Listopia > Kirsten's votes on the list The Book Was Better Than the Movie (23 Books)
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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"The book was just so incredible that I can't imagine the movie being half as good. Did not see the movie though.
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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Pride and Prejudice
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Secret Garden
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Jane Eyre
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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Stuart Little
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"Loved the book as a kid, found the movie irritating."
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The Joy Luck Club
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"Movie was good, but book just improved on it so much.
Kirsten
rated it 4 stars
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The Horse Whisperer
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"Both were pretty good."
Kirsten
rated it 4 stars
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The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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"Saw the movie, then read the book and couldn't put it down."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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Rebecca
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"Too many movie versions, but the book is always reliable."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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The Runaway Jury
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"I liked the targeting of the cigarette companies better than the big gun company premise of the movie."
Kirsten
rated it 4 stars
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The Great Gatsby
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The Color Purple
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"Both were good in their own way."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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The Crucible
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"Love the play.
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
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The Phantom of the Opera
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"Musical is great, but the book is captivating and suspenseful."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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The Thorn Birds
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"Both are good."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman
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"Both are good. Loved the book though."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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Brave New World
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Valley of the Dolls
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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"Both are good, but the movie version with Nastasia Kinsky is what got me interested in the book."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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Ethan Frome
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"The play is better than the movie, and the book is a nice read."
Kirsten
rated it 5 stars
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