Looking to revisit old favorites through a deeper lens. by Mysterious-Rule-4242 Related: Silent Hill Civilian protag supports vigilante love interest? Suggest me a book that uses the ‘we used to be friends but not anymore’ trope… Suggest an angsty, dark, intense classic Good true crime books
casp0066 on April 22, 2025 12:31 am The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings. Game of Thrones – though season 1-3 stayed very close to the books. 4+ off the rails
casp0066 on April 22, 2025 12:32 am First Blood. Most people don’t know it was a book first. David Morell.
McWeasely on April 22, 2025 12:33 am *Seabiscuit: An American Legend* by Laura Hillenbrand *The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge* by Michael Punke *Cold Mountain* by Charles Frazier
Heavy_Direction1547 on April 22, 2025 12:41 am IMO a much shorter list would be movies/series that do justice to the book.
bgptcp179 on April 22, 2025 12:59 am I Am Legend isn’t necessarily better than the movie but it is very different. The Martian book is 1000x better than the movie and I think the movie was still good.
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Deliverance
The Hobbit.
The Lord of the Rings.
Game of Thrones – though season 1-3 stayed very close to the books. 4+ off the rails
First Blood.
Most people don’t know it was a book first. David Morell.
*Seabiscuit: An American Legend* by Laura Hillenbrand
*The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge* by Michael Punke
*Cold Mountain* by Charles Frazier
Most of them.
IMO a much shorter list would be movies/series that do justice to the book.
Starship Troopers
I Am Legend isn’t necessarily better than the movie but it is very different.
The Martian book is 1000x better than the movie and I think the movie was still good.
Almost anything by Stephen King.
Gone With the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
Lord of the Rings
The Harry Potter series.