Lists of Bests: Movies and the Books they are based on http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5599 Movies have been based on books since the beginning of the film industry. Here are some such books and their movies. When adding to this list, please add the original literary source first, followed by the film(s) based on it. Keep in alphabetical order by original author's surname so others can verify the list if needed. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:52:08 GMT en-us 0 50 1263 50 0 Dumbo the Flying Elephant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3367447 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen, and Pearl, Harold Aberson</div> Dumbo (60th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66209 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66209"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CD1005B8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Sharpsteen</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414r3cTrOeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45577 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45577"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N6THN5ZXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Random Hearts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1029174 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1029174"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NI35z1JLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Warren Adler</div> Random Hearts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38783 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38783"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RFPQQHDPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> War of the Roses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/895132 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/895132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402201958.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Warren Adler</div> The War of the Roses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85206 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85206"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BSK4CDPRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Danny DeVito</div> Vibrator: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2218213 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2218213"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gVoeewtUL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mari Akasaka</div> Vibrator http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2664528 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2664528"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xm6GbDw5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ryuichi Hiroki</div> Little Women (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13979"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412wyCJVQgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louisa May Alcott</div> Little Women http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60738 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60738"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v2-boHs9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mervyn LeRoy</div> Little Women (Collector's Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60346 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60346"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Dh-cFqKtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Armstrong</div> Tevye's Daughters: Collected Stories of Sholom Aleichem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480072 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480072"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NHE9F00DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sholem Aleichem</div> Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories (Library of Yiddish Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480074 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/480074"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LnC-PG9DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sholem Aleichem</div> Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66550 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66550"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414NH25HBQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Jewison</div> How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1028053 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1028053"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1861056362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118788275_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michele Alexander</div> How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36720 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36720"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YHG0JRQHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Petrie</div> The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GA7UU-c9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Smoke Signals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35078 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35078"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516EJGBRHVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Eyre</div> Flowers in the Attic ( 1st/1st ) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025933 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1025933"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZS8WK692L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by V.C. Andrews</div> Flowers in the Attic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212281 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212281"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AKB6AFXML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Bloom</div> The Amityville Horror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57485 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57485"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-2230MwHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Anson</div> The Amityville Horror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47054 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47054"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WE1E94KKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Rosenberg</div> The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29937 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29937"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GFZJMQHTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbert Asbury</div> Gangs of New York (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51969 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51969"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516W0haa4aL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Scorsese</div> I, Robot (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16254 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553803700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> I, Robot (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36176 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36176"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513MNJSY0FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Proyas</div> The Positronic Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969912 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969912"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/219X2KCT9CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Bicentennial Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49037 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49037"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NF4AW47EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> The Handmaid's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ettPWhyFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Handmaid's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58851 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58851"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BZ3E41A4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Northanger Abbey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/299571 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/299571"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593082649.01-A3EGC00HNW0VRM._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43800399_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Northanger Abbey (BBC) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/775730 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/775730"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513CWNVQWHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Mansfield Park (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4217 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019280264X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Mansfield Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41011 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41011"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E8BTZC5NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Persuasion (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3521 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3521"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Persuasion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39200 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39200"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71AVW1JFNBL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Michell</div> Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19145"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tsj1sZS1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Pride & Prejudice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96609 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96609"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xrutEDXpL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Wright (IV)</div> Bride and Prejudice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37862 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37862"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nKZn9hzgL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gurinder Chadha</div> Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4230 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4230"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192804782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23685 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23685"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jzH2v5fvL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ang Lee</div> Emma (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4214 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Austen</div> Clueless http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42785 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42785"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VF7PBXZEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Amy Heckerling</div> Emma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45125 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45125"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZZetsOiML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas McGrath</div> Tuck Everlasting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035444 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035444"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374480133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Natalie Babbitt</div> Tuck Everlasting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60377 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60377"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518KeDfJdtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29009 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29009"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517WA7S850L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Baer</div> Syriana (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/793169 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/793169"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51399X5CRNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Gaghan</div>