Books I WISH would be made into a movie

[Clio.Gr]

I'd love to see The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica!! It is a great book series...you should totally check it out!!

[M1100]

I think that the "Witch and Wizard" series by James Patterson is a good idea. Seriously ! It would be fun.

[Baylee]

Omg I wish they would make a movie of the bonnets and bugle book series!!!!!!

[Nathalie]

Saw this post and felt it tug at my heartstrings, thought I should share it with all of you "If you think that I am going to sit and watch a six to seven hour movie just because it's an exact replica of one of my favorite books with every single word and detail included then you are absolutely right, just let me make some popcorn and get some drinks, we're gunna be here awhile."

[Srgjan]

I would very much like to see the movie about The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum it would be awesome...even thought book will be better :)

[Lena]

A book to movie adaptation of The Land of Stories would be so cool. If you haven´t read it yet (first off: you should, it´s great) it is about these twins who fall into their grandmothers storybook and I imagine it would be this cool mashup of Once Upon A Time and the Wizard Of Oz and gosh it would be great

[Alia]

Noughts and crosses. SUCH A GOOD BOOK :)

[Clara]

The Uglies - Scott Westerfield !!
It would be like awsome!

[ImALukewarmPizza]

Colleen wrote: "Out Of The Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis. I know Hollywood would degrade the Christian overtones, but this is a beautiful book from Lewis's bottomless imagination that could be so easily done with m..."

YES! Loved that book

[Red]

I really want We Were Liars to become a movie.

[Electric]

Whoever said The Lunar Chronicles--yes!

[ImALukewarmPizza]

The Cockatrice Boys, by Joan Aiken

[Michaela]

I'd really like to see Reboot and Rebel made into movies. But I'd be worried they would make it into a crappy version of those books.

[Allanah]

I would like to see the 39 clues into a movie are t.v series

[First Edition Film]

K.N. wrote: "Cate (The Professional Fangirl) wrote: "The Pierce Brown books that I'm reading reads like a screenplay. I'm interested to see Red Rising as a movie because it took..."

You're in luck! The Rosie Project is being adapted soon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2894198/...

I started a website that lists all of the upcoming book adaptations. Hope you find it helpful! https://firsteditionfilm.com/

[First Edition Film]

Woolfie wrote: "Ceria wrote: "How about Inheritance and His Dark Materials series?? These only filmed for the first book (Eragon and The Golden Compass)"

I think particularly now in the age of franchises and shar..."

They are filming the His Dark Materials series TV show as we speak! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607976/...

Check out other upcoming book adaptations on my website: https://firsteditionfilm.com/

[[deleted user]]

Dangerous by Shanon Hale

[Sunray]

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[Cande]

Dana wrote: "What books do you wish were a movie? Keep in mind, if these books were made into a movie they might not be our favorites anymore, but dream big! Think mega budget, flawless casting, and a PERFECT s..."

"Ghost Girl" I really enjoyed that saga. I think an animation movie would be best. If it's kind of like "Coraline" even better.

[Michaela]

The Magicians Nephew and The Last Battle from the Chronicles of Narnia.

[Dana, SuperMod]

Just finished Avalon High by Meg Cabott and would LOVE to see it on screen for sure!

[Anna]

The Throne of Glass series

[darcy]

The Lunar Chronicles. Definitely.

[Dana, SuperMod]

Darcy wrote: "The Lunar Chronicles. Definitely."

YES YES YES YES YES!!!! Although I thought there was talk of them making one? Maybe? HOPEFULLY!!!!

[Madigan]

I would like to see the Dead is series turned into a movie/movie series. Also I think the book well met would make a great movie.

[CJ]

I love the Dead is series!!!

[Talia]

I actually kinda of wanna see the Faraway tree series be adapted. And if you don't know what that is you can see it here:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Wendy]

I'd go for Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. Wonderful world-building that I'd love to see. Be an even bigger headache to interpret on-screen than Game of Thrones, though.

[Wendy]

Never heard that before? First you get your BS. Then you get More of the Same. Then you Pile it Higher and Deeper.

Sam wrote: "Haha I love the PhD acronym! So true :D"

deleted user wrote: "I've heard of those books, but I have not read them. Might have to add them to my PhD (piled high and deep) to-read pile! :)"

[~maheen~]

Sidney wrote: "The Lunar Chronicles!!"

YES! TT_TT

[[deleted user]]

Keeper Of The Lost Cities!!

[[deleted user]]

Throne of Glass by SJM
Hopeless by CH
Too Late by CH

[Barbara]

I know "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was made into a movie several times but I don't think any of the versions - I saw 5 of them - ever did a good job of putting the book on the screen.

[Barbara]

On another subject, I posted some of my favorite mystery authors. I like good mysteries, interesting characters and not too much explicit violence - anyway, the series by any of these authors I think would make for watchable movies, TV movies or TV series.
Nora DeLoach
Sparkle Hayter
Joan Hess
Liz Lipperman
Tamar Myers
Katy Munger
Jane Rubino
Elizabeth Daniels Squire
Sarah Strohmeyer

[Brenda]

I would love to see my book ZEEKA CHRONICLES made into a movie. The first episode - ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES has been short-listed for a cinematic book.
Here is the book description:
If you have not yet read ZEEKA CHRONICLES, a futuristic thriller and award-winning novel inspired by the scare of the zika virus, you will be unaware of what can take place in the minds of mad scientists who try to use a virus to control lives. Dr. Stephen Sharpe, kidnapped as a child and raised by an evil man nicknamed Zeeka, who tried to use science for revenge, attempts to restore sanity to the island of Gosh, even if it means throwing his fiancé into the arms of his brother, who never knew him. It is a complicated tale where zombies and robots take center stage.
ZEEKA CHRONICLES: REVENGE OF ZEEKA. written by multi-award winning and bestselling Author Brenda Mohammed, comprises five thrilling episodes set on a beautiful fictitious island named Gosh in the year 2036.This futuristic thriller is unique as it contains elements of sci-fi, romance, medical aspects, and dark fantasy, suitable for all ages.
The book was an award winner in the Category Young Adult Thriller in Readers Favorite International Awards 2018, winner in Science Fiction in SIBA Awards 2017, winner of the gold award in the category science fiction in Connections Emagazine Readers' Choice Awards 2018, and winner in the top ten finalists for science-fiction in the Author Academy Global Awards 2018. Readers Favorite International gave it a five-star review. Take a futuristic journey into the year 2036 with this mind-blowing, bold, and original 'other world' book, that will capture your imagination and keep you spellbound.

[Barbara]

Brenda wrote: "I would love to see my book ZEEKA CHRONICLES made into a movie. The first episode - ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES has been short-listed for a cinematic book.

It does sound cinematic. I posted a list of authors whose books I thought were good for Netflix, etc, more in the mystery and suspense vein. But your post made me think there should be a GR group moderated by people who acquired material for movies - a group called something like "Elevator Pitch" where you could pitch your work to them in under 100 words.
Amazon Studios used to have a site they shut down, the idea was they would take a pitch from anyone and I think picked up one or two screenplays from people on the group.

[Dana, SuperMod]

I just saw that Artimis from Andy Weir had been bought for movie purposes and that makes me SOOO HAPPY!!!!! I've read it twice and might do it again just cuz I love it so much!

[Barbara]

Another one - several years ago, there was a book, sort of between middle grade and YA called "Ordinary Magic" that a lot of readers were calling "Harry Potter in reverse." The main character is an "Ord" who lives in a world where magical powers are the norm. and the "Ords" (ordinaries who have no magical powers) have to go to a special school to learn how to cope. At the time, I thought this would be a natural for Disney or Netflix.

[Dana, SuperMod]

Barbara wrote: "Another one - several years ago, there was a book, sort of between middle grade and YA called "Ordinary Magic" that a lot of readers were calling "Harry Potter in reverse." The main character is an..."

That sounds like a really fun way to combine the idea of magical and non-magical people. Might need to look that one up!

[Talia]

Dragon Keeper, Carole Wilkinson. This book is like Eragon only ten times better. A young Chinese girl slave finds a dragon and they build a strong connection. They travel throughout china and the girl develops certain powers. I forgot a lot of details but I remember enjoying it a lot when I was a kid.

[Tanya]

Whenever I read a good book, like a really really good book, I always wonder how cool it would be if it were to be made into a movie but at the same time I'm overly conscious and concerned about whether they'll ruin it and completely mess it up you know, and then whenever I think of the book I'll think of the movie and then I'll think it's bad but the book wasn't bad, the movie was by I can't stop thinking of the movie and then my mind would go in circles and then I'll think that I should've never wished for it to be turned into a movie
yeah I feel like I'm talking nonsense now

[Olivia]

Legend by Mary Su for sure!! I loved that book and they cancelled the filming 😭

[Sarah]

The Inheritance games! Also, the 2nd and 3rd book in the One of Us Is Lying series (I know One Of Us Is Lying is a TV show, but Knox and Phoebe aren’t in it!!)

[Madeline]

Keeper of the Lost Cities. I’ve heard that they’re making a movie, but I don’t know if it’s true. Also, if Diary of a Wimpy Kid has been made into a million movies already, why can’t they do that with Dork Diaries! I want to relive my childhood!

[Jessi]

The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer

Holly Jackson books (like the reappearance of Rachel Prince, or the Good Girls Guide to Murder)

Across the Universe Trilogy by Beth Revis

these have been some of my favorite reads the last couple years that are not movies, yet! (I honestly listen to a lot of audio books that are books that have been made into movies because its easier for me to follow)

[Kelsi]

I would have to say Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix and Plain Bad Heroines by Emily m. Danforth. The first book would be a movie while the second one I would say could definitely be a tv series, it seems like their is so much going on it would be hard to compress it into a movie and a disservice as well to cut so much to make it fit as well.