Books that became tv shows

[ceevstee]

I am reading The Stand by Stephen King and The Running Man(Richard Bachman) the name Stephen King wrote The Running Man under. 

[vicogden]

Just Stephen King books made into movies alone would be enough to fill a small DVD library!  (The Shining, Cujo, Carrie, Christine, Children of the Corn, Desperation, Rose Red, Salem's Lot, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Thinner... could go on and on and on!)

[cloudsoup]

the shining, the green mile, and shawshank redemption
are all on my "favorite movie" list. i can't say that i've
ever read a stephen king book, though. for a somewhat
avid reader, i know that's preposterous! i just finished
a book, so maybe i'll pick up something by king soon.

[alaskakaren]

I like alot of books that became movies...but I don't read alot...so I mostly have only seen the movie made from the book.

[mardukblood2009]

The Firm has become a TV show. I have never watched it but I have seen the movie about 50 times.

[brum7814]

They should make the Wheel of Time series into a tv show.  I heard Ender's Game is going to become a movie.  Might be good.

[tin8604]

I love to read and generally enjoy the books more than the show/movies. 

[kay7]

I think Carrie and Jaws were the scariest books I've ever read and then the movies were even scarier!  I still get chills thinking about the end of the movie Carrie and I knew what was coming.  I started reading Jaws in the bathtub and had to get out before finishing the first chapter.

[Gerianne]

I have seen some movies that have been made based on books.
Sometimes, the book is better.
Sometimes, the movie is better.

[queenofnines]

Some of my favorite shows apparently came from books, so I'm all for it! 

[natashaspy]

im an avid reader, but usually the movie ends up falling short for me because they can never give as much detail as the books do

[constance312003]

I have heard lots of people say the movie "help" stayed very close to the book. I did not read the book

[LenoraMinogue]

The movies often use books as a source of inspiration. But not everything translates well to film. One of the best I've seen is Cannery Row, a very underrated film.

[vp44]

I read The Color Purple when I was younger and they also came out with the movie. I did like the movie but I must say I enjoyed the book better.

[Optiwoman]

Most of these listed are movies not TV shows.   Little house on the prairy was a TV show based on a book series, and Walking Dead is a TV show based on a graphic novel.