Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Inspired by Kim from Middle of the Book March, here is a list of books I would love to see turned into movies. These are primed for adaptations! Expand for more information. 👇
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@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH's Original Video: • Books that Should be A...
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My Deep Dive on Less:
The Power of the Dog Book vs. Movie: • Book vs. Movie: The P...
The Color Purple Book vs. Movie: • The Color Purple: Book...
If Beale Street Could Talk Book vs. Movie: • Book vs. Movie: If Bea...
Little Women Book vs. Movie: • Little Women: Book vs ...
Nomadland Book vs. Movie: • Book vs Movie: Does t...
The Shining Book vs. Movie: • Book vs Movie: Stephe...
Titles Mentioned 📚
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep: bookshop.org/a...
The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie: bookshop.org/a...
Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a...
My Ántonia, Willa Cather: bookshop.org/a...
Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown: bookshop.org/a...
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a...
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a...
The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a...
The Round House, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a...
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a...
The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle, Matt Cain: bookshop.org/a...
The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff: bookshop.org/a...
My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite: bookshop.org/a...
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World, Benjamin Alire Saenz: bookshop.org/a...
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters: bookshop.org/a...
Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a...
The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a...
Kindred, Octavia Butler: bookshop.org/a...
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim DeFede: bookshop.org/a...
The Rain Heron, Robbie Arnott: bookshop.org/a...
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon: bookshop.org/a...
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel: bookshop.org/a...
Excellent Women, Barbara Pym: bookshop.org/a...
Less, Andrew Sean Greer: bookshop.org/a...
There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride: bookshop.org/a...
All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren: bookshop.org/a...
Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a...
Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a...
Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a...
Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a...
City of Thieves, David Benioff: bookshop.org/a...
Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks: bookshop.org/a...
The Secret History, Donna Tartt: bookshop.org/a...
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My video was my oldest daughter’s idea. She’s going to be thrilled that you made your version!!! Thank you! 😍😍😍
I will need to go watch your video next; very interesting idea.
@@curtisrobinson7962 thanks! 😊
It was such a fun idea she had!
Tom Lake starring Meryl Streep would be Oscar Worthy
I think so!
My fantasy casting for Mrs Quinn is Imelda Staunton.
With the Rain Herron I think an adaptation from Studio Ghibli would be perfect. They have a great history of being able to do a story like that properly.
Imelda Staunton would be a great choice. And I think Studio Ghibli taking on The Rain Heron would be really interesting.
Oh! I want Olive Again from HBO & Frances McDormand and then the Lucy Barton books as well.
It is a bit surprising that they never made the sequel with Frances McDormand. The first was such a hit!
Such a fun topic! Saw Kim's list first and love seeing which books you'd like to see a film adaption of.
She had such a fun idea!
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I would love to see Razorblade Tears adapted. I would also like to see Heart’s Invisible Furies adapted as well. Seems I heard awhile ago that Ridley Scott bought the rights, but who knows.
It's amazing how a project can get stuck in development forever.
I hope someone in Hollywood is watching this video!📽
😂 🥂
And they should hire Greg to consult!
Yessss on Bandit Queens - that scene in the kitchen was when I realized it would be an amazing adaptation 📖🪱💚
I liked the scenes in the street market
I feel like the ending could be great to watch in a movie with the right cast playing off of each other.
I know you haven’t finished The History of Sound yet, and that part of it may be a movie, but I think the whole thing could somehow, be a movie. Loved that you thought of Tom Lake👍🏽
I'm definitely excited for the History of Sound movie we're getting, but I agree that other stories would also make great adaptations.
I love that you mentioned fun home! I read it a few years back and have the soundtrack to the musical in my Spotify on repeat! I saw the play as an independent production in Atlanta and it was fantastic.I would love to see this as a movie. I didn’t finish Less. I wanted to like it. It didn’t grab me. I think your videos are great and I always find something to read when I watch them!!!
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame would be a good play or musical. They could serve baked goods at intermission.
I would buy a ticket right now if I could!
Omg…I was thinking “Just for the Summer” and “Here We Go Again” for film adaptation and then you held them up!
Totally agree with “Tin Man” and my next read will be “Tom Lake”😊
I hope you like Tom Lake!
What a great video! 100% agree about City of Thieves & The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (great stories). .would love to see movie adaptations of The Corrections, All The Sinners Bleed (Denzel Washington as Sheriff Titus) & The Frozen River (Frances Mcdormand or Laura Linney as Martha).
All these years later, I'm still curious why HBO decided not to air their adaptation of The Corrections. Great suggestions!
@@SupposedlyFun Me too, 💟 The Lamberts
@@SupposedlyFunI must miss something he does not turn me on
first lady dectitive series. there was a series but try again
Such a fun video Greg! Not the biggest fan of The Secret History but I think it’d translate great to film. Timothee Chalamet as Bunny? Come on now! The casting possibilities are fun to think about!
Casting a book adaptation can be so much fun.
This video was so much fun to watch! A children’s movie adaptation of House on the Cerulean Sea was the first book that came to mind when I saw the title of your video. Children’s books and movies are lacking in non heterosexual love stories, we need more of them and this one is perfect for a younger audience.
We are very big fans of Come From Away here in Atlantic Canada, I even know one of the cast members from the Broadway production- the man who played Kevin! I would love to see a film adaptation of it as well
I grew up in a family owned funeral home so I’m always entertained by funeral home books and movies, but Six Feet Under and My Girl were so successful, I can’t see how Fun Home would be any different.
3 books you didn’t mention that I think would be great movies would be the Great Believers, The Love Songs of WEB DuBois and Demon Copperhead. The last two could probably be a mini series, but I’d love to see all three brought to life on screen.
I thought about Love Songs but was worried that even in a series it would be difficult to capture what's so good about it--but I would love to see someone try. And I don't know how I didn't consider Demon Copperhead! A series for that would be 💯
Morgan Freedman and Nick Nolte for Razor Blade Tears!
Interesting idea!
I thought I remembered a TV movie about planes being grounded in Gander after 9/11. So I googled it and I did!
It's called Diverted (2009). David Suchet was in the cast.
Interesting! Thanks for the heads up.
I'd like to see a TV series based on Lyndsay Faye's Timothy Wilde trilogy - which is about the early days of the New York police force. Tammany Hall and all that.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I recommended Mrs Quinn’s rise to fame to mum based on your praise for it Greg. She absolutely loved it. So thanks Greg! I was planning to read it with her but Booker got in the way haha.
Recommending a book that your mum loved has just made my day and I can't explain that at all. 😂 🤗 🥂
@@SupposedlyFun I pledge to you now, I shall read it before the year is out!
@@rororeads It's a very charming book. If you do read it, I hope you enjoy it.
Being a huge fan of Truman Capote, I'm on my way to the library to get Furious Hours. They also have Razorblade Tears available. Once again, thank you for your recommendations!
I hope you like them!
I was so excited watching this video I accidently deleted my comment and now starting again. You had me at Taika Waititi and it was up hill from there. I will watch anything he is involved in. My neighbor lent me her copy of Furious Hours because she knows Casey Cep and had received an early copy. Loved that book and so many on this list. And so many good suggestions in the comments. Year of Wonder is a book I recommend to everyone.
What a fun connection to Casey Cep! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.
What a funny exercise!! I think I'd love a Greta Gerwig adaptation of Chain-Gang All Star, I think she'd have enough budget to make an astounding visual piece while at the same time keeping the whole critique of the prison system and entertainment industry on the front
From what I've heard, Chain Gang would make an interesting movie.
Just going back through some recent readers, Clear by Carys Davis, Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal, Winter Love by Suyin Han, Blizzard by Marie Vingtras, Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, Dark Matter by Michelle Paver, The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, also The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, so many more.
But that raises the question whether I would actually watch them. I don’t do tv anymore (Strangers with Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal was a rare exception) and I don’t really go to the movies unless it’s something or someone I’m really excited about. So, maybe these should all stay as books and more people should read them?
Eastbound would make for a very interesting movie. I do get frustrated when an adaptation comes out and people assume they don't need to read the book--I feel like a broken record telling people that The Power of the Dog is even better as a book. But it can also raise awareness for a book and drive a portion of viewers to the page, so maybe it's worth it?
@@SupposedlyFun Let’s compromise and say people should definitely do both the film and the book for The Power of the Dog. I can’t agree that the book was better. I thought the additional information in the beginning of the book was interesting but not necessarily required. And that film and at least one of its actors was robbed, robbed, robbed at the Oscars. (I know you disagree.)
But in general, always read the book first, unless your favorite actor is starring in the film and you don’t want his performance spoiled. 🙂 (I’d have been devastated to know the end of Dog before seeing it play out on screen.) I can’t really say I have any films or tv series I’m dying to see, but I do have a ton of books I’m dying to read. That reminds me that I have to drop most of my tv content. My cable bill is ridiculous.
The trouble is, Hollywood isn't interested in making films for grown ups anymore. And many grown-ups would rather see movies at home rather than deal with people talking and texting during a movie. Many of these picks would have a better chance of being made as limited series for a streamer. I could see The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store being directed by Cord Jefferson. Or Mrs. Quinn being made in the UK and starring Imelda Staunton (edit: I see someone else mentioned this).
A few more for the list: The Corrections, Middlesex, Black Leopard Red Wolf, The Moor's Last Sigh, Piranesi, and Ted Chiang's short story The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate.
The problem isn't necessarily interest so much as profit. They're pouring money into areas that feel like sure bets (like the insane amount of money they're paying Robert Downey, Jr. to return to Marvel) rather than take a risk on anything else. And even streamers are cutting back on projects they're committing to right now. But that's part of why this is a fun exercise: it's more about what you would like to see instead of what's likely.
Yes, Barbara Pym! What a great suggestion. Excellent Women would be perfect.
Agree with Albert Entwistle. I would love to see a movie of this book. I posted that on Matt Cains FB page and he replied “Fingers crossed”
I hope that means good things!
Secret History was the first book in the Dark Academia genre that I tried and I haven’t liked a single book from that genre. BUT, I do think it would be GREAT as a movie!
One I've been waiting for is "Geek Love". If they could find a fun version of David Fincher.
In Memoriam by Alice Winn is my top wish for an adaptation
That would be an interesting one!
Fingersmith was a series in 2005. We have/had it at the library.
I’m aware that it had been adapted before, what I was advocating for was a major theatrical release.
I second Bandit Queens but only if they keep the Indian setting.
I agree with that!
oh yes
My understanding is that Jake Gyllenhaal bought the rights to Fun Home a while ago, and that he’s waiting a little longer to get older and into more of a dad mode to play Bruce.
Wow, that does not sound promising to me on several levels. 😂 😉
@@SupposedlyFun He’s actually been a huge draw on Broadway having led a major revival of Sunday in the Park with George & done Little Shop of Horrors as well. He’ll be tackling Shakespeare on Broadway this fall with Denzel Washington as Othello.
I just finished reading Tin Man and loved it too. It would make a great film, but I have no idea who I would cast. I’m curious to know who you see playing those characters. (By the way, love your channel.)
Razor Blade tears ! It would be perfect if done well. Ok ok I’ll just say all of them 😂
So many people would be excited to see a Razorblade Tears movie.
+1 for The Secret History. But then, it might be that Brett Easton Ellis beat it to the punch since an adaptation of The Shards is already in the works. And if you've read both The Secret History and The Shards, you'd rather have the screen adaptations released one at a time rather than simultaneously. So, I say have The Secret History adaptation be released around a year after The Shards adaptation, which allegedly has Jacob Elordi on it.
I would honestly watch a series adaptation of Demon Copperhead 🤷🏼♀️ I also think that ‘None of This Is True’ would make a GREAT short series or Netflix movie.
A series adaptation for Demon Copperhead would be great!
@@SupposedlyFun I loved that book!! 🥰 Also, your channel is awesome. I’ve been watching for a couple years and I’ve gotten a ton of great recommendations from your videos!
@@samantha7389 Thank you so much!
Where did you acquire , or who published, the beautiful copy of TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY?
I found it in a used bookstore. It's from Viking and looks to be from the original print run (but not a first edition). Bookshop has a paperback anniversary edition with the same front cover, but I can't attest to the back cover or the inside: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143107002
Perhaps if some of your convincing recommendations made it to the screen I would be willing to go back to the movies! I loved Horse by Geraldine Brooks so if Years of Wonder is as compelling I will be buying a ticket and some popcorn! When I watched Kim's video I came up flat with any ideas for movie adaptations. I have always been a bit leery when I love a book to go see the movie.
Adaptations are always scary, but I find the process so interesting that I'm almost always too curious to pass it up.
I would like to see:
1. The 100year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared.
2.An elderly lady is up to no good.
Interesting suggestions! Thanks for sharing.
there is a movie of 100 year old mab
@@marciaalbaum2597 will check it out.... thank you for the information...
BBC could do The Country Girls as a series.
I would love to see all three done with the same cast--whoever wants to do it, I'm in!
I wish they would re-do Discovery of Witches… some of the cast was not correct 😂
Bad casting ruins an adaptation so quickly!
“Atone for that and do it better” should be a t-shirt
I would wear that shirt!
I’ve read 17 on your list and would look forward to a film/tv adaptation. Recent books I’d love to see adapted to movie /tv
Greta & Valdin
The Alternatives
Wild Houses
The Coast Road
Enter Ghost
The Unseen World
The Sleepwalkers Guide to Dancing
The Caretaker
Hello Beautiful
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Interesting list!
Love this video! Some of my favorite book-to-movie contenders are:
The Enchanted, Denfeld (Oscar winner and tears for weeks)
Bad Marie, Dermansky
Hello Beautiful, Napolitano
Pet, Chidgey (Eeeeeeeeeek!)
The Guest, Cline
Lawn Boy, Evison(💚💚💚)
Smoke City, Rosson (I could die a happy woman.)
The Alehouse at the end of the World, Allred (Wooooo hoooooo!!!)
Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Porter
There are a ton more -- I could do this all day -- but I'll stop here. 🤷🏻♀️
* Totally agree with Secret History, My Sister the Serial Killer, and My Antonia (but wouldn't Death Comes for the Archbishop be so great as well?) and Miss Marple!!! There are never enough Miss Marple films!
* I'd love to see I Who Have Never Known Men, filmed, but I'm not sure it's filmable -- at least a quarter would have to be voiceover. I don't know.....
Super fun video, Greg, thanks!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this! Very interesting recommendations.
I would ❤ to see an adaptation of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame.
yes
It would be so good!
Thanks for your videos. I was thrilled to hear your comments on the book Less. I only recently read it as a catch up book so didn’t have the advantage of current discussions. I was so disappointed and was very perplexed that it had received all the accolades it did. You’re absolutely right it is it has the whining undertone of poor white man aka _rumps message
I'm glad I'm not alone on that!
Apart from the BBC take, The Handmaiden is a great film adaptation of Fingersmith. Highly recommended.
That's interesting--thanks!
Second this. The Handmaiden was one of my favourite films the year it was released! I don’t think you’ll get a better adaptation of the source material. So different but yet truly finds the essence of the novel.
@@rororeads I had not even heard of this movie somehow! Thanks.
@@rororeads The Handmaiden is wild!
They messed Kindred up. They had one task and they couldn't do it. Still can't do it smh.
I'm still so confounded by all of the decisions that went into that adaptation.
Never been so disappointed by an adaptation than I was with Kindred (OK maybe the Goldfinch). I think some of the choices they made like Kevin being a random dude was meant to make Dana more of girlboss. Which was confusing, why adapt it if you don’t respect the original character?
Would love to see Jordan Peele adapt it.
Jordan Peele would do a fascinating version of Kindred. And I agree: turning the husband into a dude she had JUST met was truly confounding. Just a strange decision.
I'm watching less and less movies, and start reading a lot more since last year. I really think, the book is better than movies in most cases. Movies are getting really bad these days
I'm hopeful that we're in an awkward phase where studios haven't figured out how to compete with streaming except to rely on IP, etc. Studios relied on sword-and-sandal movies to compete with television back in the day, so maybe we'll enter a new era soon.
The nonfiction book about the second rise of the KKK and the woman that brought them down, Fever In the Heartland should be snapped up by a young female Hollywood producer/actor who wants a surefire awards winner. Also a great role for a male actor to change their minds about what he can do by playing an evil, sleazy character.
That does sound like it would be a very compelling movie.
@@SupposedlyFun It’s an unbelievable story, really the equal of Killers of the Flower Moon.
the other valley
I don't know much about that one, so I'll trust you! 😉
they all die in the end would be a fun movie. if you have not read ot it is not heavy it os funnt
If that's the Adam Silvera book, Joel is a big fan.
they are making devil in the white city. yeah
I'm not convinced it will happen at this point! I think the trickiest part is that the two stories never really line up aside from the fact that they happen at the same time.