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10 Books adapted to film and TV that deserve to be in your personal library

We all read the books of Twilight, let’s also accept that at least once we leaf through some of the EL James stories on which the franchise of 50 shades of gray and we almost certainly devour Pride and Prejudice more than three times.

But just as there are books that everyone fell in love with, either because they saw it on screen first or because the stories were terrific, there are others that are just as interesting and that are also or will be adapted to film and television. Here are 10 of them. You will love them!

1. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah's Nightingale

Book: It tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II and their struggle to survive as well as resist the German occupation. It was inspired by the story of a Belgian woman named Andrée de Jongh, who helped Allied pilots escape Nazi territory.

Adaptation: Dakota and Elle Fanning to star in film The Nightingale which will be released in December 2022.

2. Behind your eyes by Sarah Pinborough

Behind Your Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

Book: Louise Barnsley is a single mother who works as a secretary. On a special night, she meets David and the connection is immediate. When Louise discovers that David is married, a series of strange and unusual events will lead her to meet his wife, Adele, who will completely change her life.

Adaptation: Simona Brown, Eve Hewson and Tom Bateman star in the series Behind Her Eyes and Netflix.

3. Shadow and bone de Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Book: Alina Starkov, a cartographer and private, discovers that she has the extraordinary power to invoke light, the only element capable of saving her world from a frontier of darkness, known as The Shadow, and that advances unstoppably, threatening to engulf the world. in darkness forever.

Adaptation: Jessie Mei Li, Ben Barnes, Zoë Wanamaker, among others star in the series Shadow and Bone and Netflix.

4. Persépolis by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapis

Book: With a series of comics, illustrations and writings, these graphic memoirs tell the story of Marjane Satrapi during her childhood and early adulthood between Iran and Austria during and after the revolution of Islam.

Adaptation: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Danielle Darrieux provided their voices for the animated film Persepolis of 2017.

5. Normal people by Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney Normal People

Book: Follow the complex friendship and relationship between two teenagers, Connell and Marianne, in the small town of County Sligo, Ireland. For several years, the couple returns and ends repeatedly, modifying, altering and complicating each other’s lives, always with the same intense attraction that they felt from the first moment.

Adaptation: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal star in the series Normal People de BBC Three y Hulu.

6. Mothers sunday de Graham Swift

Graham Swift's Mothers Sunday

Book: Jane Fairchild, an orphan since birth, has worked as a maid in rural England since she was 16 years old. For most of her adulthood she has been the secret lover of Paul Sheringham, the owner and lord of the wealthy estate on the other side of the field.

Adaptation: Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth to star in the film Mothering Sunday in 2022.

7. The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden

The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden

Book: It tells the story of how on March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, was assassinated by an unknown person. A year later, his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was sentenced to 29 years in prison for planning the murder of her husband.

Adaptation: Adam Driver, Lady Gaga and Jared Leto to star in film House of Gucci which will hit theaters on November 24 of this year.

8. Nine perfect strangers de Liane Moriarty

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Book: Nine people gather at the Tranuillum Resort Hotel for a 10-day retreat led by a businesswoman named Masha. As the nine meet and try to take control of their problems, each begins to wonder what is really going on at the mysterious retreat.

Adaptation: Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy and Luke Evans to star in miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers and Hulu.

9. Dune the Frank Herbert

Dune by Frank Herbert

Book: Set in the distant future in an interstellar feudal society in which various noble houses control the minerals of each planet. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family agrees to take over the coveted planet Arrakis.

Adaptation: Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, among others, will star in the film Dune which will premiere on October 1 of this year.

10. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting de Irvine Welsh

Book: A captivating tale of the unusual events that occur during a specific time to a group of Scottish drug addicted friends. Confusion, anger, and misunderstandings are just a small part of everything this group of junkies have to face when they try to leave the vice behind.

Adaptation: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, among others, performed the film Trainspotting 1996.

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