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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,020,090 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,529,853 ratings — published 1997
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,770,629 ratings — published 2012
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,867,503 ratings — published 1813
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,021,047 ratings — published 1999
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,882,140 ratings — published 2019
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,479,015 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,208,408 ratings — published 2009
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,475,928 ratings — published 2005
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,982,845 ratings — published 1925
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,411,536 ratings — published 2011
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,464,851 ratings — published 1985
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,545,883 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,902,924 ratings — published 1999
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,485,976 ratings — published 1868
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,766,198 ratings — published 2010
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,908,993 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 52 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,240,882 ratings — published 2000
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,905,049 ratings — published 2018
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,955,204 ratings — published 1960
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,372,261 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 51 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,833,236 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 47 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,690,774 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 47 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,145,345 ratings — published 2007
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,648,417 ratings — published 1965
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,502,000 ratings — published 1937
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,500,055 ratings — published 2008
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,183,374 ratings — published 2007
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,186,926 ratings — published 1847
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,678,762 ratings — published 2018
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,703,689 ratings — published 2009
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,120,013 ratings — published 2012
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,071,628 ratings — published 2014
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,309,373 ratings — published 2011
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,632,346 ratings — published 2012
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,835,742 ratings — published 1993
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,325,069 ratings — published 2017
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,308,117 ratings — published 1811
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,217,934 ratings — published 2020
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.10 — 604,754 ratings — published 2007
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,021,196 ratings — published 2017
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,028,452 ratings — published 2007
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,815,603 ratings — published 2012
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,387,204 ratings — published 2006
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.05 — 995,000 ratings — published 1815
Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,243,450 ratings — published 2019
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,146,774 ratings — published 2009
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,928,203 ratings — published 1818
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,628,738 ratings — published 1967
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.13 — 469,140 ratings — published 2015
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“One lesson is that to be second is not to be secondary or inferior; likewise, to be first is not to be originary or authoritative. Yet, as we shall see, disparaging opinions on adaptation as a secondary mode—belated and therefore derivative—persist. One aim of this book is to challenge that denigration.”
― A Theory of Adaptation
― A Theory of Adaptation
“In America, film is the highest form of art that the public aspires to. People will come to me and say ‘Oh, your book was so good, they ought to make a movie out of it!’ To which I reply ‘Well, why? It’s already a book.”
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