Okay, so I’m feeling like its been a CRAZY long time since I made a list around here, and since lists are what I enjoy even more than marshmallows…
I’ve got a list for you.
Books that should be made into movies,
in my humble opinion:
1) The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty: Jazz age flavor, a bit of mystery, the spunk of Louise Brooks, complex and interesting characters, prohibition, and all of this juxtaposed against a small town in Kansas.
Louise Brooks
2) Rules of Civility by Amor Towles: The glamour, the clink of the glasses, the tragedy, the diamonds, and the squeaky upper crust and tennis whites. And the city.
3) History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason: From Amsterdam to Cape Town, a cruise liner and horseback riding in the country, an opulent mansion and a portrayal of a very sick young boy… oh, and can I also get a sequel while we’re at it?
4) Signed, Mata Hari by Yannick Murphy: because already, when I was reading it, I felt like I was watching a better version of South Pacific, and then after all that… they moved onto Europe and a French prison…such beautiful writing deserves to be shown on in high def.
Margaretha Gelle/ Mata Hari
5) Netherland by Joseph O’Neill: The grime, the weightiness. The cricket games and the colorful characters.
***and a bonus 6) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: I think we all want this, and I think we might be in luck, as I’ve heard whispers of a movie being made soon…
honorable mentions: 7) Motherland by Amy Sohn, 8) Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner, 9) Four Kitchens by Laura Shockey, and 10) Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Next time: Books that have had beautiful movies made out of them, and then… inevitably… books that have been ruined by the movies made out of them.
What books are you dying to see made into a movie? What good books have you read lately?
Meri
Oooh I would like to see Shanghai girls as a movie. Ive read nearly everything by Lisa See and loved it. Also want Beautiful Ruins which I just finished turned into s movie and The Language of Flowers. So many good ones and would like to ramble on buf this message is sent from my kindle… I’m not good at typing one fingered!
I’ll have to check out your goodreads for some recommendations!
Thank you for helping me update my library list.
[Loved Vaclav + Lena!]
Any recommendations of your own?
I’m off to read the books. Think I’ll start with The Chaperone or maybe Shanghai Girl so I’m ready for the movie. ¸.•´.•´¨) ¸.•¨)
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Yes I think you would love them, especially Shanghai Girls! There are also sequels to that one.
I’d love to see The Chaperone be made into a movie. I’m glad you got a choice to read it. Definitely not great literature, but an entertaining read for sure. I actually haven’t read any of the other books on this list. I think I better remedy that!
I wonder who would play Cora, or Louise?
Namesake. I loved that one and always envisioned what the characters looked like.
Lovely post! So thorough and thought provoking.
Have you seen the film adaptation? I was so excited but didn’t really like the movie version.
I’d love to see Little Bee made into a movie.
Also, The Bone People.
More to add to my reading list- thanks
I’d love to see Rules of Civility made into a movie–it was a great read. Right now I’m finishing the Taliban Cricket Club and think that would be interesting as a movie. The Postmistress would be good, The Tortilla Curtain, and yes, Libby, The Language of Flowers would be excellent. I can’t remember books very long after I read them if I don’t have a hard or paper copy to remind me so unfortunately that’s all I have for now folks. Great reading list Meres, thanks!
Thank you- I will add them to my goodreads! Any of those that you have a copy of pass along my way!
I haven’t read any of these books! I need to change that. I did get The Rules Of Civility on Kindle when it was on sale though! There are so many books I would like to see made into movies, but I feel like that is all that Hollywood is doing right now, so in the same breath I think that Hollywood needs to come up with some new creative scrips as well.
Oooo, You need to read ROUGE by Leigh Taylor Moore!
You should read rules of civility- its great! thanks for the recommendation of Rouge!
Gone Girl would be such an awesome movie! Hopefully they will not F it up
I know, but that almost never is the case sadly
Gone Girl is definitely going to be a movie! I can’t wait.
I wonder who will play Amy? and Nick?
Shanghai girls would be nice.. I wish they would remake Dune into a movie again because the first Dune movie doesn’t do it justice! I do love Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Paltrow dispite others not liking it… it won me over with the visual
I liked the visual aspect of great expectations (and the movie, in general), as well! In high school we had to watch the older version also and it was dullsville in comparison!
added most of these to my “to read” list, thanks