Popular Books with a screen adaptation
from 1920 to 2020
These are popular books published that have a screen adaption. It is based on the Popular books 1930-2015 article I wrote in 2017. This version has several changes such as more years included, all the books have a screen adaption.
1920 The Man Of The Forest by
Zane Gray [Firs Published in 1920] The Man Of The Forest
(1921/1923/1926/1933)
A Mountain man overhears the plan to kidnap the daughter of a
landowner in an attempt to gain control of the land. The mountain man
decides to save the girl.
1921 The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories by F
Scott Fitzgerald [First Published in 1921] The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Benjamin Button was born as an old man and grows younger. He lives a full life
participating in events and life milestones that are expected of
men.
1922 If Winter Comes by
ASM Hutchinson [First Published in 1921] If Winter Comes
(1923/1947)
Mark Sabre made poor choice with getting married. He tries to live well and
keep his vows when WWI breaks out Mark gets injures and returns home. At this
time a pregnant young woman Effie Bright seeks Mark’s help as everybody
disowned her or turned her away. In helping her Mark ends up being punished by
the town with rumors, divorce, loss of job, and a ruined reputation.
1923 Black Oxen by
Gertrude Atherton [First Published in 1923] Black Oxen (1923)
Writer and playboy Lee Clavering falls for the mysterious Madame Zatianny that
looks like the younger version of a 58-year-old Mary Ogden a famous
socialite from Europe. The two start a romance however it becomes strained when
it is revealed that Mary Ogden found a way to physically de age herself and her
husband Prince Rohenhauer comes to find her.
1924 So Big by
Edna Ferber [First Published in 1924] So Big! (1932) So Big
(1953)
After her father dies Selina becomes a schoolteacher, marries a farmer and
gives birth to a son Dirk “So Big” De Jong. Determined that her son will have a
better life she focuses on his education and getting him to college where he becomes
an architect. When he pursues fast money and a decadent lifestyle it puts the
two of them at odds.
1925 Arrowsmith by
Sinclair Lewis [First Published in 1925] Arrowsmith (1931)
The life and career of Martin Arrowsmith MD. In the novel Arrowsmith attends
medical college and explores the various avenues of the medicine at
the time, while the movie cuts it down to just a few plot points.
1926 The Private Life of
Helen of Troy by John Erskine [First Published in
1925] The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Helene ou La joie de
Vivre (1968)
Helen of Troy runs away with Paris to Troy resulting in the famous war. When
Helen is recovered by her husband Menelaus the story shifts focus on her life
in Sparta and has moral discussions on the events and their aftermath.
1927 Elmer Gantry by
Sinclair Lewis [First Published in 1927] Elmer Gantry (1960)
An ambitious salesman law school and seminary dropout Elmer Gantry
involves himself with a lay preacher Sharon Falconer and her tent revivalism
road show. Together they become successful for events force him to face
tragedy, sins and mistakes from the past.
On Friday July 20, 1714, an ancient rope bridge in Peru collapses
killing five people. When this happened a monk witnesses the event and sets out
to learn about the people that died. Over the next six years he travels the
country learning about the people and what lead them to be on that bridge on
that day and at that time.
1929 All Quiet On The
Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque [First Published in
1929] All Quiet On The Western Front (1930/1979/2022)
Paul starts as an idealistic young man with dreams of glory and romantic
notations of war enlists with his classmates at the start of WWI. They are sent
to the western front and quickly become disillusioned with war as comrades die
and are confronted with the difficulties of going back to life outside of the
war zone.
1930 Cimarron by Edna
Faber [First Published 1929] Cimarron (1931/1960)
The Cravet Family moves to Oklahoma during the land rush then they proceed to
build a large business empire.
1931 The Good Earth by Pearl
S Buck [First Published in 1931] The Good Earth (1931)
Dramatized village life and more specifically, Wang Lung and his family in
pre-WWI China as their fortunes rise and fall as the country changes. This is
the first book in the House of Earth Trilogy.
1932 The Fountain by Charles Morgan [1932] The
Fountain (1934)
Set in Holland during WWI an interned British officer is paroled to a castle
under the control of German married to his ex-girlfriend. The War and politics
of the time are discussed.
1933 Anthony Adverse by Hervey
Allen [First Published in 1933] Anthony Adverse (1936)
Left at a convent at birth Anthony Adverse seeks a life of adventure, and
romance away from the convent. He travels the world doing business in
Africa, The US, and Mexico.
1934 Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton [First
Published in1934] Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939/1969/1984/2003)
A schoolteacher near his retirement reflects on his life teaching at
the Brookfield School a public boarding for boys, his brief marriage that ended
in tragedy and his fulfillment in being a teacher.
1935 Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas [First
Published in 1934] Green Light (1937)
Dr. Newell Paige is
a young surgeon takes the blame for a blotched
surgery for his mentor and resigns from his position. He goes to work at a
wilderness research facility in Montana. At the facility he works to find
a cure for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
1936 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [First
Published in 1936] Gone With the Wind (1939)
Set in Atlanta from Pre-Civil War to the Reconstruction era in the south.
Scarlet O’Hara labors to keep herself out of poverty, win the heart of the man
she loves, and protect her beloved family home.
1937 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck [First
Published in 1937] Of Mice and Men (1939/1968/1981/1992)
Two drifters working the fields during The Great Depression George and Lennie
work to achieve their dream of having their own land. Until an accidental
murder kills the dream they have.
1938 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
[First Published in 1938] The Yearling (1946/1994)
A rural family allows their 12-year-old to adopt a fawn. Problems arise when
the fawn matures into a destructive misbehaving adult deer.
1939 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck [First
Published in 1939] The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Set during the Great Depression in Oklahoma a poor family The Joads are hurt by
the Dust Bowl, so they resolve to go to California with thousands of other
Okies as they seek jobs, land, dignity, and a future.
1940 How Green Was My Valley by Richard
Llewellyn [First Published in 1939] How Green Was My Valley
(1941) How Green Was My Valley: Mini-Series (1960)(1975)
A chronicle of a Welsh family as seen through the eyes of the youngest son Huw
Morgan. The story tells how his family and village and the mining community
change and grows until Huw has a traumatic loss innocents.
1941 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway [First
Published in 1940] For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943)
A young American fighting in the Spanish Civil War is attached to a guerilla
unit must blow up an important bridge.
1942 The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel [First
Published in 1941] The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Bernadette a Catholic girl at the age of 14 has a vision of the Virgin Mary,
and performs tasks revealed by her visions. As she grows older she becomes a
nun and is later recognized as a saint.
1943 A Tree Grows In
Brooklyn by Betty Smith [First Published in
1943] A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945/1974)
The story of an Irish American family living in Brooklyn, New York in the first
two decades of the 20th Century. As seen through the eyes
of the family's daughter.
1944 GiGi and the Cat by Collette [First Published
in 1944] GiGi (1949/1958)
Set in Paris, France in the early 1900’s GiGi is a 15-year-old girl being
trained as a courtesan and her friendship with Gaston a wealthy family friend.
As she grows up the two of them fall in love with each other.
The Cat is a separate
short story about a husband that likes his cat more than his wife.
1945 Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor [First
Published in 1944] Forever Amber (1947)
In 17th Century England a poor girl works her way up from
peasant to nobility by marrying or seducing rich and powerful men. Only to lose
the one man she ever truly loved.
1946 The Egyptian by Mika
Waltari [First Published in 1945] The Egyptian (1964)
Set during the 18th Dynasty in Egypt Orphan Sinuhe becomes a
physician that rises to the position of Royal Physician. As a member of
the court, he learns its secrets and is involved with politics and
intrigue.
1947 Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney [First
Published in 1946] The Miracle of The Bells (1948)
An actress’s final request after making her first and final film is to be
buried in her hometown. Her press agent asks a local priest to stop a studio
executive from reshooting the film with another actress.
1948 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne
Frank [First Published in 1947] Anne Frank: The Diary of a
Young Girl (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Attic: The Hiding of
Anne Frank (1988); Anne Frank the Whole Story (2001); The Diary of Anne Frank
(2009)
The Diary of Anne Frank a young Jewish girl living and hiding with her family and
a few other Jewish families from the Nazi’s during WWII Amsterdam.
1949 The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer [First
Published in 1948] The Naked and The Dead (1958)
The novel focuses on a platoon taking a fictional island called Anopopei from
Japanese control during WWII. So, the US military can advance into the
Philippines.
1950 The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson [First
Published in 1950] The Cardinal (1963)
Stephen Fermoyle is an ambitious Irish Catholic Priest when it becomes a
worrisome to his superiors, he is sent to a rural parish to learn humility. As
he is on this journey his sister becomes pregnant and is in a situation that
only one of them can live. He follows the Catholic teachings, and his sister dies
resulting in a crisis of faith. After a break he returns to Rome and helps
other priests in dealing with and opposing the KKK in the US South and Nazis in
Europe thus earning him the rank of Cardinal.
1951 From Here to Eternity by James Jones [First
Published in 1951] From Here to Eternity (1953/1979)
Just before Pearl Harbor a private is sent to a base in Hawaii where he punished
for refusing to be in the units boxing unit. While this is going on his
commanding officer is having an affair with their Captain’s wife.
1952 Charlotte’s Web by E.B. Webb [First Published
in 1952] Charlotte’s Webb (1973, 2006)
A piglet Wilber, a writing spider Charlotte and other farm animals work to save
the pig from becoming food and foodstuffs. By writing messages on a spider
web and winning the county fair.
1953 The Robe by Lloyd C, Douglas [First
Published in 1942] The Robe (1953)
A Roman soldier wins Christ’s robe while gambling. He decides to set out on a
quest to learn about the man who first owned the robe.
1954 Not As A Stranger by Morton
Thompson [First Published in 1954] Not As A Stranger (1955)
A young Doctor who lives for medicine and sacrifices everything for his medical
career comes to terms with what he can do as a Medical Doctor and his life as a married
man.
1955 The Man in The Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson [First
Published in 1954] The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit (1956)
A man’s personal quest for purpose in a culture dominated by business, success,
consumerism and social status.
1956 Eloise by Kay Thompson [First Published
in 1955] Eloise at the Plaza (2003), Eloise at Christmastime
(2003)
A girl that lives on the top floor in the Plaza Hotel with a nanny and various
pets explores the building and the people who live there.
1957 Peyton Place by Grace Metalious [First
Published in 1956] Peyton Place (1957) Peyton Place (1964-1969)
The scandals, passions, secrets and lies of a picture-perfect town in New
Hampshire.
1958 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov [First
Published in 1955] Lolita (1962/1997)
A man marries his landlady so he can be close to her underage daughter that he
secretly desires.
1959 Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak [First
Published in 1957] Doctor Zhivago (1965/2002)
A young married doctor falls in love with a married woman and faces hardship
during WWI and The October Revolution.
1960 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee [First
Published in 1960] To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the depression era Deep South defends a black man
accused of raping a white woman in court of law. While teaching his children
about predigests.
1961 Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller [First
Published in 1934] Tropic Of Cancer (1970)
The story depicts the adventures and personal thoughts of the American writer Henry
Miller and his friends while in France in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
1962 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey [First
Published in 1962] One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) TV Series: Ratcheted (2020)
In an Oregon State Mental Hospital Nurse Ratched rules her ward with an iron
fist. Until McMurphy a rebel is committed and starts a battle of wills between
him and those in charge.
1963 The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West [First
Published in 1963] The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Set during The Cold War Ukrainian Catholic Priest Kiril Pavlovich Lakota is set
free from a labor camp and is sent to Rome. Where is made a Cardinal. The Pope
dies shortly after that and Kiril is elected as the Pope. In this new position
he must deal with Vatican politics, the troubles of the world and moral choices.
1964 You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming [First
Published in 1964] You Only Live Twice (1967)
The 12th 007 novel by Ian Fleming his last novel published in
his lifetime. James Bond agent 007 must find a space capsule and stop
WWIII.
1965 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carre [First
Published in 1963] The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)
British Intelligence Agent Alec Leamas is sent assigned to be a double agent in
East Germany and sell disinformation. In performing his mission, he
discovers how little value he is to both sides and has to learn to deal with
this knowledge personally and professionally.
1966 Valley of the Dolls by
Jacqueline Susann [First Published in 1966] Valley of the
Dolls (1967)/Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981)
Three women in show business become friends and have success until amphetamines
and barbiturates lead to their downfall.
1967 Rosemary’s Baby by
Ira Levin [First Published in 1967] Rosemary’s Baby
(1968/2014)
Rosemary and her husband move into a new apartment she comes to believe her
neighbors and later her husband are members of a Satanic Cult; That want her to
give birth to the Anti-Christ.
1968 Airport by
Arthur Hailey [First Published in 1968] Airport (1970)
In a busy airport during an epic blizzard at The Lincoln Airport personal,
professional, and life and death issues affect and are dealt with airport personal,
pilots, flight attendants as well as the passengers.
1969 Portnoy’s Complaint by
Philip Roth [First Published in 1969] Portnoy’s Complaint
(1972)
The novel is a humorous semi-monolog of a kinky bachelor who confesses his
sexual escapades to his psychoanalyst.
1970 Love Story by
Erich Segal [First Published in 1970] Love Story (1970)
A rich boy with a bright future and girl from a working-class background fall
in love, marry and are happy until tragedy strikes.
1971 The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty [First
Published in 1971] The Exorcist (1973) The Exorcist: The Series (2016 -
2017)
The book and film details the demonic position of a 12-year-old girl, Regan
MacNeil who gets possessed after playing with a Ouija board. After series of
strange supernatural things happen around the house as Regan’s starts to
withdrawal and her behavior, mental, and physical wellbeing gets worse. Regan’s
Mother Chris MacNeil a famous film actress who also an atheist has exhausted
all of the medical options; turns to the Catholic Church which sends two priests
to exorcise the demon. The TV series expands on the original story.
1972 Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard
Bach [First Published in 1970] Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(1973)
A rebellious young seagull is kicked out of his tribe, so he works on improving
himself exploring his freedom.
1973 Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco [First Published in 1973] Burnt Offerings (1976)
The Rolf family rent a large house for a very low price for the summer. There are a few details the house needs some work and upkeep as well as an older family member will be staying in her wing of the house and will need to be checked on and feed. Once the family settles the condition is slowly reveled.
1974 Jaws by Peter Benchley [First Published
in 1973] Jaws (1975)
A Great White Shark preys on a small coastal resort town. Three men the
Sheriff, a marine biologist, and a shark hunter mount an expedition to remove
the shark one way or another.
1975 Black Sunday by Thomas Harris [First Published in 1975] Black Sunday (1977)
Blimp Piolet Michael Lander is resentful against society and suicidal. Dhalia Iyad a member of Black September a Palestinian Terrorist Group is manipulating Michael to carry out an attack on Super Bowl Sunday as punishment against Israel and its allies. Working to stop them is Israeli Mossad Agent David Kabakov and FBI Agent Sam Corley who have learned of the plan.
1976 The Omen by Davis Seltzer [First Published in 1976] The Omen (1976) Damien (2016)
The US Ambassador to England Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine lost their child in birth. Robert decides to secretly adopt a child whose mother died about the same time with the help of the hospitals Catholic Chaplin Father Spiletto. The child is names Damien. About five years later strange, deadly, and horrifying events centered around Damien occur. After receiving a warning about Damien from Father Brennan; Robert Thorn and a photographer Keith Jennings (who has witnessed strange events centered around Damien) investigate the boy's birth and heritage. Only to learn that he is the Anti-Christ. The pair try to stop the Anti-Christ and prevent the coming Apocalypse.
1977 The
Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough [First Published in
1977] The Thorn Birds (1983)
The story is about the struggle of three generations of the Cleary family in
Australian Sheep Country and a forbidden love between a priest and a young
woman in the Cleary family.
1978 The Stand by Stephen King [First Published in
1978] The Stand (1994) (2020)
A man-made plague gets out of the lab and quickly spreads and kills
most of the world’s population. Then the story takes a supernatural turn with
most of the remaining population from North America go to Las Vegas, NV or
Boulder, CO.
1979 Sophie’s Choice by William Styron [First
Published in 1979] Sophie’s Choice (1982)
A writer befriends a couple that are in a love hate relationship and are
haunted by the choice that Sophie made while trying to survive in a Nazi concentration
camp.
1980 The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum [First
Published in 1980] The Bourne Identity (1988/2002)
An injured man wakes up with retro grade amnesia and several shadow groups,
assassins, the CIA, are after him. He wants to know why.
1981 Cujo by Stephen
King [First Published in 1981] Cujo (1983)
A Saint Bernard is infected with rabies. Goes crazy from the disease and
attacks and kills his family and other people around him.
1982 The Running Man by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman [First Published in 1982] The Running Man (1987)
Set in the future Ben Richards becomes a member of a popular death game show called the Running Man. The objective is to run and stay alive while on the run from people that are hunting him to the death. If he can survive to the end, he will have the good life. However, the game is rigged against the running man.
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker [First
Published in 1982] The Color Purple (1985/2023)
Set in Georgia during the 1930’s the story is about a black woman of low social
status, suffers abuse from her father and others over four decades.
1984 Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney [First Published in 1984] Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Jamie Conway 24 years old is an aspiring writer and fact checker for a high-end New York magazine. He is out every night partying, heavily drinking, using cocaine, and about to lose his job, and his
wife has left him. After Jamie makes a last attempt to win back his wife. He starts to examine his life, connects with the sister of his best friend and resolves to change his life.
1985 Secrets by Danielle Steel [First
Published in 1985] Secrets (1992)
A producer making a new nighttime drama has a cast that has secrets worth of
any TV drama. As the series starts shooting all of the tensions, and secrets
come to a head.
1986 The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy [First
Published in 1986] The Prince of Tides (1991)
A man who has taken responsibility of his family from a young age; talks
with his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history. The man and
the psychiatrist fall in love.
1987 Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (Jack Ryan
#2) [First Published in 1987] Patriot Games (1992)
C.I.A. researcher Jack Ryan intervenes in an assignation marking him and his
family as targets for revenge.
1988 The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice [First
Published in 1988] The Queen of the Damned (2002)
Book three in the Vampire Chronicles: The Vampire Lestat becomes a rock star
waking the first vampire from her slumber resulting in a confrontation between
the vampire queen who wishes to conquer the world and those who stop
her.
1989 War of the Roses by Warren Adler [First
Published in 1981] The War of the Roses (1989)
The Roses are getting a divorce. The big problem is that they both want the
house. As they try to get the other to leave the hate, humiliation, and
violence between them grows until everybody loses.
1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar
Hijuelos [First Published in 1989] The Mambo Kings
(1992)
In the 1950’s two musician brothers escape Cuba for the US. Once in the US they
work to fulfill their dreams in the new world.
1991 The Things They Carried by Tim
O'Brien [First Published in 1990] A Soldier’s
Sweetheart (1998)
A set of connected short stories about US soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War.
1992 Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan [First
Published in 1992] Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Friendship between four different African-American women as men, careers, and
families take them in different directions in life.
1993 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James
Waller [First Published in 1992] The Bridges of Madison County
(1995)
A photographer creating a photo essay of the covered bridges of Madison County
has an affair with a lonely farmer’s wife over four days in the 1960’s.
1994 One for the Money by
Janet Evanovich [First Published in 1994] One for the Money
(2012)
This is First novel in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie Plum
is divorced, has lost her job, had her car repossessed and is
broke. Not wanting to move back in with her family she forces her cousin Vinnie
to give her a job as a bail bondsman with his company. Her first big
assessment is to find her ex-boyfriend Joseph Morelli.
1995 High Fidelity by Nick
Hornsby [First Published in 1995] High Fidelity (2000/2020)
A record shop owner/music expert, DJ, and compulsive list maker is going
through a bad breakup. He decides to reexamine his top five breakups so he can
move on with his life.
1996 The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn
Mitchard [First Published in 1996] The Deep End of the
Ocean (1999)
This is about a suburban family’s reaction when their kidnapped son is
discovered nine years later alive and well living in the town they just moved
to.
1997 Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier [First
Published in 1997] Cold Mountain (2003)
Near the end on the US Civil War W. P. Inman a wounded Confederate Soldier
walks for months to his home in Cold Mountain, North Carolina and the love of
his life Ada Monroe.
1998 Holes by Louis Sachar [First Published in
1998] Holes (2003)
Unlucky/cursed teenager Stanley Yelnats is sent to a desert detention camp
after being for arrested for crime he did not commit. At the camp the juvenile inmates
are required to dig holes 5 by 5 by 5 every day for mysterious reasons. Stanley
discovers the reason why.
1999 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K.
Rowling [First Published in 1998] Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets (2002)
The second book in the Harry Potter series; Harry is warned to stay away from
Hogwarts because the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Harry ignores the
warnings (of course) and finds the school plagued by a series of mysterious
attacks.
2000 Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [First Published in
2000] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
The fourth book in the Harry Potter series Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters
announce their return creating debate and panic within the Wizard World. While
this is happening The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is hosting a
Magic Competition with two other magic schools. Due to interference by Harry’s
enemies he has to compete and try and win.
2001 The Corrections by Jonathan
Franzen [First Published in 2001] The Corrections (2012)
A Midwestern couple and their three adult children gather together at the
family home for one last Christmas together.
2002 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold [First
Published in 2002] The Lovely Bones (2009)
A teenage girl is raped and murdered then watches from her personal heaven as
her family and friends deal with moving on while she comes to terms with her
death.
2003 The Da Vinci Code (Book
2 in the Robert Langdon series) by Dan Brown [First
Published in 2003] The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Harvard symbologist Professor Robert Langdon is pulled into a religious mystery
involving the Catholic Church and the Holy Grail after a curator is murdered in
the Louvre.
2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom [First
Published in 2003] The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
After an elderly man dies trying to save a child he is sent to heaven where he
meets with five people that help him learn the impact they had his life had and
to help him find peace and happiness.
2005 The Mermaid Chair by Sue
Monk Kidd [First Published in 2004] The Mermaid Chair (2006)
A middle-aged married woman falls in love with a monk that help her while
caring for her dying mother.
2006 Marley& Me by John
Grogan [First Published in 2005] Marley & Me (2008)
An autobiographical book about the Grogan family its destructive, wild, pet labor
retriever.
2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling [First
Published in 2007] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part
1 (2010), Part 2 (2011)
The seventh novel in the Harry Potter series; Harry has his final battle with
his arch enemy Lord Voldemort.
2008 Twilight by Stephanie Meyer [First Published
in 2005] Twilight (2008)
The first book in the Twilight saga A girl and a vampire fall in love. They
face obstacles from other vampires, vampire leadership, coming from different
worlds and supernatural dangers.
2009 My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult [First
Published in 2004] My Sisters Keeper (2009)
Anna Fitzgerald sues for emancipation from her parents. Due to the fact she has
been used to keep her older leukemia-stricken sister alive but has come to
point of wanting to make her own choices.
2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg
Larsson [First Published in 2005] The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo (2010/2011)
A journalist and a hacker search for a woman that has been missing presumed
dead for forty years.
2011 The Help by Kathryn Stockett [First
Published in 2009] The Help (2011)
During the 1960’s A young college graduate and aspiring author writes a book
detailing African American maids' point of view on the families they
work for and their daily.
2012 Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James [First
Published in 2011] Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
A literature student meets billionaire Christian Grey a man with specific
sexual and romantic tastes. Together they pursue a relationship.
2013 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [First
Published in 2012] Gone Girl (2014)
When a man’s wife goes missing, he becomes the prime suspect and is tried in
the court of public opinion and the media.
2014 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green [First
Published in 2012] The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Two cancer patients that meet and fall in love at a cancer support group. Go on
a journey to Amsterdam to meet with a retired, reclusive author.
2015 The Girl on the Train by Paula
Hawkins [First Published in 2015] The Girl on the Train (2016)(2021)
An alcoholic Rachel Watson sees something strange on her daily train ride. She
decides to get involved which results with her becoming entangled in a missing
persons/murder investigation.
2016 The Hating Game by
Sally Thorne [First Published in 2016] The Hating Game (2021)
Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman work as assistants for co-CEOs for a publishing
house and they hate each other. Every day they try and outdo each other in
everything. When a promotion opens things grow more heated and their
feelings, they discover their feelings for each other are more complicated
than they thought.
2017 IT by
Stephen King [First Published in 1986] Stephen King’s IT
(1990) Woh (1998) IT (2017) IT: Chapter 2 (2019)
Depending on the version the decade it starts in vary taking place in Derry
Maine children are haunted by a monster that appears as a clown called
Pennywise. Seven of these children form a group called the Losers Club for
protection and to fight IT. After their first attempt fails, they meet again as
adults to end it once and for all.
Who (1998) is an Indian TV series based in the novel.
2018 Normal People by Sally Rooney [First
Published in 2018] Normal People (2020)
Connell and Marianne attend high school together and develop a romantic
relationship that they keep secret because they belong to different social and
economic status groups. After breaking up before college they end
up attending the same university. Where they stay involved in each other lives
and must decide what kind of future they want after university.
2019 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens [First
Published in 2018] Where The Crawdads Sing (2022)
Set in North Carolina marsh Catherine Kay Clark is abandoned by her family at a
young age. However, she is able to survive off the land and by selling mussels
to a local store becoming known as the Marsh Girl. As she grows, she learns to
read and write with the help of her first love Tate Walker. After he
leaves for college, she enters into another romance with a popular local boy
Chase Andrews. When he is found dead Kay is charged with the crime and put o
trail. Being found not guilty she reunites with Tate.
2020 News of the World by Paulette Jiles [first
Published in 2016] News of the World (2020)
Set Five years
after the Civil War Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd a veteran of several wars; now
travels from town to town with several newspapers reading the news to people
eager to hear news of the world. On his way west he is paid to escort Johanna a
girl that had been taken by the Kiowa after they killed the rest of her family.
He is to take to her remaining family in Texas. Along the way they have to face
many dangers.
