture the castle - dodie smith kaleidoscope - danielle steel like water for chocolate - laura esquivel love story - erich segal message in a bottle - nicholas sparks must love dogs - claire cook notebook - nicholas sparks out of africa - isak dinesen possession - a.s. byatt practical magic - alice hoffman republic of love - carol shields someone like you (book title: animal husbandry) - laura zigman somewhere in time - richard matheson sophie’s choice - william styron terms of endearment - larry mcmurtry the age of innocence - edith wharton the bridges of madison county - robert waller the english patient - michael ondaatje the french lieutenant’s woman - john fowles the house of mirth - edith wharton the lover - marguerite duras the phantom of the opera - gaston leroux the prince of tides - pat conroy the remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro the thorn birds - colleen mccullough the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera the year of living dangerously - c.j. koch tuck everlasting - natalie babbitt science fiction 2001: a space odyssey - arthur c.clarke a clockwork orange - anthony burgess a handmaid’s tale - margaret atwood a.i. (short story title: supertoys last all summer long) short story included in “man in his time” and also included in “best sf stories of brian w. aldiss”. andromeda strain - michael crichton anonymous rex - eric garcia battlefield earth - l. ron hubbard blade runner (book title: do androids dream of electric sheep?) - philip k. dick congo - michael crichton contact - carl sagan day of the triffids - john wyndham dune - frank herbert fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy - douglas adams i robot - isaac asimov jurassic park - michael crichton k-pax - gene brewer minority report - philip k. dick planet of the apes - pierre boulle planet of the apes (2001) - pierre boulle screamers (short story title: second variety) - philip k. dick solaris - stanislaw lem sphere - michael crichton starship troopers - robert a. heinlein stepford wives - ira levin the incredible shrinking man - richard matheson the lost world - michael crichton the time machine - h. g. wells time machine - h. g. wells timeline - michael crichton war of the worlds - h. g. wells shakespeare a midsummer night’s dream - william shakespeare hamlet - william shakespeare much ado about nothing - william shakespeare o (book title : othello) - william shakespeare romeo and juliet - william shakespeare war a very long engagement - sébastien japrisot all quiet on the western front - erich maria remarque apocalypse now (book title : heart of darkness) - joseph conrad band of brothers : e company … from normandy to hitler’s eagle’s nest - stephen ambrose berlin diaries, 1940-1945 - marie vassiltchikov black hawk down - mark bowden bridge over the river kwai - pierre boulle charlotte gray - sebastian faulks from here to eternity - james jones gods and generals - jeff shaara guns of navarone - alistair maclean hart’s war - john katzenbach jarhead - swofford, anthony quiet flows the don - mikhail sholokhov run silent, run deep - edward l. beach the dirty dozen - e.m. nathanson the pianist - wladyslaw szpilman thin red line - james jones we were soldiers - harold g. moore westerns all the pretty horses - cormac mccarthy brokeback mountain (book title: close range) - annie proulx gone to texas (book title: the outlaw josey wales) - forrest carter little big man - thomas berger lonesome dove - larry mcmurtry open range - lauran paine the missing (book title: the last ride) - thomas eidson   bookmark to: posted on september 7th, 2007 . by zdocs posted in book marketing, book publishing | leave a reply name mail (never published) website get a free consultation! fill out the short form below to receive a free 30-minute consultation on how to publish your book. your name: your email: phone: about you and your book:   don't like forms? right me an e-mail instead! phild@zdocsonline.com, or give me a call on our toll free number at 1-866-669-3627. book publishing topics: book marketing book publishing tips for authors book promotion selling books online book publicity book printing on writing featured authors book trailers faqs live study-diana derval archives: october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 may 2007 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 links: zdocs online zdocs books razor pages audio books least expected listen here buzz booster business jive where to now story tellers newspapergrl utah seo planet utah writer's league the book sistah kathy holmes dee power writeanonfictionbook jamieson wolf blog twin peaks promotions o'reilly radar book marketing writers in the market the eelkat e-literaryagent helium.com isbn copyrights the blog guru web liquid speculations tom britt chris webb book business fiction book write seo holt uncensored buzz booster crystal reports book locker virtual book tours podcasting book clubs the truth about writing ipod books self-publishing directory authro coach new fiction book journal grumpy bookman book designs passionate genius lillie ammann meta: register login rss comments rss valid xhtml xfn wp search: first step to a tv interview become a top story press releases that work copyright 2006 digital ims, inc. all rights reserved how to publish a book blog

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