Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Book Becoming Movie in 2023
I am not of the opinion that the book is always better (cough cough The Prestige or Runaway Jury) but it's definitely always way more fun to read the book first before watching the movie or tv adaptation.

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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark tense slow-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist

The Exorcist #1

William Peter Blatty

400 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark tense medium-paced
Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

Ehrengard

Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

111 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark slow-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

19 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson

64 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction childrens classics adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Saint X

Alexis Schaitkin

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

The Witching Hour

Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1

Anne Rice

1056 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious slow-paced
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

How to Stop Time

Matt Haig

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical speculative fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced