Read the Book First? - A movie reading challenge - hosted by nerdsbianhokie

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Read a book with a non-American adaptation
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The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

The Devotion of Suspect X

Detective Galileo #3

Keigo Higashino

440 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omens

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

414 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

249 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

332 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 01: Time for Assassination by Yūsei Matsui

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 01: Time for Assassination

暗殺教室 / Assassination Classroom #1

Yūsei Matsui

192 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction manga science fiction adventurous funny medium-paced
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In #1

John Ajvide Lindqvist

521 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Madame Bovary: Sitten in der Provinz : Roman by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary: Sitten in der Provinz : Roman

Gustave Flaubert

510 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

10 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
In a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

In a Glass Darkly

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

384 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

268 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced