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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,360,394 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,910,521 ratings — published 1997
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,051,752 ratings — published 1813
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,914,125 ratings — published 2012
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,581,305 ratings — published 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,087,562 ratings — published 1999
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,968,329 ratings — published 2019
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,378,726 ratings — published 2009
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,710,900 ratings — published 1998
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,186,257 ratings — published 1925
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,586,945 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 60 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,093,334 ratings — published 1999
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,027,138 ratings — published 2018
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,510,035 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 58 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,914,337 ratings — published 2010
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,588,692 ratings — published 1985
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,559,731 ratings — published 1868
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.68 — 7,554,995 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 56 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,390,479 ratings — published 2000
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,999,047 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 54 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,962,060 ratings — published 2003
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,168,541 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 52 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,809,094 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 52 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,266,338 ratings — published 2007
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,668,559 ratings — published 1937
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 47 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,825,069 ratings — published 2018
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,727,753 ratings — published 1965
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,938,607 ratings — published 2021
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,318,705 ratings — published 1847
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,238,126 ratings — published 2021
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,161,937 ratings — published 2012
Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.10 — 634,903 ratings — published 2007
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,526,460 ratings — published 2008
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,396,209 ratings — published 2011
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,759,923 ratings — published 2009
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,038,293 ratings — published 1818
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,336,115 ratings — published 2020
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,705,939 ratings — published 1967
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,224,472 ratings — published 2007
People We Meet on Vacation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,998,788 ratings — published 2021
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,109,581 ratings — published 2014
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,292,928 ratings — published 2019
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,214,496 ratings — published 2009
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,040,127 ratings — published 2007
Carrie (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.99 — 904,137 ratings — published 1974
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,361,971 ratings — published 2017
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,360,084 ratings — published 1811
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,049,508 ratings — published 2017
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,663,308 ratings — published 2012
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as adaptations)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,921,538 ratings — published 1993
“When we love something, we always want more of it, whether it’s good for us or not. This is as true of ice cream and French fries as it is of great books. It’s only natural to wish for more time with our favorite characters, but an essential part of what makes us fall in love with a book is the fact that it ends (something it wouldn’t hurt to remind the heads of Hollywood studios). When there can be no more of something, it makes what already exists more precious and perfect.”
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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
