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That's true! Thinking about it, TV series seem to turn out better than film these days, particularly with increased budget for television, and also if the writers are committed to keeping in the subplots and attitude that made the book so enjoyable. In a single movie per book (or books), a lot of detail gets cut and it always seems to winds up watered down and generic. So who knows?
Though... fair enough, remain wary, and if it's good then that's a pleasant surprise. If it's bad, then you can at least enjoy being proven right. It's win-win.

The Invisible Man I single out partly because it seems to be a particular favourite for films, though, with War of the Worlds possibly on par with it. By now the ideas of invisibility and alien invasion are pretty common tropes, which is the main reason I find it so weird that there are still adaptations that insist that they're adaptations when they have nothing in common. Just make your generic invisible psychopath horror film! It's okay! You don't have to tie it to Wells just because you named the main character Griffin.
Oh well. Not that it matters much either way. And there's still the 1933 film that more keeps in the spirit!
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War of the Worlds to me is still the radio-show that scared the life out of everyone in the US, not that I know anything of that first hand. Which was magical for people could and did make their' own horror-show out of it.

The Invisible man was a good film, didn't make my own personal top 10, but could be a close contender. But let's not talk about films in a book section!
 
The Second Coming of Gluttony by Ro Yu-jin
(Or well, fan translations as it is an ongoing Korean LN(?) series. Very slow starting out, but once it gets past the 'Tutorial,' stage and into 'Paradise,' stage, things start picking up.)
 
The dictator's last night (no, this is not a porn), Yasmina Khadra. Just as incorrect and disturbing as you imagine !
 
The Strongest Gene by -90. It is another Chinese web novel, though I am reading the fan translated version of it from a Wuxia site. Read up to already 200 chapters in it so far, and nothing has yet gotten stagnant or stuttering as I found with few other various translated works I read from time to time. Has quite the engaging story, basically the premise was the MC being unlucky all his life due to another source and eventually ends up being transmigrated to another world after fatal incident. The twist here is it is a different world where people use various genes to improve themselves and the MC ends up with an unique ability as well/cheat mechanic of a 'luck' stat that he can wield and drain, though the usage is also limited and takes time to recover. Of course he transmigrated into another version of himself that also happen to meet a fatal incident and took over that pitiful life.

Suppose you can view it as your classic from 'trash,' to 'outstanding,' person. Which is usually a common trend in lot of Xuahaun/Wuxia and other stories that often involve rebirth, reincarnation, or something other similar.

Though the best I believe is mainly MC is portrayed as bit humorous and mature/knowledgeable in the story. Yea, he sometimes does 'dumb,' stuff, but the dumb stuff he does reflects to not intentionally but the fact he may not be aware other means at the time to handle something. He is mostly written very intelligent in dealing with most people whether allies or enemies.
 
James Bond in For Your Eyes Only, I am working my way through all 40 Bond novels.

For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories featuring the world's greatest spy.
 
A phenomenal book about a young Benito Mussolini. Nearly 850 pages (first part of an eventual trilogy. And contrary to all other books about Mussolini, this one is a novel. Fiction.

M. Il figlio del secolo by Antonio Scuratie (in the Dutch translation M. De zoon van de eeuw)
 
I'm currently going through Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill. I've enjoyed the dude as a podcaster and screenwriter, so I was excited to give his novels a shot. I'm halfway through and I'm in love with the world he's created.
 
I'm trying to re-read some older titles and chronicle everything on Goodreads.com and make an actual list and it's going very slowly at the moment.
 
Andrzej Sapkowski's Baptism of Fire, third installment (not counting The Last Wish) in the Witcher series.
Slow going, really. Around page 60 at the moment.
 
Starting to reread my Berserk volumes to prepare myself to finally finish the series in full once I get every volume
 
The Carnalli Complex by Pas Shen -- older brothers trying to top the youngest brother
It's a well-written book that started off as a free literature on the web. Highly recommend it if you like rich siblings coddling the youngest sibling.
 
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