READ THE BOOK
PEOPLE OFTEN SAY THE BOOK IS BETTER!
How many times have you heard someone say "you should read the book first" when referring to a movie or TV show based on a book? Most of the time we agree. Although, once in a while, a film is so well done that it equals or goes beyond the quality of the book it is based upon, and we've decided to call such films "AGAB's". We'll be listing those films, and the corresponding books as we recommend them. You can find the current list of AGAB's HERE:
For now, here are the books which some of our recommendations are based upon. Also, you may want to check out books which are currently being adapted to film HERE.
How many times have you heard someone say "you should read the book first" when referring to a movie or TV show based on a book? Most of the time we agree. Although, once in a while, a film is so well done that it equals or goes beyond the quality of the book it is based upon, and we've decided to call such films "AGAB's". We'll be listing those films, and the corresponding books as we recommend them. You can find the current list of AGAB's HERE:
For now, here are the books which some of our recommendations are based upon. Also, you may want to check out books which are currently being adapted to film HERE.
"Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII" by Damien Lewis
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"The Open Range Men" by Lauran Paine
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"All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot
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"The Mothman Prophecies" by John A. Keel
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"Drive" by James Sallis
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"The Devil's Advocate" by Andrew Neiderman
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"Jaws" by Peter Benchley
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"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Up In the Air" by Walter Kirn
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"High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby
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"The Amityville Horror" by Jay Anson
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"IT" by Stephen King
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"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger
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"The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Doglas Adams (collection)
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"The Lord of The Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" by Jane Hawking
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"Howard Stern Comes Again" by Howard Stern.
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"The Graduate" by Charles Webb.
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"Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin.
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"Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis.
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"Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series" by Eliot Asinof.
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"For Love of the Game" by Michael Shaara.
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"The Natural" by Bernard Malamud.
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"Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella.
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“Winter's Bone” By Daniel Woodrell. (2007, Back Bay Books) (Paperback)
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"The Big Bounce" by Elmore Leonard.
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"The Beach" by Alex Garland.
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"Awakenings" by Oliver Sacks.
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"A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson.
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"Sideways" by Rex Prickett.
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"Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times" by George Crile.
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"Gerald's Game" by Stephen King.
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"Delores Claiborne" by Stephen King.
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"Let The Right One In" by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
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"World War Z" by Max Brooks.
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"Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin.
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"The Martian" by Andy Weir.
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"Ross Poldark" by Winston Graham.Book one of a 12 book series.
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“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood.
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"Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" by Piper Kerman.
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"This is Where I Leave You" by Jonathan Tropper.
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"Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" by Jaron Lanier.
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