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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Movie Made You Want to Read the Book
634 books — 494 voters
Hitchcock/Truffaut by François TruffautEasy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter BiskindPictures at a Revolution by Mark HarrisRebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,... by Robert RodríguezThe Great Movies by Roger Ebert
Books ABOUT Movies
836 books — 273 voters

Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadDivergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
YA Movie Club
141 books — 151 voters
Sculpting in Time by Andrei TarkovskyHitchcock/Truffaut by François TruffautNotes on the Cinematographer by Robert BressonThe Magic Lantern by Ingmar BergmanMy Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
Best Books about The History of World Cinema
261 books — 111 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
102 books — 99 voters
Il Signore degli Anelli by J.R.R. TolkienThe Help by Kathryn StockettUomini che odiano le donne by Stieg LarssonLo hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienLe relazioni pericolose by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
I libri al cinema
427 books — 94 voters

The Art of Tangled by Jeff KurttiThe Art of How to Train Your Dragon by Tracey Miller-ZarnekeThe Art of Rise of the Guardians by Ramin ZahedThe Art of Brave by Jenny LerewThe Art of The Lion King by Christopher Finch
The Art of the Film, Part 1
168 books — 92 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Maze Runner by James Dashner
Books to read before they hit theaters in 2014
33 books — 86 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe 39 Steps by John BuchanStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithRear Window by Cornell WoolrichVertigo by Boileau-Narcejac
Books Filmed by Alfred Hitchcock
40 books — 82 voters
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinFilm Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. KatzWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraActor for Life by Connie de Veer
Acting and Cinema
75 books — 67 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesWhen Marnie Was There by Joan G. RobinsonBaron by Aoi HiiragiWhisper of the Heart by Aoi HiiragiKiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
Books Filmed by Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli
17 books — 44 voters
Without Empathy by Mk RaghavendraMondo Macabro by Pete TombsI Was a Teenage Movie Maker by Donald F. GlutMen, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. CloverNightmare USA by Stephen Thrower
Film-Acres Delinquent Movie Ranch
278 books — 21 voters

Fist of the Spider Woman by Amber DawnEven This Page Is White by Vivek ShrayaLost Boi by Sassafras PatterdaleDirty River by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...How Poetry Saved My Life by Amber Dawn
Arsenal Pulp Press
187 books — 17 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingFantastic Mr. Fox by Roald DahlMatilda by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Books That Were Made Into Movies, Series, and Miniseries
232 books — 10 voters

The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos KazantzakisWiseguy by Nicholas PileggiCape Fear by John D. MacDonaldRaging Bull by Jake LaMotta
Books Filmed by Martin Scorsese
17 books — 8 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyReady Player One by Ernest ClineCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
Books Filmed by Steven Spielberg
19 books — 8 voters

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerMystic River by Dennis LehaneMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtAbsolute Power by David BaldacciGone to Texas by Forrest Carter
Books Filmed by Clint Eastwood
18 books — 8 voters
The Celluloid Closet by Vito RussoImages in the Dark by Raymond MurrayThe Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television by Claude J. SummersNow You See It by Richard DyerC.R.A.Z.Y. by Robert Schwartzwald
LGBT Film Books
32 books — 7 voters

2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Shining by Stephen KingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
Books Filmed by Stanley Kubrick
11 books — 7 voters
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonSeven Days in May by Fletcher KnebelBlack Sunday by Thomas Harris52 Pickup by Elmore LeonardThe Gypsy Moths by James Drought
Books Filmed by John Frankenheimer
22 books — 6 voters

The Godfather by Mario PuzoDracula by Bram StokerThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books Filmed by Francis Ford Coppola
15 books — 6 voters
A Doll's House by Henrik IbsenThe Servant by Robin MaughamModesty Blaise by Peter O'DonnellAccident by Nicholas MosleyEve by James Hadley Chase
Books Filmed by Joseph Losey
19 books — 5 voters

Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
books for people who wish this app was more like letterboxd
40 books — 5 voters
Laura by Vera CasparyAnatomy of a Murder by Robert TraverCentennial Summer by Albert E. IdellForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorFallen Angel by Marty Holland
Books that Inspired Otto Preminger Films
24 books — 3 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Women by Clare Boothe Luce
Books that Inspired George Cukor Films
24 books — 3 voters
The Dead Zone by Stephen KingNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsCrash by J.G. BallardThe Fly by George LangelaanTwins by Bari Wood
Books Filmed by David Cronenberg
10 books — 2 voters

Double Indemnity by James M. CainThe Lost Weekend by Charles JacksonThe Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha ChristieStalag 17. by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trz...Sabrina Fair by Samuel Albert Taylor
Books that Inspired Billy Wilder Films
11 books — 2 voters
Metropolis by Thea von HarbouWestern Union by Zane GreyThe Ministry of Fear by Graham GreeneRogue Male by Geoffrey HouseholdCloak and Dagger by Corey Ford
Books that Inspired Fritz Lang Films
18 books — 2 voters

Red Alert by Peter BryantA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Shining by Stephen KingClean Break by Lionel WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that Inspired Stanley Kubrick Films
10 books — 2 voters
I Burned at the Feast by Arseny TarkovskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareDoctor Faustus by Thomas MannThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Andrei Tarkovsky Reading List
26 books — 1 voter

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