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Re: What books do you think deserves to be made into a film?

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Any of Kate Morton's books (particularly The House at Riverton or the Secret Keeper) because I think her books already read like a screenplay.
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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver and If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern, they would make fantastic movies!
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I wouldn't mind seeing Rachel Searles' The Lost Planet. It's a middle grade sci-fi novel. For some reason, I think that children's books tend to make better movies than adult ones.
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I think "Spiral" by Mila Ferrera should be made into a film. It is so raw and ridden with character imperfections.
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The Chess Garden by Brooks Hansen. It's so intensely visual, and such a strong and emotional story, that a film (done correctly) would be spectacular.
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I was actually just having this conversstion with my fiancé a couple of weeks ago. I think the last series I read would make an amazing movie. The trilogy is called School for Good and Evil. Just like everyone here though, I would be very disappointed if it was made and didn't do the book justice.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
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The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo.
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Honestly I would love to see House of Night series turned I to movies. It was pretty good for the most part but she kept it going to long. I would love to see what the school looks like and what all the characters look like and see if I pictured things differently.
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I just finished reading "The Night Gardner" one of the William Allen White books for the year and it was AMAZING. Very creepy and full of details that helped the story unfold like a movie in my mind as I read. Would make a really good horror/drama film I think.

I also finished reading "Loot" another WAW book which was full of action and mystery and would make an entertaining film too.
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The Biggles series has almost unlimited material. I think it could make a great action packed movie.
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I read a novel called He Kills me, He Kills me not by an author called Lena Diaz. While I was reading, all I thought about was how great would it be if they turned it into a movie. I even chose the stars in my head :D
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I've wanted a Sisters Grimm movie since I was 11 but the premise is so similar to the show Once Upon a Time that I don't think any producers would touch it at this point XD
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The last book I read that really made me want a film adaptation was Bird Box by Josh Malerman. Apparently one is in the works, but who knows how long it could take...
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The Secret History, and The Devil and Miss Prym.
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