We have read many books of different genres, some of them caught hold of our heart… Some of them caught hold of the film directors’ hearts.
So I am going to write this article in four parts.
This one is part one!
This part is all about some of the books, changed into movies, some of them are totally unknown for us.
I have added the URL link of Wikipedia pages of each subject. Do check it out if you wanna know more !
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Call Me by Your Name is a 2007 novel by American writer André Aciman that centers on a blossoming romantic relationship between an intellectually precocious and curious 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy named Elio Perlman and a visiting 24-year-old American Jewish scholar named Oliver in 1980s Italy. The novel chronicles their summer romance and the 20 years that follow.

Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman. The film is the final installment in Guadagnino’s thematic “Desire” trilogy, after I Am Love (2009), and A Bigger Splash (2015). Set in 1983 in northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old, Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film also stars the French actresses Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois.
A WALK TO REMEMBER.

A Walk to Remember is a novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks, released in October 1999. The novel, set in 1958–1959 in Beaufort, North Carolina, is a story of two teenagers who fall in love with each other despite the disparity of their personalities.

A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American coming-of-age romance film directed by Adam Shankman and written by Karen Janszen, based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1999 novel of the same name. The film stars Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah, and was produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros. Pictures.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled Hope Springs Eternal. It is loosely based on the Leo Tolstoy short story “God Sees the Truth, But Waits”.It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as The Shawshank Redemption, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994, including Best Picture. In 2009, it was adapted for the stage as the play The Shawshank Redemption.

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money-laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the autobiography of Aron Ralston. Published in 2004, the book predominantly recounts Ralston’s experience being trapped in Bluejohn Canyon in the Utah desert and how he was forced to amputate his own right arm with a dull multi-tool in order to free himself after his arm became trapped by a boulder.

127 Hours is a 2010 British biographical survival drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn and Clémence Poésy. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003. It is a British and American venture produced by Everest Entertainment, Film4 Productions, HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films.

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown’s second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code follows “symbologist” Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene.

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown’s 2003 best-selling novel of the same name. The first in the Robert Langdon film series, the film stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany. In the movie, Robert Langdon, a professor of religious symbology from Harvard University, is the prime suspect in the grisly and unusual murder of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière. In the body, the police find a disconcerting cipher and start an investigation. A noted British Grail historian named Sir Leigh Teabing tells them that the actual Holy Grail is explicitly encoded in Leonardo da Vinci’s wall painting, The Last Supper. Also searching for the Grail is a secret cabal within Opus Dei, an actual prelature of the Holy See, who wish to keep the true Grail a secret to prevent the destruction of Christianity.

The Notebook is a 1996 romantic novel by American novelist Nicholas Sparks.This was Nicholas Sparks’ first published novel. It was the third written after The Passing and The Royal Murders, which he did not publish.

The Notebook is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Jeremy Leven from Jan Sardi’s adaptation of the 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the present day by an elderly man (played by James Garner), telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident (played by Gena Rowlands, who is Cassavetes’s mother).

The Time Traveler’s Wife is the debut novel of American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is a 2009 American romantic science fiction drama film based on Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 novel of the same name. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, and Ron Livingston. The story follows Henry DeTamble (Bana), a Chicago librarian with a paranormal genetic disorder that causes him to randomly time travel as he tries to build a romantic relationship with Clare Abshire (McAdams), who would become his wife.
This is part one. Most of us might have seen the movies, not read the books. Some, read the books and have not seen the movies. But I urge you all to do both, because you will love it. They are all amazing!!!
Read. Love. Live.
Great choices!
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Of film directors. I just found them amazing. And during the initial days of this lockdown, I was watching these movies. Felt like doing a post about it…
And wait… This is such part 1. Next will be about some famous books that got changed to movies. And the next about classic books changed to classic movies.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Lovely selection! I just came across your blog, I’m super new to this, but greatly written posts! Looking forward to more of your writing!
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Oh thank you Archana.. I am really liking you. Do expect me to be a permanent visitor of your blog. All the best!!!👍
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Thank you very much aathmana! I really appreciate it! 🙂
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Interesting! 😃
I’v saved this post so that I would sit down and look at every single one of them well.
But thanks for this 🙏
How are you doing?
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Fine.. thanks for asking. What bout you?
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You are welcome 😃
I’m doing wonderfully well, thanks 😊
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I hope you are all positive ✅ today?😃
Say no to negativity ❌
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Hi Aathmana, I really like your blog, as well as you so… I’ve nominated you for the real neat blogger award!!!
https://penableme.wordpress.com/2020/04/17/real-neat-blog-award/
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Oh thank you so much Phoenix dear! I will do the post soon..
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Okayy! Looking forward to it!!!
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Some great films and books there. I’m still not sure which I prefer – the books or the films.
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I would say, read the books before you watch the film. You will get to do both and believe me, it will be an amazing experience.
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Great list! I have read and seen the Nicholas Sparks’ ones and cried a little too much. 😀🙈 I am currently reading this book ‘ The fault in our stars’ by John Green. That’s also made into a movie, and has good ratings too. I think you will like the book. May be, you have already read it. Have you?
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Hey…. Nicholas Sparks is an amazing writer, isn’t he?? But most of his works somehow contains a devastating incident or ending.. my fourth part will be about all his works.
And yeah I had read ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. I read it during my holidays. Within three days, I completed the book because I was obsessed with the whole story… I fell in love with Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace!!! Their love is unique. But my advice is that don’t take the book too close to you,like I did. You will take over weeks to recover (not a spoiler but… ) But it is amazing. You will love it!
If you have read it till chapter two, the I will tell you the lines that i loved the most..
The paragraph starting with ” I FELT This WEIRD MIX OF DISAPPOINTMENT…” To ” IT’S A METAPHOR”
Look at the end of chapter 1.
That was my favourite part!
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Wow. I would check all these out
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Sure do!!!
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