Loved the movie or the show? The book has more.
Find the book behind any movie or series, see what the author wrote that never reached the screen, and know where to start.
Sagas in reading order
See all sagas →- Wool
- Shift
- Dust
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Prince Caspian
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- +4 more
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- +4 more
- The Hunger Games
- Catching Fire
- Mockingjay
- +2 more
- Dune
- Dune Messiah
- Children of Dune
- +3 more
- The Hobbit
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- +1 more
- A Game of Thrones
- A Clash of Kings
- A Storm of Swords
- +2 more
- The Lightning Thief
- The Sea of Monsters
- The Titan's Curse
- +2 more
- The Eye of the World
- The Great Hunt
- The Dragon Reborn
- +11 more
- The Last Wish
- Sword of Destiny
- Blood of Elves
- +4 more
What the screen left out
Silo
Wool began as a series of short stories, and the book follows several characters before Juliette takes over.
What the books add →The Chronicles of Narnia
The narrator's asides to the reader, and the Christian allegory that runs through every book.
What the books add →Harry Potter
Peeves, S.P.E.W., a bigger role for Dobby and much more of Hogwarts life. The later books are long, and the movies cut a lot.
What the books add →The Hunger Games
Katniss tells the story in first person, so the books stay inside her head: her doubts, her anger and what she hides from the cameras.
What the books add →Dune
Paul's inner thoughts, the politics of the Landsraad and the Spacing Guild, and the appendices on ecology and religion.
What the books add →The Lord of the Rings
Tom Bombadil and the Barrow-downs, the songs and poems, and the long history in the appendices.
What the books add →A Song of Ice and Fire
Many more point-of-view characters, prophecies and whole storylines the series cut.
What the books add →Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy's funny first-person voice and the whole cast of Camp Half-Blood.
What the books add →The Wheel of Time
Hundreds of characters, the Aiel, the Seanchan and a magic system the series can only sketch.
What the books add →The Witcher
Sapkowski's irony and long conversations, and stories the series skipped or changed.
What the books add →