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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
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