There's a special thrill that comes from reading books before they're made into motion pictures, and if you're like us, you especially love comparing a novel to its movie counterpart. That's why we've compiled over 95 titles that are soon to be films, such as Frank Herbert's Dune — which will star Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and more in the film adaptation — and Mark Greaney's The Gray Man — which will star Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling. And, of course, we're including the highly anticipated film versions of A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window and Anna Todd's After We Collided. Keep reading to see every book you need to add to your shelf before its movie transformation!
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1. After We Collided by Anna Todd
What it's about: Tessa Young and Hardin Scott's tumultuous love story continues, and things get even more complicated when Tessa's new coworker is thrown into the mix.
Who's starring: Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, and Dylan Sprouse
What it's about: A driven high school newspaper editor finds himself falling in love for the very first time with the new girl in school who is also on the newspaper staff.
What it's about: A young boy named Ben helps a silver dragon named Firegaye find his family and a new home in a mythical part of the Himalayas known as the Rim of Heaven.
Who's starring: Felicity Jones, Freddie Highmore, and Patrick Stewart
The Cast of I Know What You Did Last Summer Play a Scary Game of Would You Rather
5. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
What it's about: An agoraphobic developmental psychologist accidentally witnesses a crime while spying on new neighbors, and she must decide whether or not to tell the police about what she saw.
Who's starring:Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Brian Tyree Henry, Wyatt Russell, and Anthony Mackie
What it's about: An abused baby elephant is taken in by a gorilla, a dog, and an aging elephant who live in a cage at a mall. Together, along with the janitor's daughter, they embark on a new journey of love and friendship.
Who's starring: Sam Rockwell, Angelina Jolie, and Bryan Cranston
What it's about: A former Navy SEAL-turned-CIA operative sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by finding the Baltimore drug lord who killed her.
Who's starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, and Jodie Turner-Smith
What it's about: When a young boy discovers a secret meeting of witches while staying with his grandmother at a hotel, the witches turn him into a mouse.
What it's about: A Yale Law School graduate returns to his poor hometown in the Midwest to reflect on his Appalachian upbringing, the opioid crisis, the white working class, and how he managed to escape from it all.
Who's starring: Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Amy Adams, and Glenn Close.
What it's about: A cast of strangers in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia attempt to carry on post-World War II, despite the many ways the war has affected their lives.
What it's about: A young boy named Paul Atreides develops special powers and becomes the leader of a planet called Arrakis, which he must protect from intruders.
What it's about: In the first novel of the Chaos Walking series, Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade, two teens living on an Earth-like planet are affected by a plague called "The Noise," but discover a way to control it. The film will be titled Chaos Walking.
What it's about: In Jandy Nelson's tear-jerking novel, 17-year-old Lennie deals with the fallout around her after her older sister passes away from a heart attack.
What it's about: This young adult sci-fi tale is the first book in a trilogy about Kady and Ezra, two former love interests whose planet is invaded in the year 2575. Breakup stress and intergalactic warfare abound.
Who's starring: No one has been cast yet, but Brad Pitt is producing the film.
What it's about: Set during the Prohibition era, private detective Nick Charles gives up on his career when he marries a wealthy socialite. The plot thickens when he gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Who's starring:Johnny Depp will take on a remake of the film based on the novel.
What it's about: This true story recounts the ordeal of WWII's 10th mountain division ski troops, who trained in the snowy mountains so they could take on snowy conditions in the war.
Who's starring:Robert Redford will produce the film, which has not been cast yet.
What it's about: Despite the fact that she knows nothing about sports, the author is sent to cover the World Cup — and ends up writing about major sports events, which affects both her work and her personal life.
Who's starring: The film adaptation, Depth of Field, will star Reese Witherspoon.
What it's about: In the May 2017 novel from the writer of The Girl on the Train, the body of a woman and that of a teenage girl are found at the bottom of the same river in a small town.
Who's starring: The novel was optioned in February 2017 by Dreamworks, but no one has been cast yet.
What it's about: The author of the Lemony Snicket series, Daniel Handler, takes on high school romance in this chronicle of the relationship between bookish Min and Ed, the popular captain of the basketball team. If you can't guess, they broke up.
40. Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
What it's about: This historical account tells the true story of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the highest-ranking person of color to serve in a European army, and also the father of the Count of Monte Cristo's author.
Who's starring: It hasn't been cast yet, but True Detective's Cary Fukunaga is directing and John Legend is producing.
What it's about: The historical drama tells the story of an Englishman, Stephen, and an older married Frenchwoman, Isabelle. After their affair, Stephen can't help but hold onto the romance while he serves in WWI.
What it's about: Former self-described AFC (average frustrated chump) Neil Strauss got fed up with being a mediocre dater and infiltrated an underground society of pick-up gurus. The book is part memoir, part how-to guide.
Who's starring:James Franco will both produce and star in the film as pick-up artist Mystery.
What it's about: It's the true story of Billy Milligan, the first defendant in the US law system to use multiple personality disorder as a defense. The adaptation will be titled The Crowded Room.
Who's starring:Leonardo DiCaprio will produce and possibly star as Milligan.
47. The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll
What it's about: A New Year's Eve party in a 1950s Australian suburb gets messy when the revelers are confronted with buried secrets. The film version will be called Violet Town.
What it's about: In the 1960s, single Kitty owns a bookshop but dreams of a life where she's married with children — and she starts to blur the lines between reality and fantasy.
What it's about: A woman dealing with the breakup of her marriage heads back to her hometown to clear the name of a former teacher. The film is being adapted by writer Mike White (School of Rock).
What it's about: A suburban couple attend a disastrous barbecue in this mystery.
Who's starring:Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon (who both star in another Moriarty adaptation, Big Little Lies) will produce the adaptation, though there is no news yet on whether either actress will star.
What it's about: Marshall's memoir tells the story of his return home as a 20-something to help take care of his mother and father, diagnosed with cancer and ALS, respectively.
Who's starring: Miles Teller will star and produce and Jonathan Levine is directing.
What it's about: This high school reading classic explores a dystopian society in which a totalitarian government, AKA Big Brother, lords over the nation.
Who's starring: No one has been cast yet, but Paul Greengrass is directing.
What it's about: It's the true story of Ashley, a woman who spent nine years in the foster care system, moving between nine homes and struggling to find herself in a difficult, abusive world.
What it's about: This nonfiction story follows William Dodd, the US ambassador to Berlin in 1933. His socialite daughter Martha had romantic affairs with a Gestapo official and a Soviet spy, creating a mounting brutality around them.
Who's starring:Tom Hanks will produce and star in the film, while The Artist's Michel Hazanavicius will direct.
What it's about: Spanning decades, the book kicks off in 1962 on the Italian coast, following the ups and downs of a love affair that ends in Hollywood years later.
Who's starring: Imogen Poots will play Dee Moray, and Sam Mendes will produce and potentially direct the film adaptation.
What it's about: This YA novel depicts a world where two different kinds of people exist — the privileged few with superhuman abilities, and underprivileged with no abilities — and a young woman, Mare, who infiltrates the other side.
What it's about: A journalist examines extreme runners to figure out how the Tarahumara Indians were able to run for miles — and often barefoot — without injury.
What it's about: Called a "feminist fairy tale," the story follows a princess who has to save her prince from a dragon while clad in the titular paper bag.
Who's starring: While Elizabeth Banks and Margot Robbie are both producing, Robbie is the only one of them who may star.
What it's about: The follow-up to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, this Hercule Poirot mystery has the famous detective investigating a murder on the Egyptian river.
Who's starring: Kenneth Branagh will likely reprise his role as Poirot and direct as well.
75. Junius and Albert’s Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey by Peter Carlson
What it's about: Junius Henri Browne and Albert Deane Richardson, two journalists from the North, are imprisoned in several Confederate prisons over two years during the Civil War.
Who's starring: There's no cast yet, but Tobey Maguire is producing.
What it's about: Writer Nora attends the bachelorette party of a friend she hasn't seen in 10 years, and on the weekend away, things go from drinks and fun to heart-pounding mystery.
Who's starring: No one has been cast yet, but Reese Witherspoon is producing.
What it's about: The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the life of Ignatius J. Reilly, a quirky slob who lives at home with his mother in New Orleans's famous French Quarter.
Who's starring:Zach Galifianakis will reportedly star as Ignatius, with James Bobin directing.
What it's about: The 19th-century novel — written as satire — tells the story of a young chambermaid who works for wealthy upper-class French families.
Who's starring:Marion Cotillard was in negotiations to star, but she dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. There haven't been any official casting announcements.
What it's about: The unbelievable true story of Daniel Burnham, the architect responsible for the construction of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, a serial killer who used the fair to lure victims to his own "World's Fair Hotel" — and to their deaths.
What it's about: An Indian family and an American family find themselves connected by an adopted child, who returns to India to learn more about her heritage.
Who's starring: There's no casting news yet, but Deepa Mehta is set to direct the big-screen adaptation.
91. One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
What it's about: When Drew finds out he'll need a life-saving heart surgery, he decides not to have the operation, choosing instead to live in the moment and reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Who's starring: There hasn't been any casting news yet, but Mike Nichols is set to direct the film.
What it's about: The true story follows three WWII pilots who are captured and put in a POW prison in Germany — and who, as the title suggests, escape from it.
Who's starring: There's no cast yet, but Room director Lenny Abrahamson will direct the adaptation.
What it's about: The autobiography of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who was the product of an illegal interracial marriage in South Africa under apartheid, where his mother was subsequently jailed because of her "crime."
Who's starring: Lupita Nyong'o will executive produce and star as Noah's mother, Patricia.