Booklist: Books Into Movies

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Stories from books make great movies.  And reading the book almost always makes seeing the movie better. Here are some great examples: 

 

*Please note: Some books may contain mature language or content*

 

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer