Book vs. Movie Adaptations

1.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 343,988 ratings
2.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,698 ratings
3.
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 923,874 ratings
4.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,091 ratings
5.
Let Me In
Let Me In 4.04 avg rating — 118,284 ratings
6.
High-Rise
High-Rise 3.60 avg rating — 36,503 ratings
7.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,742 ratings
8.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder 4.05 avg rating — 3,586 ratings
9.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,434 ratings
10.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,368 ratings
11.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,596 ratings
12.
French Exit
French Exit 3.55 avg rating — 28,141 ratings
12.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,038 ratings
14.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 4.03 avg rating — 9,151 ratings
15.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,597 ratings
16.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating — 179,585 ratings
17.
Election
Election 3.81 avg rating — 12,684 ratings
18.
Oil!
Oil! 3.74 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
19.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 151,266 ratings
20.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating — 24,069 ratings
21.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses 4.05 avg rating — 57,178 ratings
22.
The Price of Salt
The Price of Salt 4.02 avg rating — 80,946 ratings
23.
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas
by: Su Tong
3.59 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
24.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,958 ratings
25.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,719 ratings
26.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,255 ratings
27.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating — 38,152 ratings
28.
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus 3.82 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
29.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,490 ratings
30.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,015 ratings
31.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,485 ratings
32.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,682 ratings
33.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
34.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,495 ratings
35.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,890 ratings
36.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,097 ratings
37.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,013 ratings
38.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,789 ratings
39.
You Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here 3.86 avg rating — 4,939 ratings
39.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,612 ratings
41.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating — 89,261 ratings
42.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,918 ratings
43.
Babette’s Feast
Babette’s Feast 3.85 avg rating — 7,289 ratings
44.
The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World 3.33 avg rating — 88,873 ratings
45.
The Revenant
The Revenant 3.96 avg rating — 53,462 ratings
46.
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train 3.72 avg rating — 36,824 ratings
47.
Three Assassins (Assassins, #1)
Three Assassins (Assassins, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 6,430 ratings
48.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 624,669 ratings
49.
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 3.58 avg rating — 2,354 ratings
50.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating — 75,116 ratings
51.
Sphere
Sphere 3.83 avg rating — 194,860 ratings
51.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,452 ratings
51.
I Kill Giants
I Kill Giants
by: Joe Kelly
4.15 avg rating — 17,760 ratings
51.
Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday 3.69 avg rating — 17,912 ratings
55.
Bullet Train (Assassins, #2)
Bullet Train (Assassins, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 20,974 ratings
55.
Heartburn: 40th Anniversary Edition – with a Foreword by Stanley Tucci
Heartburn: 40th Anniversary Edition – with a Foreword by Stanley Tucci 3.62 avg rating — 79,656 ratings
57.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating — 66,902 ratings
58.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,958 ratings
59.
Colorful
Colorful
by: Eto Mori
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,064 ratings
60.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,054 ratings
61.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,887 ratings
62.
Altered States
Altered States 3.86 avg rating — 926 ratings
63.
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 536,319 ratings
64.
A Stir of Echoes
A Stir of Echoes 3.86 avg rating — 14,912 ratings
65.
Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution 3.70 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
66.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Red, White & Royal Blue 4.06 avg rating — 1,181,267 ratings
66.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed 4.01 avg rating — 19,567 ratings
68.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 4.17 avg rating — 183,688 ratings
69.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,681 ratings
70.
The Nutmeg Tree
The Nutmeg Tree 3.76 avg rating — 885 ratings
71.
The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer 4.04 avg rating — 3,269 ratings
72.
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
by: Yu Hua
4.09 avg rating — 6,726 ratings
72.
The River
The River 3.97 avg rating — 946 ratings
74.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita 3.90 avg rating — 785 ratings
75.
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede 4.36 avg rating — 6,623 ratings
76.
Young Pioneers
Young Pioneers 3.96 avg rating — 3,896 ratings
77.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,144 ratings
78.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,676 ratings
79.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,945 ratings
80.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,440 ratings
81.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,590 ratings
82.
The Birds
The Birds 3.90 avg rating — 6,260 ratings
83.
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead 3.73 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
83.
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,390 ratings
85.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 211,107 ratings
85.
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn 3.90 avg rating — 57,100 ratings
87.
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism 3.93 avg rating — 139,946 ratings
87.
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,058 ratings
89.
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,781 ratings
89.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,676 ratings
91.
The City of Joy
The City of Joy 4.26 avg rating — 8,084 ratings
92.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk 3.93 avg rating — 6,216 ratings
92.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,118 ratings
94.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,335 ratings
94.
The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 14,485 ratings
96.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,471 ratings
97.
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers 3.85 avg rating — 101,539 ratings
97.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,716 ratings
99.
The Double
The Double 3.97 avg rating — 24,008 ratings
99.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,049 ratings
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