Books to Movies

As I am struggled to finish reading Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter before the movie out June 22, 2012, I thought about all the books I have read in the the past which have been made into movies. I usually believe the books are better than the movie since our imaginations are better than what they project into the movie.
Harry Potter 1-3, The Lord of the Rings, and The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo have been the only movies  that I feel have been just as good as the book. With Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter I feel the movie will be better than the book. There is too much history in the book and not enough vampire hunting. The premise of the book is to get the reader to take a different look at Abraham Lincoln but really all I read was his path to the presidency. Yes the parts of the book which contained the hunting was gruesome and action packed but those instances were few and far between. I will include more of my thoughts on this book when I am done, I am only 68% done with this book, it has almost been a week since I started.
Here is a list of books which I can recall to have read which have been made into movies...are there some you have read that are not on this list which you would recommend? Please feel free to comment and I will make sure to read it. I am always open for suggestions. I will read anything.

A Time to Kill

Along Came a Spider

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Dear John

Harry Potter 1-7

In Cold Blood

Interview with a Vampire

Kiss the Girls

Kite Runner

One for the Money

Pelican Brief

Runaway Jury

Running with Scissors

Something Borrowed

The Chamber

The Client

The Devil Wears Prada

The Firm

The Fountainhead

The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo Series 1-3

The Help
The Hunger Games 1-3

The Last Song

The Lord of the Rings

The Lucky One

The Namesake

The Nanny Diaries

The Notebook

The Pillars of the Earth

The Rainmaker

The Thorn Birds

To Kill a Mockingbird

Twilight 1-4

Water for Elephants

White Oleander

Authors:

John Grisham, Truman Capote, Sophie Kinsella, J.K. Rowling, Ann Rice, Khaled Hosseini, Augusten Burroughs, Emily Griffin, Lauren Weisberger, Ayn Rand, Stieg Larsson, Kathryn Stockett, Suzanne Collins, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jhumpa Lahiri, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, Ken Follett, Colleen McCullough, Harper Lee, Stephenie Meyer, Sara Gruen, Janet Fitch, James Patterson, Janet Evanovich

Judgement in Death

Started 6/13/12
Ended 6/14/12

Book 12

Description:

In an uptown strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive's a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot. Purgatory's a last chance for atonement where everyone is judged. Where your ultimate fate depends on your most intimate sins. And where one cop's hidden secrets are about to plunge innocent souls into vice-ridden damnation.

Witness in Death

Started 6/11/12
Finished 6/13/12

Book 11

Description:

When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime - as both officer and witness to murder...

Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high-profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness - and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle. The only way out is to move fast. Question everyone and everything...and in the meantime, try to tell the difference between the truth - and really good acting.

Loyalty in Death

Started 6/10/12
Ended 6/11/12

Book 10

Description:
New York cop Eve Dallas returns to face her most ingenious foe--a "secret admirer" who taunts her with letters... and kills without mercy.

An unknown bomber is stalking New York City. He is sending Eve Dallas taunting letters promising to wreak mass terror and destruction among the "corrupt masses." And when his cruel web of deceit and destruction threatens those she cares for most, Eve fights back. It's her city ... it's her job... and it's hitting too close to home. Now, in a race against a ticking clock, Eve must make the pieces fit--before the city falls.(less)

Conspiracy in Death

Started 6/8
Ended 6/10

Book 9

Description:

Lt. Eve Dallas and her assistant Delia Peabody, are called to a crime scene by Officer Ellen Bowers, and Officer Troy Trueheart. A homeless man is killed, his heart removed. The man's heart is removed though, with the skill of a surgeon. Dallas and Peabody both know a serial killer is preying on the city sidewalk sleepers, and all of the cities resources, and Eve's billionaire husband Roarke, give her no solid leads, except a free clinic run by a saintly doctor, Dr. Louise Dimatto. Soon though, three are dead, and Eve is running out of time.

Unfortunately for Eve, trouble is also coming from within the police force. Officer Ellen Bowers is deranged, and obsessed with Eve. She obsessively writes a journal about all the terrible things that, she believes, Eve has done. One night, going home to her apartment, still obsessing, Bowers is attacked, and killed.

The blame is quickly placed on Eve, who is stripped of her badge, and goes into a deep depression. Only her husband Roarke can bring her back, and help her figure out why four people are dead, and the terrible jealousy that motivated these murders.

Midnight in Death (novella)

Started 6/7
Ended 6/8

Book 7.5

This is a novella in between the In Death series. It was only 96 pages...I don't think I should include it in my challenge. I had to read it since it is part of the series.

Description:

Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice.  It's for putting a serial killer behind bars.  Now the escaped madman has her in his sights.  With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance—or die trying...

Holiday in Death

Started 6/6
Ended 6/7

Book 8

Description:

No one likes to be alone during the holidays. For New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: all of the victims have been traced to Personally Yours. As the murders continue, Eve enters into an elite world of people searching for their one true love--and a killer searching for his next victim. A world where the power of love leads men and women into the ultimate act of betrayal...