Books Gone Hollywood

Books made into television shows or movies. The Book was Better!

Showing 1 - 10 of 10  There are a total of 120 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Anne of Green Gables"
Star rating for Anne of Green Gables
Series:
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Book cover for "Bridge to Terabithia"
Star rating for Bridge to Terabithia
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community.
Book cover for "Diary of a wimpy kid"
Star rating for Diary of a wimpy kid
Author:
Series:
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Book cover for "Everything, everything"
Star rating for Everything, everything
Author:
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more.
Book cover for "Freak the Mighty"
Star rating for Freak the Mighty
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

6. Holes

Book cover for "Holes"
Star rating for Holes
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Book cover for "The lightning thief"
Star rating for The lightning thief
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Book cover for "Of mice and men"
Star rating for Of mice and men
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
In the California's 1930', two unlikely friends, Lenny and George, dream of owning a farm together. Now that they've landed a job on a farm in the Salinas Valley, the dream seems within their grasp. But, the boss' son has a flirtatious wife and a few minutes alone with her dashes all hope of their leading a normal life.
Book cover for "One day in December"
Star rating for One day in December
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Book cover for "P.S. I still love you"
Star rating for P.S. I still love you
Author:
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? "Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever....