Book to Film Adaptations

2019 Book-to-Film Adaptations

Books are prime source material for movies — they come pre-packaged with complex characters, rich plots, dazzling details, and emotional depth. Below you'll find a selection of books that inspired some of 2019's hottest releases — and a look at what's still to come.
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  • A Dog's Way Home cover art

    • A Dog's Way Home

    • Written by: W. Bruce Cameron
    • Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
    • Series: A Dog's Way Home Novel, Book 1
    • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 2017-05-30
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • A Dog's Way Home
    • Release date: January 11, 2019
      Synopsis: A classic story of unwavering loyalty and incredible devotion, A Dog's Way Home is a beautifully told, charming tale that explores the unbreakable bond between us and our pets.

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    • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    • Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
    • Written by: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
    • Narrated by: Chike Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2009-12-02
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
    • Release date: March 1, 2019
      Synopsis: Here is the remarkable story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.

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    • Five Feet Apart

    • Written by: Rachael Lippincott
    • Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Corey Brill
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2018-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • Five Feet Apart
    • Release date: March 15, 2019
      Synopsis: In this moving story that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication — they can’t get within five feet of each other without risking their lives.

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    • Pet Sematary

    • Written by: Stephen King
    • Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
    • Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2018-03-27
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,173 ratings
    • Pet Sematary
    • Release date: April 5, 2019
      Synopsis: When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, there's an undercurrent of danger that lingers ... like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds' home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.

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    • Native Son

    • Written by: Richard Wright
    • Narrated by: Peter Francis James
    • Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 2009-04-28
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • Native Son
    • Release date: April 6, 2019
      Synopsis: Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

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    • After

    • After, Book 1
    • Written by: Anna Todd
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise
    • Series: The After Series, Book 1
    • Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2014-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • After
    • Release date: April 12, 2019
      Synopsis: There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything After ... Life will never be the same. Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to.

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    • The Best of Enemies

    • Race and Redemption in the New South
    • Written by: Osha Gray Davidson
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2017-11-07
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The Best of Enemies
    • Release date: April 12, 2019
      Synopsis: Rich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-20th-century South, The Best of Enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all odds. By placing this very personal story into broader context, Osha Gray Davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class and that cooperation is possible — even in the most divisive situations — when people begin to listen to one another.

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    • The Sun Is Also a Star

    • Written by: Nicola Yoon
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Raymond Lee, Dominic Hoffman
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2016-11-01
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • The Sun Is Also a Star
    • Release date: May 17, 2019
      Synopsis: Told from the alternating perspectives of two teenagers — one a Korean American boy who is on the doctor track despite his proclivity for poetry; the other a Jamaican girl who is desperately trying to save her family from their imminent deportation. Over a single day, we watch how fate weaves its way into their lives.

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    • The Art of Racing in the Rain

    • Written by: Garth Stein
    • Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
    • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2008-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 374 ratings
    • The Art of Racing in the Rain
    • Release date: August 9, 2019
      Synopsis: A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life ... as only a dog could tell it.

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    • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    • A Novel
    • Written by: Maria Semple
    • Narrated by: Kathleen Wilhoite
    • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 2012-08-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 178 ratings
    • Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
    • Release date: August 16, 2019
      Synopsis: Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette disappears.

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  • It cover art

    • It

    • Written by: Stephen King
    • Narrated by: Steven Weber
    • Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 2016-01-01
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,937 ratings
    • It Chapter 2
    • Release date: September 6, 2019
      Synopsis: They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them to reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now children are being murdered again, and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers.

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  • The Goldfinch cover art

    • The Goldfinch

    • Written by: Donna Tartt
    • Narrated by: David Pittu
    • Length: 32 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2013-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 975 ratings
    • The Goldfinch
    • Release date: September 8, 2019
      Synopsis: It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.

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    • Doctor Sleep

    • A Novel
    • Written by: Stephen King
    • Narrated by: Will Patton
    • Series: The Shining, Book 2
    • Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 2013-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 941 ratings
    • Doctor Sleep
    • Release date: November 8, 2019
      Synopsis: Years following the events of The Shining, a now-adult Dan Torrence meets a young girl with similar powers as his and tries to protect her from a cult known as The True Knot who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

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    • The Good Liar

    • Now a Major Film Starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
    • Written by: Nicholas Searle
    • Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
    • Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2016-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • The Good Liar
    • Release date: November 15, 2019
      Synopsis: This is a life told back to front. This is a man who has lied all his life. Roy is a conman living in a small English town, about to pull off his final con. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con, and what has he had to do to survive this life of lies? And why is this beautiful woman so willing to be his next victim?

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  • The Irishman (Movie Tie-In) cover art

    • The Irishman (Movie Tie-In)

    • Originally published as: I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
    • Written by: Charles Brandt
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 2008-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • The Irishman based on I Heard You Paint Houses
    • Release date: November 27, 2019
      Synopsis: ''I heard you paint houses'' are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank ''The Irishman'' Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than 25 hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures.

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  • A Million Little Pieces cover art

    • A Million Little Pieces

    • Written by: James Frey
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 2018-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • A Million Little Pieces
    • Release date: December 6, 2019
      Synopsis: A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

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  • Little Women (AmazonClassics Edition) cover art

    • Little Women (AmazonClassics Edition)

    • Written by: Louisa May Alcott
    • Narrated by: Sandra Burr
    • Series: Little Women, Book 1
    • Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2017-09-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 60 ratings
    • Little Women
    • Release date: December 25, 2019
      Synopsis: As a New England mother struggles to support her family in the wake of her husband's service in the Civil War, her four daughters struggle, too — caught between childhood dreams and the realities of burgeoning adulthood. For Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, raised in integrity and virtue, negotiating the right path in life means making choices that will either narrow or expand their destinies.

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    • All the Bright Places

    • Movie Tie-In Edition
    • Written by: Jennifer Niven
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Ariadne Meyers
    • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 2015-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • All the Bright Places
    • Release date: TBD 2019
      Synopsis: When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the ''natural wonders'' of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It's only with Violet that Finch can be himself — a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who's not such a freak after all. And it's only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet's world grows, Finch's begins to shrink.

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