The Fault in Our Stars: Book to Film
Hazel and Augustus fall in love while living with cancer, then have to decide what love means when time is limited.
The Fault in Our Stars / 2014 filmAdaptations
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The Lovely Bones: Book to Film
Susie Salmon narrates from beyond death while her family struggles with grief, suspicion, and the need to keep living.
The Lovely Bones / 2009 filmDune: Book to Film
Paul Atreides enters a desert world where politics, prophecy, ecology, and revenge begin turning him into a dangerous messianic figure.
Dune / 2021 filmThe Name of the Rose: Book to Film
A monk investigates deaths at a medieval abbey where books, doctrine, fear, and power turn knowledge into a dangerous object.
The Name of the Rose / 1986 filmCoraline: Book to Film
Coraline finds another world that seems to offer better parents, then learns that comfort can become possession.
Coraline / 2009 filmHoles: Book to Film
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a desert detention camp where forced digging uncovers old injustice, family history, and friendship.
Holes / 2003 filmMatilda: Book to Film
Matilda survives neglect at home and cruelty at school by using intelligence, courage, and a strange power she barely understands.
Matilda / 1996 filmThe Witches: Book to Film
A boy and his grandmother uncover a secret gathering of witches who plan to transform children into mice.
The Witches / 1990 filmCold Mountain: Book to Film
Inman tries to return home from war while Ada learns how to survive without the old world that once protected her.
Cold Mountain / 2003 filmAdaptations and their sequels
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