Book Read Happy Hour: January 2024 - hosted by dguthrieadams

Adapted to film or TV aka Is the book better?
Do you have any books on your shelf that have been or are about to be adapted into TV or Film? How about one that was going to be but the option went away? Or was canceled?

Yeah, thought so.
All books added
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Stolen

Sápmitrilogin #1

Ann-Helén Laestadius

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

Lorelei Lee #1

Anita Loos

3 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics funny lighthearted fast-paced
Summertime Rendering Volume 1 by Yasuki Tanaka

Summertime Rendering Volume 1

サマータイムレンダ / Summertime Render #01-02

Yasuki Tanaka

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction manga mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle #1

Diana Wynne Jones

8 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

31 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 1848 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa

Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Remixed Classics #9

Gabe Cole Novoa

7 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

The Black Cauldron

The Chronicles of Prydain #2

Lloyd Alexander

224 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

Rick Riordan

377 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Go the Distance by Jen Calonita

Go the Distance

A Twisted Tale #11

Jen Calonita

329 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced