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Recommendations on a book turned into a movie! Doing a book challenge

Recommendations on a book turned into a movie! Doing a book challenge

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Jessica

Book Thief, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the Swedish movies), Where the wild things are, chronicles of Narnia: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, Eat, Pray, Love…just to name a few of my faves (books and movies) 🙂

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Corrine

All the bright places is in the process of becoming a movie

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Amy

Silver Linings Playbook, The Color Purple, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, This is Where I Leave You

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Thania

The Terror. i loved the book and the movie is showing right now on AMC

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Vickie

Water for Elephants

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Cassandra

Wonder, Ready Player One

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Dawn

I’ve been watching “Big Little Lies” on HBO I want to read the book. Eat Pray Love, Brahm Stokers Dracula,

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Judith

The Ruins

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Terrel

I actually preferred the movie to the novel because of the ending.

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Judith

@Terrel i’ve forgotten the ending in the novel. Might reread.

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Elizabeth

The Color Purple.

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Bonnie

The prince of tides.

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Jennifer

I read Cape Fear by John D McDonald for that prompt.

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Olivia

Great Gatsby and The Outsiders

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Sarah

The Woman in Black.

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Autumn

Do TV series count? If so I definitely recommend 11/22/63

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Mary

There’s a TV series based on 11/22/63??

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Autumn

Yes! It’s on Hulu. I’ve watched the first 3 episodes so far and I love it!

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Lisa

Outlander.

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Lori

Hunger Games

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Beth

Me Before You, The Glass Castle, One Flew Over The Cuckoo s Nest, Diary of Anne Frank,

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Elizabeth

Unbroken

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Chantelle

I loved the book but don’t think the movie with captured how bad the prisons and PTSD was.

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Lisa

Where the heart is, the other Boleyn girl, Girl with the Pearl earring

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Gwendolyn

I second Where the Heart Is.

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Erica

Me before you. I loved the movie and plan on reading the book soon.

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Sally

Field of Dreams

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Ana

Hunger Games

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Brittany

“Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda” it’s the book that the new movie, “Love, Simon” is based on. Honestly both are amazing.

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Lisa

The kite runner

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Alecia

I have not watched this movie. Just don’t see how it could be as wonderful as the book!

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Beverly

Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel. Intimate and memorable stories from service men and women on the lasting effects of combat. Movie was nominated for best documentary in 2017. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17568768-thank-you-for-your-service?from_search=true

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Emily

The Joy Luck Club. One of the few movies that outshines the book. ?

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Cherry

Circle of friends

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Antara

Still Alice

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Katy

Yes! Fabulous book; good movie

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Ergene

Dead Poets Society

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Cyndi

A Walk To Remember. The movie missed so many funny parts.

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Leigh

The Glass Castle

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Kathy

Like X 1000

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Leigh

East of Eden

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Kathy

Such an amazing book. Have never seen the movie

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Renee

Jane Austen Book Club
The Mountain Between Us
The Help

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Bre

Wonder

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Claire

Wild by Cheryl Straid.

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Gina

Sisterhood of the traveling pants, Holes, A wrinkle in time, My sister’s keeper, Little prince, Where the wild things are, Nicholas Sparks has a bunch, Stephen King does too. 🙂

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Burma

The talented Mr Ripley

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Alecia

Waterloo Bridge

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Alecia

Count of Monte Cristo

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Divya

Eat Pray Love

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Miriam

Wonder ❤

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Linda

The Giver

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Laura

There are so many…..what’s your preferred genre?

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Laura

Quick, read Ready Player One before the movie comes out!!

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Laura

To Kill a Mockingbird.

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AmoureauxQuestion author

Thanks Guys. I’m going with Of Mice and Men

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Joann

Room

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