I was recently gifted a book of Howls Moving Castle (one of my favourite animated films) – I didn't realise it was a book first!
Would love to read more books made famous (or more famous) by their films – usually it's the other way around.
by childofkatebush
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I had no idea that the Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald!
Oh Kiki’s delivery service is a book too- it’s on my TBR list
Mrs Doubtfire
Big Trouble is a 2002 comedy. I began watching it and could guess everything happening based on my memory of the story. It is a Dave Barry book. A don’t care to watch movies after reading the book.
A lot of people don’t realise that The Shawshank redemption and The Green mile are both based on Stephen King stories.
FYI, the book of Howl is very different but, in my opinion, absolutely terrific.
Mary Poppins was one of those “whoa, that was a book?!” ones for me – but I couldn’t get through the book sadly.
Back when I was in college in the mid 2000’s, I saw the 1998 Liam Neeson version of *Les Mis*.
Get all the way to the end and I’m just like, “Uh…I thought this was a musical?”
Had no idea both the musical and the movie were based off a novel, lol. I have since read the book and love it.
Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
This is a weird case because the author eventually wrote a sequel that ignores the book and follows the movie instead.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I loved the book, and while I’m happy there’s a film adaptation, it’s not how I pictured things
Nanny McPhee. Excellent movie! I went back and read the books later. They were written in the 1960s and 1970s and are actually called “Nurse Matilda.”
*Mary Poppins* and *How to Train Your Dragon*
Fight Club
The Princess Bride. it’s one of my favorite books now, but when I first saw the movie, I had no idea it was a book.
Not a film but You. When I saw that today I got jumpscared.
I didn’t know The Handmaiden was inspired by Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Big Stone Gap, featuring a star-studded cast, including Ashley Judd and Whoopi Goldberg. The film and book are different enough that I could enjoy them both without feeling bored by repetition. Then I devoured the rest of the series.
A Man Called Ove, saw it years ago and saw the book recommended on this sub a couple months ago. Just finished reading it a couple weeks ago.
11/22/63 – had no effin clue it was a story by Stephen King before I watched the mini series. I had to read it afterwards.