Here's a list of all the great books to movies coming out in 2013!! I'm stretching the list a bit to include comics (anyone else notice a rise in the interest in superheroes at their library each time a new superhero movie comes out? I notice this a lot, especially in the preschool and tween demographic) and some classics. I'll try to update as other release dates are added.
January
Struck by Lightning-OK, so this one was a movie first, and then a book, but still I'm counting it!-novel inspired by the movie
February
Beautiful Creatures-based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
March
Oz: The Great and Powerful-loosely inspired by the Oz Series by L. Frank Baum
The Host-based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
April
May
Iron Man 3-inspired by the Iron Man comics
The Great Gatsby-based on the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald (not technically YA, but read in many high school English classes)
Epic-loosely inspired by the picture book The Leaf Man and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce
June
Much Ado About Nothing-based on the play by Shakespeare (again, another one that's not technically YA, but a high school English classic)
Man of Steel-inspired by the Superman comics
July
The Wolverine-inspired by the X-Men comics
August
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters-based on the novel by Rick Riordan
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones-based on the novel by Cassandra Clare
September
Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers-loosely inspired by the picture book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
October
The Seventh Son-based on the novel Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
November
Ender's Game-based on the novel by Orson Scott Card
Thor: The Dark World-based on the Thor comics
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire-based on the novel by Suzanne Collins
Frozen-loosely based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
December
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug-based on the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty-based on the story by James Thurber
Saving Mr. Banks-not a book, but instead a movie about a book being turned into a movie. Based on the story of author P.L. Travers and the movie adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins
January
Struck by Lightning-OK, so this one was a movie first, and then a book, but still I'm counting it!-novel inspired by the movie
February
Beautiful Creatures-based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
March
Oz: The Great and Powerful-loosely inspired by the Oz Series by L. Frank Baum
The Host-based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
April
May
Iron Man 3-inspired by the Iron Man comics
The Great Gatsby-based on the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald (not technically YA, but read in many high school English classes)
Epic-loosely inspired by the picture book The Leaf Man and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce
June
Much Ado About Nothing-based on the play by Shakespeare (again, another one that's not technically YA, but a high school English classic)
Man of Steel-inspired by the Superman comics
July
The Wolverine-inspired by the X-Men comics
August
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters-based on the novel by Rick Riordan
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones-based on the novel by Cassandra Clare
September
Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers-loosely inspired by the picture book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
October
The Seventh Son-based on the novel Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
November
Ender's Game-based on the novel by Orson Scott Card
Thor: The Dark World-based on the Thor comics
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire-based on the novel by Suzanne Collins
Frozen-loosely based on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
December
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug-based on the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty-based on the story by James Thurber
Saving Mr. Banks-not a book, but instead a movie about a book being turned into a movie. Based on the story of author P.L. Travers and the movie adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins
Hmm guess I have me some books to read before the movie comes out. Thanks for the list.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot Warm Bodies which comes out this month I believe, it is a book with the same name by Isaac Marion. Maybe it is not considered a YA book though.
ReplyDeleteBrenda-Me too!
ReplyDeleteConnie-I would include Warm Bodies, but the author made a big stink about how his book is not YA and how he doesn't like YA and how YA is just simply written literature. You can read about it here: http://www.readnowsleeplater.com/2012/10/ya-shame-and-stigma.html
Wow, sounds like a lot of great movies are coming out next year! I'm particularly excited for the Great Gatsby. I read it in Jr. High, and recently re-read it to refresh my memory before the movie.
ReplyDeleteCool. Can't wait to watch all the movies based on the books.
ReplyDeleteOh wow glad I did not in fact read his book now.
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