Best Movies That Were Adapted From Books

Want to read a good book but just don't have the energy? Cheat by watching one of these movies from the American Film Institute's list of Top100 films, all of which were adapted from books.  (NOTE: This list is based on AFI's most current list, which is updated every year, so a year from now this list may change slightly.)

1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
4. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clark
6. The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
7. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, B. Traven
8. Double Indemnity, James Cain
9. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
10. Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
11. Godfather II, Mario Puzo
12. Jaws, Peter Benchley
13. Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
14. Shane, Louis L'Amour
15. Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace
16. Schindler's List, Thomas Keneally
17. Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum
18. The Graduate, Charles Webb
19. Bridge Over the River Kwai, Pierre Boulle
20. Rear Window, Cornell Woolrich
21. Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkein
22. African Queen, C.S. Forrester
23. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee
24. Shawshank Redemption, Steven King
25. In the Heat of the Night, John Ball
26. All the President's Men, Bernstein & Woodward
27. Sophie's Choice, William Styron
28. French Connection, Robin Moore
29. Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Really Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip Dick)