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There is something quite exciting about waiting for a film to be released that is based on a book that you loved. Was the book better? Or was it that rare beast-where the film version was actually better then the book? The following list details the book title, followed by the film title & the year, then the date the double was completed.

1. 'Catch-22,' by Joseph Heller.
'Catch-22' film (1970). Directed by Mike Nichols
27th May, 2015. Completed.

2. 'The Fault in our Stars,' by John Green
'Fault in our Stars' film (2014)
2nd September, 2015. Completed.

3. Exodus account in the Bible, 6th Century BC?
'Exodus: God's and Kings' Film (2014)
7th October, 2015. Completed.

4. 'Atonement,' by Ian McEwen
'Atonement' film (2007)
24th June, 2015. Completed.

5. 'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler
'The Big Sleep' film (1978)
17th March, 2015. Completed.

6. 'Into the Wild,' by Jon Krakauer
'Into the Wild' film (2007)
17th September, 2015. Completed.

7. 'Never let me go,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Never let me go' film (2010)

8. 'Remains of the Day,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
'Remains of the Day' film (1993)
8th September, 2015. Completed.

9. 'Disgrace,' by J. M. Coetzee
'Disgrace' film (2008)
4th August, 2015. Completed.

10. 'Deliverance,' by James Dickey
'Deliverance' film (1972)
22nd September, 2015

11. 'The English Patient,' by Michael Ondaatje
'The English Patient' film (1996)
26th August, 2015.

12. 'Stardust,' by Neil Gaiman
'Stardust' film (2007)
January, 2015. Completed.

13. 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,' by Ken Kesey
'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' film (1975)
10th May, 2015. Completed.

14. 'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy,' by Douglas Adams
'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy' film (2005)
February, 2015. Completed.

15. 'Watchmen,' by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
'Watchmen' film (2009)
15th March, 2015. Completed.

16. 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' by Milan Kundera
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' film (1988)
10th October, 2015 completed.

17. 'Lolita,' by Vladimir Nabokov
'Lolita' film (1997)
27th November 2015 completed.

18. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' by Arthur Conan Doye
The second episode of the second series of the BBC TV show Sherlock (2012)
Completed on Jan 9th, 2016.

19. 'Perfume: The story of a murderer,' by Patrick Suskind.
'Perfume: The story of a murderer' film (2007)
Completed Jan 10th 2016

20. 'The Day of the Triffids,' by John Wyndham.
'The Day of the Triffids' (The complete BBC series, 2010).
Completed Jan 29th, 2016.

21. 'The Prestige,' by Christopher Priest.
'The Prestige' film (2006)
Completed Feb 3rd 2016.

22. 'Do Androids dream of electric sheep,' by Philip K.Dick
'Blade Runner' film (1982)
Completed Feb 7th 2016

23. 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' by Mark Twain
'Huckleberry Finn and His Friends' (1979) TV Series
Completed Feb 14th 2016

24. 'The Princess Bride,' by William Goldman
'The Princess Bride' film (1987)
Completed Feb 22nd, 2016.

25. 'The Reader,' by Bernhard Schlink
'The Reader' film (2008)
Completed Feb 25th, 2016.

26. 'A Month in the Country,' by J.L Carr
'A Month in the Country' film (1987)
Completed on the 29th Feb, 2016.

27. 'The Darling Buds of May,' by H.E Bates
'The Darling Buds of May' (Yorkshire TV series, 1991 ).

29. 'To kill a mockingbird,' by Harper Lee
'To kill a mockingbird' film (1962)
Completed 29th March, 2016

30. 'Schindler's Ark,' by Thomas Keneally
'Schindler's List' film (1993)
Completed 5th April, 2016

31. 'A night to remember,' by Walter Lord
'Titanic' film (1997)
Completed 15th April, 2016

32. 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' by Athur Golden
'Memoirs of a Geisha' film (2005)
Completed 18th May, 2016

33. 'The Last Picture Show' by Larry McMurtry
'The Last Picture Show' film (1971)
Completed 31st May, 2016

34. 'Paths of Glory' by Humphrey Cobb
'Paths of Glory,' film (1957)
Completed 7th June, 2016

35. 'The Luzhin Defence,' by Vladimir Nabokov.
'The Luzhin Defence,' film (2000)
Completed 21st August, 2016.

36. 'Suite Francaise,' by Irène Némirovsky.
'Suite Française,' film (2015)
Completed 21st August, 2016

37. 'Fair stood the wind for France,' by H.E Bates
Fair stood the wind for France (4-part television mini-series, 1980)

38. 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' by Helen Fielding.
'Bridget Jones's Diary,' film (2001)

39. The Grifters by Jim Thompson.
'The Grifters,' film (1990)

40. 'Revolutionary Road,' by Richard Yates.
'Revolutionary Road,' Film (2008)

41. 'The Wind in the Willows,' by Kenneth Graham.
'Wind in the Willows,' film (2006)

42. 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' by Alan Stilltoe.
'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,' film (1962).

43. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' by Susana Clarke
'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' BBC miniseries (2015)

44. 'Dolores Claiborne,' by Stephen King
'Dolores Claiborne,' film (1992)

45. 'Along came a spider,' by James Pattison
'Along came a spider,' film ( 2001)

46. 'Blindness,' by José Saramago
'Blindness,' film (2008)

47. 'Solaris,' by Stanisław Lem.
'Solaris,' film (2002)

48 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' by L. Frank Baum
'The Wizard of Oz,' film (1939)

49/ 'American Psycho,' by Bret Easton Ellis
'American Psycho,' film (2000)

50 'The Giver,' by Lois Lowry
'The Giver,' film (2014)

50 / 50
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