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Adaptations Books
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,150,882 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,667,008 ratings — published 1997
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,826,680 ratings — published 2012
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,939,243 ratings — published 1813
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,045,349 ratings — published 1999
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,917,497 ratings — published 2019
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,518,411 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,272,213 ratings — published 2009
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,063,506 ratings — published 1925
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,513,582 ratings — published 1985
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,519,495 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 59 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,972,020 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 58 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,611,941 ratings — published 1998
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,451,686 ratings — published 2014
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,821,533 ratings — published 2010
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,513,991 ratings — published 1868
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 55 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,944,949 ratings — published 2005
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,951,275 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,294,549 ratings — published 2000
Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,442,298 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 53 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,879,837 ratings — published 2003
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,039,648 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 50 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,733,709 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 50 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,189,504 ratings — published 2007
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,566,504 ratings — published 1937
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,679,587 ratings — published 1965
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,736,552 ratings — published 2018
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,250,486 ratings — published 1847
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,510,620 ratings — published 2008
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,200,234 ratings — published 2007
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,136,706 ratings — published 2012
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,347,928 ratings — published 2011
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,726,541 ratings — published 2009
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.10 — 615,553 ratings — published 2007
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,173,042 ratings — published 2009
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,262,449 ratings — published 2020
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,087,231 ratings — published 2014
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,338,618 ratings — published 2017
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,033,356 ratings — published 2007
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,831,589 ratings — published 2012
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,645,011 ratings — published 2012
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,966,553 ratings — published 1818
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,009,171 ratings — published 1815
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,262,955 ratings — published 2019
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,322,196 ratings — published 1811
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,696,926 ratings — published 2021
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,661,549 ratings — published 1967
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,033,022 ratings — published 2017
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,406,831 ratings — published 2006
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.99 — 870,141 ratings — published 1974
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