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I saw the list below on-line today and thought it very appropriate for a library-sponsored film discussion group to consider film adaptations of novels. Weigh in on the list or add your own examples. What is your favorite faithful adaptation? Have you been infuriated by a particularly heinous interpretation of one of your favorite books?

The 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations according to Telegraph.co.uk

1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Published: 1860-1861 Film adaptation: 1946
Director: DAVID LEAN

2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTË
Published: 1847 Film adaptation: 1939
Director: WILLIAM WYLER

3. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE
Published: 1960 Film adaptation: 1962
Director: ROBERT MULLIGAN

4. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO by BORIS PASTERNAK
Published: 1957 Film adaptation: 1965
Director: DAVID LEAN

5. THE LEOPARD by GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA
Published: 1958 Film adaptation: 1963
Director: LUCHINO VISCONTI

6. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by THOMAS HARRIS
Published: 1988 Film adaptation: 1991
Director: JONATHAN DEMME

7. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) by PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS
Published: 1782 Film adaptation: 1988
Director: STEPHEN FREARS

8. THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLER
Published: 1939 Film adaptation: 1946
Director: HOWARD HAWKS

9. THE 39 STEPS (The Thirty Nine Steps) by JOHN BUCHAN
Published: 1915 Film adaptation: 1935
Director: ALFRED HITCHCOCK

10. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by MURIEL SPARK
Published: 1961 Film adaptation: 1969
Director: RONALD NEAME

11. MOBY-DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE
Published: 1851 Film adaptation: 1956
Director: JOHN HUSTON

12. BRIGHTON ROCK by GRAHAM GREENE
Published: 1938 Film adaptation: 1947
Directors: John and Roy Boulting

13. DRACULA by BRAM STOKER
Published: 1897 Film adaptation: 1931
Director: TOD BROWNING

14. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL by FREDERICK FORSYTH
Published: 1971 Film adaptation: 1973
Director: FRED ZINNEMANN

15. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
Published: 1929 Film adaptation: 1930
Director: LEWIS MILESTONE

16. EMPIRE OF THE SUN by J.G BALLARD
Published: 1984 Film adaptation: 1987
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG

17. TRAINSPOTTING by IRVINE WELSH
Published: 1993 Film adaptation: 1996
Director: DANNY BOYLE

18. APOCALYPSE NOW (Heart of Darkness) by JOSEPH CONRAD
Published: 1902 Film adaptation: 1979
Director: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

19. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by CORMAC McCARTHY
Published: 2005 Film adaptation: 2007
Directors: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN

20. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by KAZUO ISHIGURO
Published: 1989 Film adaptation: 1993
Director: JAMES IVORY

21. THE SHINING by STEPHEN KING
Published: 1977 Film adaptation: 1980
Director: STANLEY KUBRICK

22. THE HARRY POTTER SERIES by J.K ROWLING
Published: 1997-2007 Film adaptationS: 2001-2011
Directors: CHRIS COLUMBUS, ALFONSO CUAR”N, MIKE NEWELL, DAVID YATES

23. THE HEIRESS (Washington Square) by HENRY JAMES
Published: 1880 Film adaptation: 1949
Director: WILLIAM WYLER

24. SCHINDLER’S LIST (Schindler’s Ark) by THOMAS KENEALLY
Published: 1982 Film adaptation: 1993
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG

25. THE LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES by J.R.R TOLKIEN
Published: 1954-1955 Film adaptation: 2001-2003
Director: PETER JACKSON