When it comes to books that have been made into movies, do you prefer to read the book before you see the movie, or after?
Everyone has an option on the topic (book first fan, here!) but whatever your preference, you’ll love March’s Reading Resolutions theme, which invites you to read a book that’s been made into a movie, a TV series or even rewritten as another book.
While you’re probably familiar with popular adaptations such as Jurassic Park, It, or The Lord of the Rings, why not give one of these books a try for your March read? Take home the movie to watch before or after, and tell us which you enjoyed most!
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks – In 1950s small-town North Carolina, a popular boy falls for the local preacher’s daughter, who hides a devastating secret. The 2002 film stars Shane West and This Is Us’s Mandy Moore.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen– The story of the Dashwood sisters, one ruled by common sense, the other who lives according to her passions, and the men who love them. The 1995 film stars Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer– A biologist and her team investigate a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to stop the spread of an alien lifeform which threatens the planet. Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez and Oscar Isaac star in the 2018 film adaptation.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas– Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. The 2019 film stars Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall and musician, Common.
From Here To Eternity by James Jones – In 1941 Hawaii, Army Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion boxer. But when he refuses to join the base’s boxing team, he gets “the treatment” that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he risks his career to have an affair with the commanding officer’s wife. The classic 1953 film stars Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand – One of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. When former Olympic runner turned U.S. Air Forces lieutenant Louis Zamperini’s plane crashes in the Pacific, he draws upon his courage and ingenuity to survive alone on a small raft in open water, and later in a Japanese POW camp. Angelina Jolie directed the acclaimed 2015 film
Check out more from our special Reading Resolutions Twice Told Tales collection here