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message 1: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (stephanie-somanybooks) | 719 comments Read up to 5 books with a movie or TV adaptation.

There are a few lists here on GoodReads for Movies and TV shows. Be sure to check them out if you need some inspiration!


message 2: by Connie (last edited Jun 01, 2020 10:35PM) (new)

Connie Cote | 596 comments Mod
Connie's Movie or TV Adaptations:
**COMPLETED**
1) Virgin River by Robyn Carr 27/02
2) The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 31/03
3) Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler 06/04
4) The Shack by William Paul Young 15/04
5) If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin 01/06


message 4: by Rhonda (last edited Sep 30, 2020 02:42PM) (new)


message 5: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 113 comments Sharon's Movie/TV Adaptations:


message 6: by Wanda (last edited Jul 08, 2020 05:27AM) (new)

Wanda (callie4) | 335 comments Wanda's Movie/TV Adaptation:

1. Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison basis for the movie Soylent Green. Movie is very loosely based on the book.
2. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
3. Watership Down by Richard Adams
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
5. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien


message 7: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (stephanie-somanybooks) | 719 comments Stephanie's Movie/TV Adaptations:

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message 8: by Anthony (last edited Oct 11, 2020 03:57AM) (new)

Anthony | 39 comments Anthony's Movie/TV adaptations

1- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (basis for the movie Blade Runner)
2- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (basis for series True Blood)
3- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
4- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Amazon series forthcoming)
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message 9: by Cathy (last edited Dec 23, 2020 12:08PM) (new)


message 10: by Ann-Marie (last edited Apr 13, 2020 01:54AM) (new)

Ann-Marie (amsjob) | 185 comments Ann-Marie´s Movie/TV

1- En gentleman i Moskva by Amor Towles ( TV series under production)
2- The Letter for the King by Tanke Dragt
3- Picknick vid vägkanten bu Arkady Strugatsky
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message 11: by Martha (last edited Dec 22, 2020 08:36AM) (new)

Martha (marthais) | 101 comments Martha's Movie/TV Adaptations
1. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
2. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
3. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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message 12: by Michael (last edited May 01, 2020 02:47PM) (new)


message 13: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah June’s Movie /TV adaption

1. A Morbid Taste for Bones -completed
2. Travels with my Aunt- completed
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message 14: by Turtlefrog (last edited Jan 25, 2020 02:22PM) (new)

Turtlefrog | 95 comments Turtlefrog's Movie/TV Adaptions:

1. The 5th Wave 1/25/20
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message 15: by Jennifer (last edited Mar 13, 2020 12:47PM) (new)

Jennifer J. | 49 comments Jennifer's Movie/TV Adaptions:

1. A Dog's Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron (01/19)
2. The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth Kendall (03/09)
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message 16: by Patty (new)

Patty | 42 comments Patty’s movie/tv adaptations:
1. Love in the Time of Cholera - 2/22/20


message 18: by Fatima (new)

Fatima | 66 comments Fatima's Movies/TV Books:

1. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
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message 19: by Rebecca (last edited Aug 30, 2020 04:40PM) (new)

Rebecca Douglass (rdouglass) | 379 comments Rebecca's Movies/TV Books:
1. Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel (do I get bonus points for reading it in Spanish, which was a lot of work? :D)
2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
3. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood


message 20: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (stephanie-somanybooks) | 719 comments Rebecca wrote: "Rebecca's Movies/TV Books:
1. Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel (do I get bonus points for reading it in Spanish, which was a lot of work? :D)"


Excellent work, Rebecca! Maybe next year we will have a category for "Books Read in a Language other than your Native tongue"... :-)


message 21: by Sam (last edited Jun 02, 2020 03:52AM) (new)

Sam (ecowitch) | 320 comments Sam's Adaptations:

1. Dracula
2. Frankenstein
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message 22: by Meera (new)

Meera | 51 comments Meera's Movie or TV Adaptations:

1. The Overlook by Michael Connelly 2/13 - this one was made into a Bosch season.


message 23: by Carolyn (last edited Sep 02, 2020 10:45AM) (new)

Carolyn Dowdey (nana2kwpm) | 81 comments Carolyn's Movie/TV Adaptations



1. The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
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message 24: by Emily (last edited Sep 25, 2020 03:47PM) (new)

Emily Hanson | 65 comments Emily's Movie/TV Adaptations:

1. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews Nicholas Sparks
2. The Notebook by


message 25: by Emilie (last edited Nov 29, 2020 05:50AM) (new)

Emilie | 112 comments Emilie’s books with a movie / TV adaptation
1. The Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapowski (The Witcher series)
2. The Time of Contempt - Andrzej Sapowski (The Witcher series)


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