Your guide to past, present and future books-to-film adaptations

"A Wrinkle in Time" hits theaters this month. It's one of several books being turned into a movie this year. So what are the must-see stories that have made it to the big screen? What should you see in 2018? And what should you skip?

5 Amazing book-to-film adaptations:

• "The Color Purple"

• "Children of Men"

• "The Handmaid's Tale"

• "Little Women"

• "Call Me By Your Name"

Skip the book, just see the movie:

• "Jaws"

Films you didn't know were books:

• "Night of the hunter"

• "The English Patient"

• "The Godfather"

• "True Grit"

Top 2018 Books to film:

• "Ready Player One"

• "Farenheit 451"

• "A Wrinkle in Time"

• "The Looming Tower"

Advice for watching books made into films:

• "I always try to view them as separate entities because I think they're two different mediums. You should view and criticize one differently than you do the other." — Matt Keliher

• "I think science fiction lends itself well [to film]. We love to come in to a movie to see a spectacle. So science fiction books lend themselves well to that." — Peter Schilling

Guests:

• Lily Percy Ruiz — Executive Producer of On Being

• Matt Keliher — Manager of Subtext Books

• Peter Schilling — Publicity and Outreach Coordinator for Minneapolis and St. Paul Film Society

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