#14: Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).

[Linda]

Tara wrote: "Lovecraft Country

I'm reading Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff). I enjoyed the TV show and I'm curious about the book."
Oh, good idea! I bought the book after watching the show, but never finished it.

[Natalie Piccotti]

Definitely going to read Bridgerton: The Duke and I. This is a guilty pleasure and I'd never read the book - but now with the challenge, I'm *forced* to do it.

[Natalie Piccotti]

Carrie Kaminski wrote: "The Soloist
Fried Green Tomatoes
Schnidler's List
A Beautiful Mind
A Civil Action
Lost Moon (Apollo 13)
The Perfect Storm
Sound of Music book
Shawshank Redemption

Not sure which one I will choose..."
I read Fried Green Tomatoes years ago...and still love it! For some reason the story has always stayed with me so I'd recommend that one.

[Melissa]

Shoshana wrote: "I think I'm going to try The Last Wish
because I LOVE The Witcher show"

Good idea!
I've just started watching :)

[Leslie]

Jessica wrote: "This one deserved some thought! ... and inspiration here

Some I might read include a lot of options:
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Shutter Island
[book:Stories of Your Life ..."

OMG OMG. Choose Crazy Rich Asians. SO GOOD. The whole series. Absolutely loved it.

[Kyleneum13]

I'll be reading The Eye of the World ... the first Wheel of Time book. It's my husband's favorite book series of all time and we just finished watching the first season. We'll see how it goes! Hoping I don't get sucked into the other 14 books, ha!

[Bobby]

I will probably read End as a Man by Calder Willingham, which the movie "The Strange One" was based on. It has been on my TBR list for a long time.

Some other possibilities I am thinking about:

The Graduate by Charles Webb

The Stunt Man by Paul Brodeur

The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

The World According to Garp by John Irving

[Beth]

I will finally read The Great Gatsby for this. I keep meaning to, but I keep pushing it back in the reading pile.

[Tania]

A few great books that have movies:

My Friend Flicka
The Call of the Wild
Flowers in the Attic
One for the Money

[Patrick]

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

[Sarah]

I'm thinking The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[T.T.]

Just read Alien by Alan Dean Foster for this. It was actually written after the movie from notes and the screenplay, so it varies just a little from the movie. Love Foster stylistically, but he's a little hand-wavy with the science. A bit dated in some respects with the interactions too, and you can tell who Foster identifies with. But I loved it. Highlybrecommend. Been doing a deep dive into the Alien franchise recently, and also read Alien: Echo by Mira Grant and loved it.

[Jennifer]

Leslie Ann wrote: "I may use Nightare Alley because I recently added it to my TBR, and learned the movie version comes out this month.

Alternatively, I may read a book that inspired a Miyazaki film l..."
The Howl's Moving Castle book is very different from the movie. I liked them both, but it really bothered my husband.

[Mandie]

I have so many choices for this at home. I'll more than likely go with Blood of Elves, the first Witcher book.

[Jennifer]

This just randomly showed up in my email: https://www.netflixbookclub.com/butha.... I probably won't get to this category for a while so I might keep an eye on this and choose one of the ones that they talk about.

[Vulco1]

Tara wrote: "Lovecraft Country

I'm reading Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff). I enjoyed the TV show and I'm curious about the book."

Just finished Lovecraft Country, it was great

[Stephanie]

Just finished The Hunger Games in like two days. And it felt fresh despite my having seen the movies like a billion times. So I'd say that works well here. It's not a long slog through worn territory.

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The Witcher: Blood of Elves

[Lauraellen]

If anyone has seen Annihilation but not read it, the book is really good and weird, and different from the movie in many ways. (author Jeff VanderMeer)
Howl’s Moving Castle, which several people have mentioned, is also very different - these two would both be interesting to watch and read to see the choices the filmmakers made. (also, Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favourite books ever, Diana Wynne Jones is truly incredible)

I'm interested in other adaptations that have gone with a similar mood, tone or setting but changed things quite a bit? I understand bladerunner is like that too, but I've read the book and not seen the movie

[Ron]

Lauraallen wrote: I'm interested in other adaptations that have gone with a similar mood, tone or setting but changed things quite a bit? I understand bladerunner is like that too, but I've read the book and not seen the movie

I would highly recommend Station Eleven . It's a post-apocolyptic book (warning: it deals with a pandemic so it may be hard to read given the times we're in). There are major differences between the show and the book yet the show stays true to the heart of it.

I found it comforting while reading it during the times we're living in but that's just me.

I read the book and got it a day after I saw the pilot episode and was hooked.

[Lauraellen]

Ron wrote: "Lauraallen wrote: I'm interested in other adaptations that have gone with a similar mood, tone or setting but changed things quite a bit? I understand bladerunner is like that too, but I've read th..."

that's a great recommendation, thank you! I have read the book and haven't seen the show yet, but I am planning on watching it

[Nid]

Wonder

[Ron]

Lauraellen wrote: that's a great recommendation, thank you! I have read the book and haven't seen the show yet, but I am planning on watching it

Cool. I hope you enjoy it. I was really surprised at the differences but they worked in a way in that they can work in sync or as separate entities.

[Nyxie]

I've read The Princess Bride, and I don't recommend it. One of the few movies that is far and away better than the book!

[Tiffany]

Rachel wrote: "I've read The Princess Bride, and I don't recommend it. One of the few movies that is far and away better than the book!"

I liked both but I can confirm the movie is indeed better.

[ekr]

What do you all recommend for this challenge by authors of color? Preferably a comedy, or at least not something scary or tense or gory. So far all I have is Hidden Figures… I don’t watch that many movies, so I might need to watch the movie or tv show first and then read it.

I’ve seen Black Panther but don’t know where to start with all the comic books. Someone recommend the issues by Ta-Nehisi Coates, but they came out the same year as the film, so the film couldn’t be adapted from them, could it? But if that doesn’t matter, then I’ll go for one of the issues written by Nnedi Okorafor!

[Maura]

rae wrote: "What do you all recommend for this challenge by authors of color? Preferably a comedy, or at least not something scary or tense or gory. So far all I have is Hidden Figures… I don’t watch that many..."

Not all of these are light - in particular, "Funny Boy" does get into violent parts of Sri Lankan history - but here are a few ideas.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Funny Boy
Passing
The Three Musketeers
Little Fires Everywhere
The Whale Rider

[Bonnie G.]

Tiffany wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I've read The Princess Bride, and I don't recommend it. One of the few movies that is far and away better than the book!"

I liked both but I can confirm the movie is indeed better."

SO much better! The book was a huge disappointment.

[Heather]

I’m reading Virgin River

[Caroline]

For this all be doing P.S. I Still Love You (and follow it up with Always and Forever, Lara Jean)! Read the first one last year and adored it.

[Robert]

Was thinking of this particular challenge and then serendipitously watched “The Tender Bar” over the weekend. Really enjoyed and immediately thought about this book as a solid choice. It’s worth a look. Excited to read memoir.

[Judith]

rae wrote: "What do you all recommend for this challenge by authors of color? Preferably a comedy, or at least not something scary or tense or gory. So far all I have is Hidden Figures… I don’t watch that many..."

What about Waiting to Exhale ?

[Mariah]

I’m going to read Mindhunter. I’ve watched the series on Netflix at least 4 times.

[Karen]

As a children's librarian, I'm pulling one off the shelf and finally reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . I'm usually a book before movie kind of person but for some reason I've never read this book. Matilda was also an option for me. Trying not to buy any books for the challenge this year.

[Young]

I watched "Passing" on Netflix and just recently realized that it was adapted. I thought the movie was thought-provoking and well-done, so I will probably read the book for this challenge.

[Ron]

This entire time since forever I've had Jurassic Park but not once have I read the book.

Definitely time to.

[JessicaMHR]

I decided to use Déjà Dead since I loved to watch Bones but never got around to reading the books.

[Brandy]

I read One of Us Is Lying and really enjoyed it. I liked the show too, but they definitely had some differences. 4/5 stars.

[Reed]

I read Secretariat and Pretty Little Liars

[Tricia]

I just finished Leviathan Wakes, which the show The Expanse on Prime is based on. I loved it! The show is spectacular and the book was like reading the script. I plan to read all the sequels.

[Alexis]

I read Kiki's Delivery Service for this prompt. I'm a huge Ghibli fan, and I had seen the Miyazaki movie, but didn't realize there was a book until recently. It was delightful.

[t ♡]

I read Brokeback Mountain which was every bit as devastating as the movie. It was interesting to see that the movie stayed very true to the book! (LGBTQ+ rep)

[Sherri]

I read Capote: A Biography

[Alex]

I read The Case of the Missing Marquess because I love the Enola Holmes movie so much and truthfully, the movie chose some good things to change. The book is dated as it was written in the 2000s and it wasn't as thrilling as the movie, but it was enjoyable.

[Megan]

I read Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. I saw the movie years ago and can't believe it's taken me so long to pick up!

[Betty]

I’m going to go with The Invention of Hugo Cabret

[Luci]

I finished this one, but if anyone needs a light read I remembered Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. The book is so much better than the movie. The movie was cute but the book is a lot of internal dialogue.

[Mandie]

Mandie wrote: "I have so many choices for this at home. I'll more than likely go with Blood of Elves, the first Witcher book."

I ended up with The Last Wish, which is technically the first Witcher book of short stories and the first published book of the collection.

[Elizabeth]

I ended up watching the film adaptation of El Sur, but the library copy was the Criterion edition so it actually came with the book it was based on as an item in the case. The movie actually only loosely adapts the first half of the book, but I enjoyed it well enough that I decided to read the book. So I'm counting El Sur by Adelaida Garcia Morales for this task.

I'm still hoping to get to the two books I mentioned earlier in the thread though (Howl's Moving Castle and North & South), it just worked out that I got to this one first.

[Laura Cort]

I Read Howl's Moving Castle. I really enjoyed it. I have also read North and South which is a great book