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
25,903 members
464 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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2
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
14,124 members
286 reviews
4
3 Members
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3
Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
5,403 members
113 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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4
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
94,192 members
1,511 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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5
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
15,003 members
254 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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6
The Jewel in the Crown
by Paul Scott
1,635 members
34 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
914 members
17 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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8
The Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
943 members
15 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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9
A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
845 members
17 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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10
The Stand
by Stephen King
5,701 members
123 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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11
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
19,082 members
337 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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12
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
49,914 members
1,202 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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13
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
20,794 members
368 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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14
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
23,525 members
402 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Balkan Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
1,276 members
33 reviews
4.1
Member
si
Explanations
si: (UK 1987 BBC mini-series-Fortunes of War)
16
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
25,547 members
615 reviews
4.2
Member
ahef1963
17
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
7,610 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
18
The Levant Trilogy
by Olivia Manning
757 members
18 reviews
4
Member
si
Explanations
si: (UK 1987 BBC mini-series - Fortunes of War)
19
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
6,532 members
165 reviews
4
Member
si
20
The World of Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse
902 members
9 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
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21
To Let
by John Galsworthy
533 members
12 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
22
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
15,516 members
700 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
23
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,171 members
143 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
24
Good Omens
by Neil Gaiman
39,106 members
875 reviews
4.2
Member
hipdeep
25
The Invasion (Animorphs #1)
by K. A. Applegate
2,461 members
52 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
The Citadel
by A. J. Cronin
1,338 members
27 reviews
3.9
Member
si
27
Farewell to the East End
by Jennifer Worth
946 members
34 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
28
House of Cards
by Michael Dobbs
762 members
14 reviews
3.8
Member
hipdeep
29
Elizabeth is Missing
by Emma Healey
2,228 members
160 reviews
3.8
Member
si
30
Escape to Witch Mountain
by Alexander Key
635 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
31
Hotel du Lac
by Anita Brookner
3,110 members
111 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
si
32
Harvest Home
by Thomas Tryon
1,338 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
The Ice House
by Minette Walters
1,686 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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34
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
4,650 members
238 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
35
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie
5,049 members
87 reviews
3.8
Member
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36
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test: Book 1
by Hamish Steele
156 members
9 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
37
Longitude
by Dava Sobel
9,499 members
191 reviews
3.9
Member
si
38
The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
4,863 members
153 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
39
More Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
2,806 members
28 reviews
3.9
Member
si
40
The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite
by Gerard Way
2,355 members
94 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Old Men at the Zoo
by Angus Wilson
204 members
4 reviews
3.1
Member
si
42
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
8,747 members
448 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
43
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
4,265 members
146 reviews
3.9
Member
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44
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,640 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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45
Smiley's People
by John le Carré
5,050 members
74 reviews
4.2
Member
si
46
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
6,198 members
118 reviews
4.2
Member
si
47
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carré
9,696 members
250 reviews
4
Member
si
48
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
5,544 members
157 reviews
4
Member
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49
War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk
2,992 members
43 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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50
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
21,574 members
358 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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51
The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
3,653 members
59 reviews
4.2
Member
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52
The Alamut Ambush
by Anthony Price
153 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
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53
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
15,025 members
268 reviews
½ 3.7
54
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith
11,479 members
624 reviews
3.8
55
Normal People
by Sally Rooney
10,799 members
365 reviews
½ 3.7
56
Shōgun
by James Clavell
9,257 members
151 reviews
½ 4.3
58
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
6,977 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
59
Murder in the Mews
by Agatha Christie
2,879 members
52 reviews
½ 3.6
60
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
by James Hilton
2,616 members
63 reviews
3.8
61
Ross Poldark
by Winston Graham
1,981 members
72 reviews
4
62
Us
by David Nicholls
1,694 members
88 reviews
3.8
63
The Killings at Badger's Drift
by Caroline Graham
1,027 members
43 reviews
3.8
64
The Singapore Grip
by J. G. Farrell
984 members
24 reviews
3.9
65
The History Man
by Malcolm Bradbury
901 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
66
Ending Up
by Kingsley Amis
330 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6