Tag: Book to Film

1932: Laura Ingalls Wilder publishes Little House in the Big Woods…

Virginia Kirkus, inaugural department editor of Harper’s Department of Books for Boys and Girls, launches Laura Ingalls Wilder with the publication of Little House in the Big Woods. More

A Bear Called Paddington

In 1958, an editor at Collins named Barbara Ker Wilson received a manuscript submission about a talking bear, which she opened with “initial suspicion” —as the publisher had received many other proposals featuring humanized animals that “are invariably either whimsy-whamsy, written down, or filled with adult innuendoes.” More

A Soldier’s Tale

Enduring novel that has met with critical acclaim and been reprinted many times since its first release. More

Bridge to Terabithia

Newbery Medal–winning novel; a true modern classic and touchstone of children’s literature. More

Heaven Is for Real

The life-changing story of a boy who experiences Heaven, with 11 million copies sold. More

Jane Eyre

Brontë’s masterpiece of Gothic romance; a milestone title in the history of British feminist literature. More

The Thorn Birds

McCullough’s sweeping family saga of forbidden love in the Australian outback; became a bestselling phenomenon. More

Charlotte’s Web

Considered a classic of children’s literature; a novel of friendship, love, life, and death. More

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More

The Exorcist

The first horror story to reach number one on the New York Times bestseller list. More

The Other Side of Midnight

This suspenseful, glamorous thriller was a genre-busting bestseller from Sheldon, an acclaimed master storyteller. More

From Clerk to Chairman of the Board

One summer day in 1884, Horatio Harper, grandson of founder John Harper, began talking with a bright young boy during his regular steamboat commute from Long Island to Manhattan. More

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Thompson’s highly subjective blend of fact and fiction that popularized what has become known as gonzo journalism. More

Love Story

The romantic tale that defined a generation, sold millions, and inspired a popular film. More

1924: “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins…

“Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie joins the house of Collins, and two years later publishes her seminal Hercule Poirot novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. More

Papillon

A bestselling phenomenon and classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure. More

Where the Wild Things Are

This winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal changed the face of children’s literature. More

Katherine Paterson

I read because I want more than one life, and books give me a limitless number of lives—lives that are different from the one I was born into. More

Katherine Paterson

1971: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist is published…

William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist becomes the first horror story to reach number one on the New York Times bestseller list and helps initiate the modern horror film movement. More

Angela’s Ashes

The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More

Longitude

Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More

Life on Earth

Established Sir David as a foremost naturalist and an iconic and beloved figure in British cultural life. More

The Hobbit

In October 1936, Stanley Unwin, chairman of British publishers George Allen & Unwin (later acquired by HarperCollins), received a children’s book submission. More

Cecelia Ahern

I write because I feel compelled to. More

Cecelia Ahern

The Man from Snowy River

Iconic Australian classic and one of the most famous poems in Australian literature. More

The Shipping News

Highly acclaimed international bestseller; winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More

Empire of the Sun

Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. More