Books Made into Movies
Please note: If the movie title is different than the book title, the movie title is in parentheses.
Fine, Anne. Alias Madame Doubtfire. 1988. (Mrs. Doubtfire)
McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes. 1986.
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. 1945.
X, Malcolm. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. 1965. (Malcolm X)
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1987.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. 1997.
King, Stephen. Carrie. 1974.
Gilbreth, Frank B. Jr. Cheaper by the Dozen.1948.
Potok, Chaim. The Chosen. 1967.
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. 1982.
Sheldon, Dyan. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. 1999.
Kleinbaum, N.H. Dead Poet's Society. 1989.
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. 1952. (Diary of Anne Frank)
King, Stephen. Different Seasons. 1982. (The Body)
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897.
Perrotta, Tom. Election: A Novel. 1998.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. 1997.
Austen, Jane. Emma. 1816. (also, Clueless)
Loggia, Wendy. Ever After: A Cinderella Story. 1998.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. 1953.
Grisham, John. The Firm. 1991.
Powell, Anthony. The Fisher King. 1986.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein. 1818. (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)
Gruwell, Erin. The Freedom Writers Diary. 1999. (Freedom Writers)
Strasser, Todd. Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date. 1996. (Drive Me Crazy)
Kaysen, Susanna. Girl, Interrupted. 1993.
Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring. 1999.
Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. 1936.
Conroy, Pat. The Great Santini. 1976.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 1999.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 1999.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 1997.
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. 1987. (Cry of the Wild)
Mignola, Mike. Hellboy. 2003.
Hornby, Nick. High Fidelity. 1995.
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 1980.
Sachar, Louis. Holes. 1998.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. 2002.
Strasser, Todd. How I Created My Perfect Prom Date. 1996. (Drive Me Crazy)
Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl's Moving Castle. 1986.
Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 1831.
Cormier, Robert. I Am the Cheese. 1977.
Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer. 1973.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. 1847.
Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. 1989.
Crichton, Michael. Jurassic Park. 1990.
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. 1826.
Ellis, Brett Easton. Less than Zero. 1985.
Barrett, William E. Lilies of the Field. 1962.
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. 1868-69.
Alexie, Sherman. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. 1993. (Smoke Signals)
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. 1954.
Christie, Agatha. Murder on the Orient Express. 1934.
Cather, Willa. My Antonia 1954.
Wright, Richard. Native Son. 1940.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 1937.
Guest, Judith. Ordinary People. 1976.
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. 1967.
Uchida, Yoshiko. Picture Bride. 1997.
Brin, David. The Postman. 1985.
Goldman, William. The Princess Bride. 1973.
Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries. 2000.
Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca. 1938.
Collins, Max Allen. Road to Perdition. 1998.
Hickman, Homer. Rocket Boys: A Memoir. 1998. (October Sky)
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. 1811.
Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events. 2001.
Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe. 1982. (Field of Dreams)
Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. 2001.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. 1999.
Wolff, Tobias. This Boy's Life: A Memoir. 1989. (This Boy's Life: A True Story)
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine. 1895.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. 1960.
Simpson, Joe. Touching the Void. 1989.
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 1943.
Kaufman, Bel. Up the Down Staircase. 1964.
Adams, Richard. Watership Down. 1972.
Hedges, Peter. What's Eating Gilbert Grape. 1991.
Letts, Billie. Where the Heart Is. 1995.
London, Jack. White Fang. 1905.
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