HT: Mommy Brain
Yep, another meme. In this one, the most popular book to movie adaptations are listed. B indicates I’ve read the book, M indicates I’ve seen the movie. I’ll also add in parentheses which one I liked best. Feel free to play along at your site. Let me know if you do!
1. B – 1984
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. American Psycho
4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
5. Brighton Rock
6. Catch 22
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
8. A Clockwork Orange
9. Close Range
10. The Day of the Triffids
11. Different Seasons (includes The Shawshank Redemption)
13. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Bladerunner)
14. Doctor Zhivago
15. Empire of the Sun
16. The English Patient
17. Fight Club
18. The French Lieutenant’s Woman
19. M – Get Shorty
20. The Godfather
21. M – Goldfinger
22. Goodfellas
23. Heart of Darkness
24. The Hound of the Baskervilles
25. Jaws
26. B,M – The Jungle Book
27. A Kestrel for a Knave
28. LA Confidential
29. Les Liaisons Dangereuses
30. Lolita
31. B – Lord of the Flies
32. B – The Maltese Falcon
33. Oliver Twist
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
35. Orlando
36. The Outsiders
37. B – Pride and Prejudice (not finished readin it yet)
38. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
39. The Railway Children
40. Rebecca
41. The Remains of the Day
42. Schindler’s Ark (aka Schindler’s List)
43. Sin City
44. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
45. The Talented Mr Ripley
46. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
47. Through a Glass Darkly_
48. B – To Kill a Mockingbird
49. Trainspotting
50. The Vanishing
51. Watership Down
My additions:
52. B,M The Bourne Identity (loved both)
53. B,M The Bourne Supremacy/Ultimatum (loved both)
I enjoyed both of the Bourne movies, too, but haven’t tried any of the books.
The books are better than the movies. If I had more time for fiction reading, Ludlum would be on the top of my list for fiction. I’ve really enjoyed all of his books that I’ve read.
I was going to do this, but for some I can’t remember if I’ve seen/read, but I am familiar with them, if that makes sense. I’d have to tick half the list.
I’m a big fan of books into film. I liked this meme, so I did one of my own. My favorite book into film is A Clockwork Orange. Both book and film were very intellectual yet creepily violent.
I’d have to agree with Ron about the Ludlum books. His stuff was loads of fun to read. I did this over at Ticklish Ears and added some more, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy.