1. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. It's a fun, fluffy and fabulous teen book that would make a fun, fluffy and fabulous teen movie.
2. The Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta. I would love to see Marchetta's fantasy series as a TV show. I love the characters so much and it would be awesome to see them brought to life.
3. Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan. This atmospheric tale of selkies and magic would make a moving and whimsical movie or mini-series.
4. The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. Another fantasy series with great characters that would be fantastic on screen - especially the titular thief, Eugenides.
5. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. Amazing and Aussie movies don't always go hand in hand unfortunately, but I think this could be a great one - or even a good TV mini-series. We seem to be doing better in that medium lately.
6. The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons. Epic love story set across the back-drop of Russia during World War II. Swooooon.
7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The visuals alone would make this a gorgeous movie, and I think condensing it could only improve the rather slow story.
8. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Who doesn't love a roadtrip movie?
9. Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Some classics, mainly those by Austen, Dickens and the Brontes, have been adapted to near death. I'd love to see a different text brought to the screen - like this one!
10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. I adored this weird and wonderful book, right up until the cliffhanger ending. I think it would make an awesome, eerie movie, with hopefully more resolution at the end.
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I like the Night Circus idea. I didn't love the story but I loved the descriptions of everything and bet it would make an awesome visually stunning movie.
ReplyDeleteI think it could be a much better movie than book, actually!
DeleteAmy & Roger's Epic Detour would be such a cute movie! I agree with what you said about condensing The Night Circus too.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be adorable! I love that book.
DeleteI haven't read The Night Circus yet but I'm always down for creepy whimsy! Same for Miss Peregrine! That would probably make a cool TV show. I also would go back and add Cinder to my list. It's got a very Once Upon A Time meets sci-fi sorta vibe.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Cinder yet but it sounds good.
DeleteOMG yes yes yes to The Night Circus!
ReplyDeleteEven while I was reading it I thought 'this would make a great movie.'
DeleteHaha, Anna and the French Kiss again! I totally need to read that, since I'm seeing it everywhere today!
ReplyDeleteIt is a really fun book.
DeleteThe Night Circus would be so cool
ReplyDeleteIt really would
DeleteAnna and the French Kiss is very popular this week.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of Gaskell's book but I love some of the adaptations of her books that I've seen...so I'm pretty much in on the idea of seeing more of her work being adapted.
The adaptations are great, but the books are fab too.
DeleteI'm nearly halfway thorugh it and it's pretty entertaining so far!
ReplyDeleteGood to know :)
DeleteAmy and Roger's Epic Detour would be adorable to watch! Same thing with Anna and the French Kiss. I have the Lumatere Chronicles on my list so I obviously agree with you on that one. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds ;)
DeleteI'm with you on pretty much all of these - I'm just imagining how epic a Lumatere Chronicles series/movie would be! Next big fantasy film? ;)
ReplyDeleteHow amazing would that be!
DeleteAaaaa the Lumatere Chronicles would be awesome on film! (IF they get the casting right, IF the director does a great job) .... I'd be excited and anxious at the same time. If they botched it I would not be a happy duckling!
ReplyDelete(look at me, getting amped up about something that's not even happening -_-)
I know, it could be terrible. But I think it would be great Game of Thrones style.
DeleteI wasn't a fan of Finnikin of the Rock, but that had more to do with the delivery than the story, I could see it as a TV show or movie.
ReplyDeleteI'd be cool with seeing Mary Barton too. I did North and South at school and it was PAAAAINFUL, BUT, the miniseries was fabulous so it'd be pretty cool to see another one.
Ah, school saps the enjoyment out of so many things!
DeleteI've wanted to see the Lumetere Chronicles as a tv show too! You could make each book it's own season and spend time in the different events and time with the characters and it would be awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe Night Circus is going to be a movie. Summit has the rights but it's still in pre-production. I can't remember if they've got a writer and a producer on it yet.
Another book I'm excited to see as a movie is Shadow and Bone.