19 Books You've Gotta Read Before You See the Movie

Stella Grant and Will Newman both have life-threatening illnesses and can’t be in contact with one another. Getting closer than 6 feet could jeopardize their health. But when they soon fall in love, that 6 feet becomes really hard to maintain. Five Feet Apart is a tear-jerker that will give you all the feels.

More: Best Sellers You'll Want to Add to Your Reading List

After her agoraphobic mother, Bernadette, disappears, Bee goes on the hunt to track her down. Fans of the book will be so excited to hear the movie adaptation will star Cate Blanchett (Bernadette), and Kristen Wiig (Audrey).

In the book’s foreword, written by King himself, he states that Pet Sematary, out of all his novels, is the one that scared him the most. Just watching the trailer for the new film adaptation will give you the chills. But there’s no denying that no matter how terrifying this novel is, it’s one of his best.

Nicola Yoon’s YA novel was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times number-one best-seller. Black-ish’s Yara Shahidi and Riverdale’s Charles Melton play the two main leads, Natasha and Daniel, whose story will have you falling in love from the start.

Chapter Two of the horrifying clown movie series is set to hit theaters in the fall of 2019. If you haven’t read this mammoth of a book — arguably one of King’s best — do yourself a favor and read it. The book goes back and forth between the past and present in the lives of the Loser Club.

In the It movie remake — which followed up on the 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry — the story focused on the members of the Loser Club when they were young kids. The 2019 sequel will cover the present-day parts that take place 27 years later.

The Woman in the Window was one of the best books of 2018. Later this year, the screen adaptation, starring Amy Adams, will hit theaters.

The psychological thriller is a page-turner, so there’s no doubt that the Academy Award nominee will bring the story to life in an amazing way.

Having survived a bombing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that killed his mother, Theo Decker is taken in by a rich family friend. In this new, unknown world, he holds onto the thing that reminds him of his mother the most: a painting that brings Theo into the unknown world of art. 

The movie will star Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, and Ansel Elgort.

Tomy Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone was one of the best novels of 2018. Fans are not only excited for the follow-up sequel to be released in June, but also to see this page-turning adventure turned into a live-action film. 

It was recently announced that Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, Brown Sugar) will direct the anticipated blockbuster. 

The Black Hand — the story about the origin of the American mafia — is fast-paced and will make a riveting film. The movie adaptation is set to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, who will be starring in it as well. 

The story follows New York City cop Joe Petrosino — nicknamed the “Italian Sherlock Holmes” — who goes after a gang in the early 1900s. 

Kristin Hannah’s novel was named one of the best books of 2015 by the Wall Street Journal. The Nightingale is about two sisters being torn apart during World War II. It looks like the film is going to have a summer release.

The popular self-help book The Secret is getting the Hollywood treatment. Katie Holmes is set to play a widow with three children who meets a handyman who's a firm believer in The Secret. The book centers around the law of attraction and the power of the universe delivering what we want.

No one's cast yet in the movie adaptation of Jessica Knoll’s debut novel, Luckiest Girl Alive, but Reese Witherspoon is producing it, so we know it’ll be good. 

The book follows Ani Fanelli, who has the perfect life (great job, expensive wardrobe, and hot, rich husband) — except there’s one secret from her past about to surface that could ruin everything.

From the author who brought us Girl on The Train comes another thrilling story. 

After getting a call that her sister’s body has been found in the local river, Jules returns to her hometown — the place she’d promised herself she would never return. She's left to take care of the daughter her sister left behind. DreamWorks purchased the movie rights to Into the Water, but no casting has been announced yet.

Nicole Kidman is set to star in the movie adaptation of this page-turning thriller. Often compared to Gone Girl, it’s a book you won’t be able to put down. Once you finish, you’ll be excited to see it all play out on the big screen.

Elle Fanning and Justice Smith are set to star in the movie adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s teen novel. The two main characters, Finch and Violet, meet on the ledge of the school bell tower. Unclear who saves whom, they both realize their worlds are better with each other in them.

After fleeing her cheating husband in Florida, Portia Kane ends up in Jersey, where she spent her unhappy childhood. On her journey to save herself, she ends up helping her beloved high school English teacher through a traumatic experience.

If you liked Big Little Lies, you’ll love Truly Madly Guilty. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon — who star in HBO’s version of Big Little Lies — are taking on the movie adaption of Moriarty’s hit about a couple attending a disastrous barbecue. 

Two young magicians, Celia and Marco, duel it out during a circus that only performs from night until dawn. The only thing they don’t know is that it’s a competition where only one of them will be left standing.

Legendary Entertainment is the latest studio to try and take a crack at adapting the best-selling self-help book for long-term relationships.