From beloved American classic literature to modern book bestsellers, the enchanting realm of literature has always fascinated us, whisking us away to fantastical worlds and captivating our minds.

Many books have been turned into films over the years, giving beloved characters and stories a whole new life.

In this article, we will explore 99 books turned into movies.

These movie adaptations cover a wide range of genres, from scary horror to sweet romance, ensuring something for everyone in the audience.

Here, you’ll discover the top movie adaptations to watch in 2025, revealing the exceptional films that have truly impressed audiences.

Additionally, we’ve added some popular reads from the BookTok community that have been transformed into movies, adding a modern twist to the classic book-to-film experience.

Explore 99 Books Turned Into Movies

№	Book Title	Author	Film	Film Rating
1	A Man Called Ove	Fredrik Backman	A Man Called Ove (2015)	7.7/10
2	A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal	Ben Macintyre	A Spy Among Friends (2022)	7.3/10
3	All the Light We Cannot See	Anthony Doerr	All the Light We Cannot See (2023)	~ soon ~
4	American Born Chinese	Gene Luen Yang	American Born Chinese (2023)	7.1/10
5	American Prometheus	Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin	Oppenheimer (2023)	8.5/10
6	Anatomy of a Scandal	Sarah Vaughan	Anatomy of a Scandal (2022)	7.0/10
7	Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret	Judy Blume	Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023)	7.4/10
8	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Benjamin Alire Sáenz	Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2022)	7.2/10
9	Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar	Maurice Leblanc	Arsène Lupin (2004)	5.4/10
10	Black Cake	Charmaine Wilkerson	Black Cake (2023)	~ soon ~
11	City on Fire	Garth Risk Hallberg	City on Fire (2023)	6.4/10
12	Daisy Jones & The Six	Taylor Jenkins Reid	Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)	8.1/10
13	Dear Edward	Ann Napolitano	Dear Edward (2023)	7.1/10
14	Death on the Nile	Agatha Christie	Death on the Nile (2022)	6.3/10
15	Deep Water	Patricia Highsmith	Deep Water (2022)	5.5/10
16	Dracula	Bram Stoker	Dracula (1992)	7.4/10
17	Dune	Frank Herbert	Dune (2021)	8.0/10
18	Eileen	Ottessa Moshfegh	Eileen (2023)	7.0/10
19	Foe	Iain Reid	Foe (2023)	5.5/10
20	Fruitland	Steven Kurutz	Dreamin’ Wild (2022)	6.6/10
21	Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch	Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman	Good Omens (2019-2023)	8.0/10
22	Gun Monkeys	Victor Gischler	Fast Charlie (2023)	9.9/10
23	Heartstopper	Alice Oseman	Heartstopper (2022-)	8.6/10
24	Integrity	Egil Krogh	White House Plumbers (2023)	6.8/10
25	It’s not summer without you	Jenny Han	The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022-)	7.3/10
26	Jesus Revolution	Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn	Jesus Revolution (2023)	7.1/10
27	Killers of the Flower Moon	David Grann	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)	8.7/10
28	Landscape with Invisible Hand	M.T. Anderson	Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)	6.0/10
29	Leave the World Behind	Rumaan Alam	Leave the World Behind (2023)	~ soon ~
30	Lessons in Chemistry	Bonnie Garmus	Lessons in Chemistry (2023)	7.9/10
31	Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry	Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff	BlackBerry (2023)	7.4/10
32	Luckiest Girl Alive	Jessica Knoll	Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)	6.4/10
33	Meet Me at the Lake	Carley Fortune	Announced
34	No Exit	Taylor Adams	No Exit (2022)	6.1/10
35	Normal People	Sally Rooney	Normal People (2020)	8.4/10
36	One True Loves	Taylor Jenkins Reid	One True Loves (2023)	5.4/10
37	Pachinko	Min Jin Lee	Pachinko (2022-)	8.3/10
38	Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic	Barry Meier	Painkiller (2023)	7.5/10
39	Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)	5.9/10
40	Pieces of Her	Karin Slaughter	Pieces of Her (2022)	6.3/10
41	Poor Things	Alasdair Gray	Poor Things (2023)	8.4/10
42	Red, White & Royal Blue	Casey McQuinston	Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)	7.0/10
43	Romancing Mister Bridgerton	Julia Quinn	Bridgerton (2020-)	7.4/10
44	Salem’s Lot	Stephen King	Salem’s Lot (2023)	~ soon ~
45	She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement	Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey	She Said	7.3/10
46	Shortcomings	Adrian Tomine	Shortcomings(2023)	6.6/10
47	Shriver	Chris Belden	A Little White Lie (2023)	5.9/10
48	Siege and Storm	Leigh Bardugo	Shadow and Bone (2021-)	7.6/10
49	Spaceman of Bohemia	Jaroslav Kalfar	Spaceman (2024)	~ soon ~
50	Straight Man	Richard Russo	Lucky Hank (2023-)	6.8/10
51	Survival of the Thickest	Michelle Buteau	Survival of the Thickest (2023-)	7.5/10
52	Sweet Magnolias	Sherryl Woods	Sweet Magnolias (2020-)	7.3/10
53	Text for You	Sofie Cramer	Love Again (2023)	5.8/10
54	The Antisocial Network	Ben Mezrich	Dumb Money (2023)	7.1/10
55	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes	Suzanne Collins	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)	~ soon ~
56	The Black-Eyed Blonde	Benjamin Black	Marlowe (2022)	5.3/10
57	The Boogeyman	Stephen King	The Boogeyman (2023)	5.9/10
58	The Cabin at the End of the World	Paul Tremblay	Knock at the Cabin (2023)	6.1/10
59	The Changeling	Victor Lavalle	The Changeling (2023-)	6.1/10
60	The Color Purple	Alice Walker	The Color Purple (2023)	~ soon ~
61	The Fall of the House of Usher	Edgar Allan Poe	The Fall of Usher (2021)	4.1/10
62	The Flatshare	Beth O’Leary	The Flatshare (2022-)	7.3/10
63	The Great Hunt	Robert Jordan	Wheel of Time (2021-)	7.1/10
64	The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III	Philippa Langley and Michael Jones	The Lost King (2022)	6.7/10
65	The Last Thing He Told Me	Laura Dave	The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)	6.5/10
66	The Little Mermaid	Hans Christian Andersen	The Little Mermaid (2023)	7.2/10
67	The Lockwood & Co. Series	Jonathan Stroud	The Lockwood & Co. (2023)	7.4/10
68	The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart	Holly Ringland	The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)	7.9/10
69	The Lying Life of Adults	Elena Ferrante	The Lying Life of Adults (2023-)	6.4/10
70	The Magician’s Elephant	Kate Dicamillo	The Magician’s Elephant (2023)	6.5/10
71	The Marsh King’s Daughter	Karen Dionne	The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)	7.3/10
72	The Minds of Billy Milligan	Daniel Keyes	The Crowded Room (2023)	7.6/10
73	The Pale Blue Eye	Louis Bayard	The Pale Blue Eye (2022)	6.6/10
74	The Other Black Girl	Zakiya Dalila Harris	The Other Black Girl (2023-)	6.8/10
75	The Perfect Find	Tia Williams	The Perfect Find (2023)	5.2/10
76	The Power	Naomi Alderman	The Power (2023)	6.6/10
77	The Robot Who Looked Like Me	Robert Sheckley
78	The Screaming Staircase	Jonathan Stroud	The Lockwood & Co. (2023)	7.4/10
79	The Summer I Turned Pretty	Jenny Han	The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022-)	7.3/10
80	The Three-Body Problem	Cixin Liu	3 Body Problem (2024-)	~ soon ~
81	The Witcher	Andrzej Sapkowski	The Witcher (2019-)	8.0/10
82	The Witching Hour	Anne Rice	Mayfair Witches (2023-)	6.2/10
83	Three Women	Lisa Taddeo	Three Women (2023-)	~ soon ~
84	Tiny Beautiful Things	Cheryl Strayed	Tiny Beautiful Things (2023)	7.1/10
85	To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before	Jenny Han	To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before	7.0/10
86	Triptych	Karin Slaughter	Triptych (2023)	6.3/10
87	Troubled Blood	Robert Galbraith	Troubled Blood  (2023)	8.1/10
88	Turtles All the Way Down	John Green	Turtles All the Way Down	~ soon ~
89	Uglies	Scott Westerfeld	Uglies	~ soon ~
90	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith	Jon Krakauer	Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)	7.5/10
91	Wellmania	Brigid Delaney	Wellmania (2023-)	6.7/10
92	Where the Crawdads Sing	Delia Owens	Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)	7.2/10
93	White Bird: A Wonder Story	R. J. Palacio	White Bird (2023)	8.0/10
94	Wicked	Gregory Maguire	Wicked (2021)	5.4/10
95	Winnie-the-Pooh	A.A. Milne	Christopher Robin (2018)	7.2/10
96	Wolf Pack	Edo van Belkom	Wolf Pack (2023-)	6.5/10
97	Women Talking	Miriam Toews	Women Talking (2022)	6.9/10
98	Wool	Hugh Howey	Wool	~ soon ~
99	Wuthering Heights	Emily Brontë	Wuthering Heights (2022)	4.1/10

Note: Film Ratings in the table are on the day of blogpost publication.

6 Best-Rated  Movies Based on Books

Book-to-movie adaptations are a captivating phenomenon that has delighted audiences for decades. But did you know that some movies turned into books offer a fresh take on beloved stories? These adaptations expand on characters, settings, and narratives, giving fans even more to explore beyond the screen.

Filmmakers use the power of visual storytelling to transmit the essence of these books and allow us, as viewers, to experience the characters, settings, and narratives in an immersive way.

So, don’t forget to grab some popcorn and join the millions who have embarked on these literary adventures through the magic of film.