25 Best Book Adaptations

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1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS by CHARLES DICKENS
Published: 1860-1861
Film adaptation: 1946
Director: DAVID LEAN


2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTË
Published: 1847
Film adaptation: 1939
Director: WILLIAM WYLER


3. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE
Published: 1960
Film adaptation: 1962
Director: ROBERT MULLIGAN


4. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO by BORIS PASTERNAK
Published: 1957
Film adaptation: 1965
Director: DAVID LEAN


5. THE LEOPARD by GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA
Published: 1958
Film adaptation: 1963
Director: LUCHINO VISCONTI


6. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by THOMAS HARRIS
Published: 1988
Film adaptation: 1991
Director: JONATHAN DEMME


7. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) by PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS
Published: 1782
Film adaptation: 1988
Director: STEPHEN FREARS


8. THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLER
Published: 1939
Film adaptation: 1946
Director: HOWARD HAWKS


9. THE 39 STEPS (The Thirty Nine Steps) by JOHN BUCHAN
Published: 1915
Film adaptation: 1935
Director: ALFRED HITCHCOCK


10. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by MURIEL SPARK
Published: 1961
Film adaptation: 1969
Director: RONALD NEAME


11. MOBY-DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE
Published: 1851
Film adaptation: 1956
Director: JOHN HUSTON


12. BRIGHTON ROCK by GRAHAM GREENE
Published: 1938
Film adaptation: 1947
Directors: John and Roy Boulting


13. DRACULA by BRAM STOKER
Published: 1897
Film adaptation: 1931
Director: TOD BROWNING


14. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL by FREDERICK FORSYTH
Published: 1971
Film adaptation: 1973
Director: FRED ZINNEMANN


15. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
Published: 1929
Film adaptation: 1930
Director: LEWIS MILESTONE


16. EMPIRE OF THE SUN by J.G BALLARD
Published: 1984
Film adaptation: 1987
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG


17. TRAINSPOTTING by IRVINE WELSH
Published: 1993
Film adaptation: 1996
Director: DANNY BOYLE


18. APOCALYPSE NOW (Heart of Darkness) by JOSEPH CONRAD
Published: 1902
Film adaptation: 1979
Director: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA


19. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by CORMAC McCARTHY
Published: 2005
Film adaptation: 2007
Directors: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN


20. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by KAZUO ISHIGURO
Published: 1989
Film adaptation: 1993
Director: JAMES IVORY


21. THE SHINING by STEPHEN KING
Published: 1977
Film adaptation: 1980
Director: STANLEY KUBRICK


22. THE HARRY POTTER SERIES by J.K ROWLING
Published: 1997-2007
Film adaptation: 2001-2011
Directors: CHRIS COLUMBUS, ALFONSO CUAR”N, MIKE NEWELL, DAVID YATES


23. THE HEIRESS (Washington Square) by HENRY JAMES
Published: 1880
Film adaptation: 1949
Director: WILLIAM WYLER


24. SCHINDLER’S LIST (Schindler’s Ark) by THOMAS KENEALLY
Published: 1982
Film adaptation: 1993
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG


25. THE LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES by J.R.R TOLKIEN
Published: 1954-1955
Film adaptation: 2001-2003
Director: PETER JACKSON


Source 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/6166774/25-best-book-to-film-adaptations.html