Best books made into television

Description
List of original novels, short stories, plays or works of non-fiction used as source material for television drama, documentaries, sitcoms, etc.
1
It
by Stephen King
22,096 members
411 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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2
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
12,638 members
265 reviews
4
3 Members
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3
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
4,998 members
109 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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4
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
81,233 members
1,372 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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5
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
13,898 members
232 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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6
The Jewel in the Crown
by Paul Scott
1,522 members
33 reviews
4
2 Members
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7
The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
871 members
17 reviews
4
2 Members
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8
The Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
881 members
15 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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9
A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
802 members
17 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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10
The Stand
by Stephen King
4,631 members
102 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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11
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
16,449 members
295 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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12
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
42,885 members
1,124 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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13
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
19,919 members
376 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Balkan Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
1,113 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
si
Explanations
si: (UK 1987 BBC mini-series-Fortunes of War)
15
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
21,419 members
539 reviews
4.2
Member
ahef1963
16
Roots
by Alex Haley
6,787 members
91 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
17
The Levant Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
673 members
15 reviews
4
Member
si
Explanations
si: (UK 1987 BBC mini-series - Fortunes of War)
18
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
6,108 members
156 reviews
4
Member
si
19
The World of Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse
800 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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20
To Let
by John Galsworthy
491 members
11 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
21
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
13,579 members
655 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
22
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
4,562 members
132 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett
34,994 members
794 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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24
The Invasion
by K. A. Applegate
2,047 members
50 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Citadel
by A. J. Cronin
1,189 members
24 reviews
3.9
Member
si
26
Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End
by Jennifer Worth
789 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
27
House of Cards
by Michael Dobbs
690 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
28
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey
2,003 members
151 reviews
3.9
Member
si
29
Escape to Witch Mountain
by Alexander Key
575 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
30
Hotel du Lac
by Anita Brookner
2,790 members
98 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
si
31
Harvest Home
by Thomas Tryon
1,146 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
32
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
17,831 members
331 reviews
4.2
Member
ahef1963
33
The Ice House
by Minette Walters
1,605 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
si
34
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
3,981 members
220 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
35
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie
4,380 members
74 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
36
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test: Book 1
by Hamish Steele
104 members
8 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
4,382 members
138 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
38
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
9,261 members
183 reviews
3.9
Member
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39
The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite
by Gerard Way
1,893 members
83 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
40
More Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
2,644 members
25 reviews
3.9
Member
si
41
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
7,103 members
406 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
42
The Old Men at the Zoo
by Angus Wilson
183 members
3 reviews
3.1
Member
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43
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
4,024 members
140 reviews
3.9
Member
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44
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,571 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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45
Smiley's People
by John le Carré
4,518 members
66 reviews
4.2
Member
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46
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
5,776 members
108 reviews
4.2
Member
si
47
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carré
8,502 members
232 reviews
4
Member
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48
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
5,121 members
148 reviews
4
Member
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49
War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk
2,738 members
40 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
si
50
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
18,519 members
310 reviews
3.8
Member
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51
The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
3,344 members
55 reviews
4.2
Member
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52
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,704 members
248 reviews
½ 3.7
53
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith
9,922 members
583 reviews
3.8
54
Shōgun
by James Clavell
8,055 members
135 reviews
½ 4.3
55
Normal People
by Sally Rooney
7,008 members
277 reviews
½ 3.7
57
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
6,282 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
58
Murder in the Mews and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
2,497 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
59
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
by James Hilton
2,325 members
51 reviews
3.8
60
Ross Poldark
by Winston Graham
1,673 members
69 reviews
4
61
Us
by David Nicholls
1,476 members
82 reviews
3.8
62
The Killings at Badger's Drift
by Caroline Graham
917 members
38 reviews
3.8
63
The Singapore Grip
by J. G. Farrell
870 members
21 reviews
4
64
The History Man
by Malcolm Bradbury
835 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
65
Ending Up
by Kingsley Amis
281 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
66
The Alamut Ambush
by Anthony Price
144 members
7 reviews
3.9