As an avid reader, I sometimes get to the end of a particularly cinematic book and think, “So, when is the movie coming?” I’ve made up plenty a dream cast in my head, only to find out that the movie rights have yet to even been snatched up. Of all the mystery books I’ve read — my favorite genre, naturally — there are a few that stand out as being practically written for the screen. While the book is (almost) always better than the movie, I would still pay cold hard cash to see the following adaptations in theaters. Fair warning that a handful of these did have movies in motion at one point, but those deals appear to be in limbo now.
13 Thrillers That Should Be Movies (If Not Just So We Can Claim the Book Was Better)
