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American novels adapted into films

  • Adventures of Huckleberry FinnIn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck believes he will go to hell and still vows to free Jim.
  • The Sun Also RisesHemingway's mother called The Sun Also Rises one of "the filthiest books of the year." It still became a classic.
  • Mazes and Monsters (novel)In 1985, a psychiatrist held up a fictional character's letter as proof that gamers died.
  • The Great GatsbyFitzgerald considered The Great Gatsby a merely acceptable title and tried to change it a month before publication.
  • Moby-DickMoby-Dick sold poorly and Melville died in 1891 without seeing it celebrated. Its fame came entirely after his death.
  • Carrie (novel)Stephen King threw his first Carrie pages in the trash, and his wife pulled them out.
  • Gone with the Wind (novel)Margaret Mitchell began writing Gone with the Wind to pass time while recovering from a car crash injury.
  • Dune (novel)Dune, Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel, was first printed by a company better known for auto repair manuals. More than twenty publishers had already turned the manuscript down. Chilton Books accepted it in August 1965 and priced…
  • The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane wrote the Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage without ever seeing a battlefield.
  • Cthulhu MythosThe name Cthulhu Mythos did not come from H. P. Lovecraft. His protege August Derleth named the shared horror world.
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?The term Blade Runner never appears in Dick's novel, yet some later printings used it as the title.
  • LolitaLolita is a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, and the girl at its centre is almost never allowed to answer to her own name. She is Dolores Haze, and she is 12 years old when the story begins. The narrator is a French literature professor who…
  • To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 novel by Harper Lee, has sold more than 30 million copies and appeared in more than 40 languages. The editorial team at her publisher had warned her to expect only several thousand buyers. In 2006, British…
  • The Mist (novella)This page is about The Mist, a novella.

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