-First, BOTH the book and the movie have to be great.  That eliminates such luminaries as Starship Troopers (same, by Heinlein:  GREAT book, but only a good movie.  Underrated, but still only good) and The 13th Warrior (Eaters of the Dead – Crichton: GREAT movie, but the book… not so much.)

-Second, it must be a book, not a short story.  Read:  The Shawshank Redemption (Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, of course) and A Christmas Story (In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash – Jean Shepherd) are out.

-Third, I eliminated the Lord of the Rings trilogy because it’s a trilogy.  Felt like cheating.

As compiled by Jack, not in order (N.B. click on the images to go to the product page at betterworld.com):

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)

The Godfather (Mario Puzo)

Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)

Blade Runner originally “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” (Philip K. Dick)

The Princess Bride (William Goldman)

Field of Dreams (Jerry Blaton)

Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)

Cool Hand Luke (Donn Pearce)

A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)

High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)

Eight Men Out (Eliot Asinof)

The Firm (John Grisham)

Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)

There Will Be Blood (Upton Sinclair)

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