Adaptations that Need a Do-Over

1.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,881 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,719,352 ratings
3.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating β€” 340,318 ratings
4.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating β€” 235,255 ratings
4.
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical 4.25 avg rating β€” 757 ratings
4.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 349,014 ratings
7.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating β€” 2,802,502 ratings
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The Marcus Didius Falco Series, Books 1-3: The Silver Pigs, Shadows in Bronze, Venus in Copper
The Marcus Didius Falco Series, Books 1-3: The Silver Pigs, Shadows in Bronze, Venus in Copper 4.43 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,263,443 ratings
10.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,154 ratings
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The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Volume One: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death 4.19 avg rating β€” 999 ratings
12.
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
by: E. Nesbit
4.02 avg rating β€” 62,874 ratings
12.
Fatherland
Fatherland 4.02 avg rating β€” 53,948 ratings
14.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating β€” 333,866 ratings
15.
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 18,293 ratings
16.
The Tripods Trilogy (The Tripods, #1-3)
The Tripods Trilogy (The Tripods, #1-3) 4.21 avg rating β€” 3,008 ratings
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Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2) 3.78 avg rating β€” 23,739 ratings
18.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 3.89 avg rating β€” 270,626 ratings
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating β€” 218,579 ratings
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Jeeves and Wooster Series: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit / Very Good, Jeeves / Much Obliged, Jeeves / Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves / The Code of the Woosters / Ring for Jeeves
Jeeves and Wooster Series: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit / Very Good, Jeeves / Much Obliged, Jeeves / Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves / The Code of the Woosters / Ring for Jeeves 4.55 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating β€” 809,902 ratings
22.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating β€” 115,113 ratings
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Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,331 ratings
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Inspector Purbright: Five BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles
Inspector Purbright: Five BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
25.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating β€” 377,396 ratings
26.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,971 ratings
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating β€” 41,881 ratings
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by: Anne Rice
4.11 avg rating β€” 212,579 ratings
29.
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon 3.66 avg rating β€” 18,112 ratings
30.
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,426 ratings
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating β€” 131,618 ratings
32.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating β€” 211,162 ratings
33.
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,414 ratings
34.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating β€” 200,525 ratings
35.
Edward II
Edward II 3.66 avg rating β€” 7,236 ratings
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The Ruined Map
The Ruined Map 3.46 avg rating β€” 2,767 ratings
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating β€” 45,502 ratings
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating β€” 52,374 ratings