List of fiction works made into feature films (0–9, A–C)

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This is a list of fiction works that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.

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Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
The A.B.C. Murders (1936), Agatha Christie The Alphabet Murders (1966)
The A.B.C. Murders (1992) (TV)
À ton image (1998), Louise L. Lambrichs À ton image (2004)
De Aanslag (The Assault) (1982), Harry Mulisch The Assault (1986)
About a Boy (1998), Nick Hornby About a Boy (2002)
About Schmidt (1996), Louis Begley About Schmidt (2002)
Absolute Power (1996), David Baldacci Absolute Power (1997)
The Accidental Tourist (1985), Anne Tyler The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Across 110th (1970), Wally Ferris Across 110th Street (1972)
Adam Resurrected (Man, Son of a Dog) (1971), Yoram Kaniuk Adam Resurrected (2009)
Adams Fall (2000), Sean Desmond Abandon (2002)
Addie Pray (1971), Joe David Brown Paper Moon (1973)
Adiliya by the River (1999), Jin Renshun Green Tea (2003)
Adolphe (1816), Benjamin Constant Adolphe (2002)
Adventure (1911), Jack London Adventure (1925)
(1966), Harold Robbins The Adventurers (1970)
The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste) (1996–present) (series), Arturo Pérez-Reverte Alatriste (2006)
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), James Justinian Morier The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Mark Twain Huck and Tom (1918)
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Huckleberry Finn (1931)
(1937)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955) (TV)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Huckleberry Finn (1974)
Hopelessly Lost (1972)
Huckleberry Finn (1975) (TV)
(1981) (TV)
(1985)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Tom and Huck (1995)
Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue (2008)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Pinocchio (1936) (Unfinished, considered a lost film)
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1957) (TV)
The Adventures of Buratino (1959)
Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
Pinocchio (1968) (TV)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
The Adventures of Buratino (1975)
(1976) (TV)
(1984)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
964 Pinocchio (1991)
Pinocchio (1992)
Pinocchio's Revenge (1996)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Geppetto (2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
A Tree of Palme (2002)
Pinocchio (2002)
Pinocchio 3000 (2004)
Pinocchio (2008)
Pistachio – The Little Boy That Woodn't (2010)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892) (series), (1892) (novel), Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
(1921)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979–1986) (series)
Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006/5)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Mark Twain Tom Sawyer (1907)
Tom Sawyer (1917)
* Huck and Tom (1918)
Tom Sawyer (1930)
* Huckleberry Finn (1931)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
(1936)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
* Huckleberry Finn (1974)
(1973) (TV)
* Huckleberry Finn (1975) (TV)
(1984)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV)
Tom and Huck (1995)
Tom Sawyer (2000)
Advise and Consent (1959), Allen Drury Advise & Consent (1962)
Aelita (1923) (a. k. a. Aelita or, The Decline of Mars), Alexei Tolstoy Aelita (1924)
The African Queen (1935), C. S. Forester The African Queen (1951)
(2017), Anna Todd After (2019)
After Dark, My Sweet (1955), Jim Thompson After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
After Hours (1979), Edwin Torres Carlito's Way (1993)
After the Funeral (1953), Agatha Christie Murder at the Gallop (1963)
The Age of Innocence (1921), Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence (1924)
The Age of Innocence (1928)
The Age of Innocence (1934)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), Irving Stone The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine) (1999), Heikki Hietamies Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine) (2005) (a. k. a. Den bästa av mödrar (Swedish))
Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959), Françoise Sagan Goodbye Again (1961)
Jahan Tum Le Chalo (1999)
Air America (1985), Christopher Robbins Air America (1990)
Airborn (2004), Kenneth Oppel Airborn (2012)
Airport (1968), Arthur Hailey Airport (1970)
* Airport 1975 (1975)
** Airport '77 (1977)
*** The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Alice Adams (1921), Booth Tarkington Alice Adams (1923)
Alice Adams (1935)
Allan Quatermain (1887), Sir H. Rider Haggard Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
All Fall Down (1960), James Leo Herlihy All Fall Down (1962)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1919), Ben Ames Williams All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
Across to Singapore (1928)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
All the King's Men (1946), Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (2006)
All the Pretty Horses (1992), Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses (2000)
All the Rivers Run (1958), Nancy Cato All the Rivers Run (1983–1990) (mini)
All the Way (2001), Andy Behrens Sex Drive (2008)
All You Need Is Kill (2009), Hiroshi Sakurazaka Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Almayer's Folly (1895), Joseph Conrad Hanyut (2011)
Almayer's Folly (2011)
Along Came a Spider (1993), James Patterson Along Came a Spider (2001)
Altered States (1978), Paddy Chayefsky Altered States (1980)
Always Another Dawn (1948), Zelma Roberts Always Another Dawn (1948)
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1987), Walter Mosley Always Outnumbered (1998) (TV)
El Amante Bilingüe (The Bilingual Lover) (1990), Juan Marsé El Amante Bilingüe (1993)
El Amateur (The Amateur) (1990), Mauricio Dayub El Amateur (1999)
An American Dream (1965), Norman Mailer An American Dream (1966)
American Knees (1995), Shawn Wong Americanese (2006)
American Psycho (1991), Bret Easton Ellis American Psycho (2000)
* American Psycho 2: All-American Girl (2002) (V)
American Splendor (1976–2008), Harvey Pekar American Splendor (2003)
An American Tragedy (1925), Theodore Dreiser A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Americanization of Emily (1959), William Bradford Huie The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Amerika (1927), Franz Kafka Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations) (1984)
Intervista (1987)
Amerika (1994)
Les amitiés particulières (This Special Friendship) (1943), Roger Peyrefitte Les amitiés particulières (1964)
The Amityville Horror (1977), Jay Anson The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
El Amor infiel (The Unfaithful Love) (1970), Mario David El Amor infiel (1974)
Amos Judd (1895), John Ames Mitchell The Young Rajah (1922)
Amu (2005), Shonali Bose Amu (2005)
La Anam (Sleepless) (1969), Ihsan Abdel Quddous La Anam (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1958), John D. Voelker (as Robert Traver) Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
And Now Tomorrow (1942), Rachel Field And Now Tomorrow (1944)
And Then There Were None (1939), Agatha Christie And Then There Were None (1945)
Ten Little Indians (1959) (TV)
Gumnaam (1965)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Zehn kleine Negerlein (1969) (TV)
And Then There Were None (1974)
Desyat Negrityat (1987)
Ten Little Indians (1989)
Identity (2003)
(1969), Lawrence Sanders The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale (1957), Ivan Yefremov The Andromeda Nebula (1967)
The Andromeda Strain (1969), Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Andromeda Strain (2008) (TV)
Angel (1957), Elizabeth Taylor Angel (2007)
Angel Square (1987), Brian Doyle Angel Square (1990)
Angélique (1957–2012) (series), Anne Golon and Serge Golon Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964)
* Marvelous Angelique (1965)
** Angelique and the King (1966)
*** Untamable Angelique (1967)
**** Angelique and the Sultan (1968)
Angels & Demons (2000), Dan Brown Angels & Demons (2009)
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956), Angus Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1992)
The Angry Hills (1955), Leon Uris The Angry Hills (1959)
Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty) (1970), Peter Handke The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972)
(A Sentient Animal) (1967), Robert Merle The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Animal Farm (1945), George Orwell Animal Farm (1954)
Animal Farm (1999) (TV)
Anna and the King of Siam (1944), Margaret Landon Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
The King and I (1956)
The King and I (1999)
Anna and the King (1999)
Anna Karenina (1873–1887) (serial), (1888) (novel), Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina (1914)
Anna Karenina (1915)
Love (1927)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Nahr al-Hob (River of Love) (1960)
Anna Karenina (1967)
(1974)
Anna Karenina (1985)
Anna Karenina (1997)
(2005)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Anna to the Infinite Power (1979), Mildred Ames Anna to the Infinite Power (1983)
Anne of Avonlea (1909), Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Avonlea (1975) (TV)
Anne of Avonlea (1987) (TV)
Anne of Green Gables (1908), Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1919)
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
* Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)
Anne of Green Gables (1956) (TV)
Anne of Green Gables (1972) (TV)
* Anne of Avonlea (1975) (TV)
Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV)
** Anne of Avonlea (1987) (TV)
** * Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV)
** ** Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2009) (TV)
L'Année des méduses (The Year of the Jellyfish) (1983), Christopher Frank L'Année des méduses (Year of the Jellyfish) (1984)
Annihilation (2014), Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation (2018)
The Anointed (1937), Clyde Brion Davis Adventure (1945)
The Antagonists (1971), Ernest K. Gann Masada (1987) (TV) (mini)
Anthony Adverse (1933), Hervey Allen Anthony Adverse (1936)
Antikiller (Антикиллер) (1999), Daniil Koretsky Antikiller (2002)
Antonieta (1978), Andrés Henestrosa Antonieta (1982)
Apache Rising (1957), Marvin H. Albert Duel at Diablo (1966)
A Job for Jenny (1945) (a. k. a. A Job for Jenny), Faith Baldwin Apartment for Peggy (1948)
The Apocalypse Watch (1995), Robert Ludlum The Apocalypse Watch (1997) (TV)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1971), Jack Bickham The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
* The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
** Tales from the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982) (TV)
Appointment with Death (1938), Agatha Christie Appointment with Death (1988)
Appointment with Venus (1951), Jerrard Tickell Appointment with Venus (1951)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), Mordecai Richler The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928), Philip Francis Nowlan
* The Airlords of Han (1929), Philip Francis Nowlan
Buck Rogers (1939)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
L'Armée des ombres (The Army of Shadows) (1943), Joseph Kessel L'Armée des ombres (The Army of Shadows) (1969)
Arouse and Beware (1936), MacKinlay Kantor The Man from Dakota (1940)
Arrowsmith (1925), Sinclair Lewis Arrowsmith (1931)
El Asalto (The Robbery) (1956), Enrique Silberstein El Asalto (The Robbery) (1960)
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Lift to the Scaffold) (1951), Noël Calef Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Ask the Dust (1939), John Fante Ask the Dust (2006)
Asking for Trouble (2001), Elizabeth Young The Wedding Date (2005)
The Asphalt Jungle (1949), W. R. Burnett The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Badlanders (1959)
The Assassination Bureau, Ltd (1963), Jack London The Assassination Bureau (1969)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (1983), Ron Hansen The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
L'Assommoir (1877), Émile Zola Gervaise (1956)
Assunta Spina (1908), Salvatore Di Giacomo Assunta Spina (1915)
Assunta Spina (1930)
Assunta Spina (1948)
(2006)
The Astronauts (1961), Stanisław Lem First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
Asylum (1996), Patrick McGrath Asylum (2005)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965), Peter Matthiessen At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
At the Earth's Core (1914) (serial), (1922) (novel), Edgar Rice Burroughs At the Earth's Core (1976)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Atlantis (1912), Gerhart Hauptmann Atlantis (1913)
Atonement (2001), Ian McEwan Atonement (2007)
Audrey Rose (1975), Frank De Felitta Audrey Rose (1977)
The Auction Block (1914), Rex Beach The Auction Block (1917)
The Auction Block (1926)
Auntie Mame (1955), Patrick Dennis Auntie Mame (1958)
Avalon High (2005), Meg Cabot Avalon High (2010) (TV)
The Aviator (1981), Ernest K. Gann The Aviator (1985)
Away All Boats (1953), Kenneth M. Dodson Away All Boats (1956)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1989) Beryl Bainbridge An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
The Ax (1997), Donald E. Westlake Le Couperet (2005)
Ayat-Ayat Cinta (The Verses of Love) (2005), Habiburrahman El Shirazy Ayat-Ayat Cinta (2008)

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Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
Baby Love (1968), Tina Chad Christian Baby Love (1968)
Babylon Babies (1999), Maurice Georges Dantec Babylon A.D. (2008)
Back Street (1931), Fannie Hurst Back Street (1932)
Back Street (1941)
Back Street (1961)
Back When We Were Grownups (2001), Anne Tyler Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
Background to Danger (1937) (a. k. a. Uncommon Danger), Eric Ambler Background to Danger (1943)
Bad Girl (1928), Viña Delmar Bad Girl (1931)
The Bad Seed (1954), William March (novel)
* The Bad Seed (1954), play adaptation by Maxwell Anderson
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bad Seed (1985) (TV)
The Bad Seed (TBA 2013)
Baise-moi(1999), Virginie Despentes Baise-moi (2000)
The Bait (1968), Dorothy Uhnak The Bait (1973) (TV)
(1956), Roy Chanslor Cat Ballou (1965)
The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man (1965), Guy Owen The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
The Ballad of the Running Man (1963), Shelley Smith The Running Man (1963)
Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise (Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress) (2000), Dai Sijie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
Band of Angels (1955), Robert Penn Warren Band of Angels (1957)
Bank Shot (1972), Donald E. Westlake Bank Shot (1974)
Banner in the Sky (1900), James Ramsey Ullman Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
The Barefoot Mailman (1943), Theodore Pratt The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Basil of Baker Street (1958), Eve Titus The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Dorothy Allison Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
Battle Cry (1953), Leon Uris Battle Cry (1955)
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1963), Rumer Godden The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
Battle Royale (1999), Koushun Takami Battle Royale (2000)
* Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
Battlefield Earth (1982), L. Ron Hubbard Battlefield Earth (2000)
Be Cool (1999), Elmore Leonard Be Cool (2005)
(1961), Elizabeth Kata A Patch of Blue (1965)
(1947), June Truesdell The Accused (1949)
The Beach (1996), Alex Garland The Beach (2000)
Beaches (1985), Iris Rainer Dart Beaches (1988)
The Beardless Warriors (1960), Richard Matheson The Young Warriors (1967)
Beast (1991), Peter Benchley The Beast (1996)
The Beast Master (1959), Andre Norton The Beastmaster (1982)
* Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
** Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996) (TV)
The Beast Must Die (1938), Cecil Day-Lewis (as Nicholas Blake) La Bestia debe morir (1952)
Que la bête meure (The Beast Must Die) (1969) (a. k. a. This Man Must Die)
The Beast Within (1981), Edward Levy The Beast Within (1982)
Beat the Devil (1951), Claud Cockburn (as James Helvick) Beat the Devil (1953)
Beau Brocade (1907), Baroness Emmuska Orczy Beau Brocade (1916)
Beau Geste (1924), P. C. Wren Beau Geste (1926)
Beau Hunks (1931)
Beau Geste (1939)
Beau Geste (1966)
Follow That Camel (1967)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Beau Geste (1982) (TV) (mini)
Beautiful Creatures (2009), Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Bedelia (1945), Vera Caspary Bedelia (1946)
Bee Season (2000), Myla Goldberg Bee Season (2005)
Beer and Blood: The Story of a Couple o' Wrong Guys (1930), John Bright and Kubec Glasmon The Public Enemy (1931)
Before the Fact (1932), Anthony Berkeley (as Francis Iles) Suspicion (1941)
Behind That Curtain (1928), Earl Derr Biggers Behind That Curtain (1929)
Being There (1971), Jerzy Kosinski Being There (1979)
Bel-Ami (1885), Guy de Maupassant Bel Ami (1939)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Bel Ami (2005) (TV)
Bel Ami (2012)
Belle de Jour (1928), Joseph Kessel Belle de Jour (1967)
Belli Moda (Silver Cloud) (1961), Anasuya Shankar Belli Moda (1966)
Bellman and True (1975), Desmond Lowden Bellman and True (1987)
The Real McCoy (1993)
Beloved (1987), Toni Morrison Beloved (1998)
Belphégor (1927), Arthur Bernède Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (2001)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), Lew Wallace Ben Hur (1907)
Ben-Hur (1925)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben Hur (2003)
Ben Hur (2010) (TV) (mini)
Benjamin Blake (1941), Edison Marshall Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Benzina (Gasoline) (1998), Elena Stancanelli Gasoline (2001)
Beowulf (Eighth to Eleventh Century), unknown Beowulf(2007)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Alfred Döblin (1931)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (TV) (mini)
La bestia nel cuore (2003), Cristina Comencini La bestia nel cuore (The Beast in the Heart) (2005) (a. k. a. Don't Tell)
La Bête humaine (1890), Émile Zola (1920)
La Bête Humaine (1938)
Human Desire (1954)
La Bestia humana (1954)
Cruel Train (1995) (TV)
The Betsy (1971), Harold Robbins The Betsy (1978)
Beyond the Forest: The Story of a Man and Woman Destroyed by Love (1948), Stuart D. Engstrand Beyond the Forest (1949)
Beyond This Place (1953), A. J. Cronin Sabar Uparey (1955)
Beyond This Place (1957) (TV)
Kala Pani (1958)
Web of Evidence (1959)
Poola Rangadu (1967)
The BFG (1982), Roald Dahl The BFG (1989)
The BFG (2016)
Bhowani Junction (1954), John Masters Bhowani Junction (1956)
Bid Time Return (1975), Richard Matheson Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Beginning and the End (بداية ونهاية, Bidaya wa Nihaya) (1960), Naguib Mahfouz Bidaya wa Nihaya (1960)
The Big Bounce (1966) (written) (1969) (published), Elmore Leonard The Big Bounce (1969)
The Big Bounce (2004)
The Big Clock (1946), Kenneth Fearing The Big Clock (1948)
No Way Out (1987)
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions (1998), Daniel Wallace Big Fish (2003)
The Big Fisherman (1948), Lloyd C. Douglas The Big Fisherman (1959)
The Big Heat (1952), William P. McGivern The Big Heat (1953)
Big Red (1945), Jim Kjelgaard Big Red (1962)
The Big Sleep (1939), Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1978)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Big Trouble (1999), Dave Barry Big Trouble (2002)
Biggles (1932–1968) (series), W. E. Johns Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
It Couldn't Happen Here (1988)
Billion-Dollar Brain (1966), Len Deighton Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Billy Bathgate (1989), E. L. Doctorow Billy Bathgate (1991)
Billy Liar (1969), Keith Waterhouse Billy Liar (1963)
The Birds (1952), Daphne du Maurier The Birds (1963)
Birdy (1978), William Wharton Birdy (1984)
The Bishop's Wife (1928), Robert Nathan The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) (1946) (a.k.a. Harp of Burma), Michio Takeyama Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) (1956)
Biruma no tatekoto (The Burmese Harp) (1985)
"The Biscuit Eater" (1939), James Street The Biscuit Eater (1940)
The Biscuit Eater (1972)
The Bitch (1979), Jackie Collins The Bitch (1979)
Bitter Moon (Lunes de fiel) (1981), Pascal Bruckner Bitter Moon (1992)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932), Grace Zaring Stone The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Black Alibi (1942), Cornell Woolrich The Leopard Man (1943)
The Black Angel (1943), Cornell Woolrich Black Angel (1946)
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888), Robert Louis Stevenson (1911)
(1943)
(1973) (TV)
Black Arrow (1985) (TV)
(The Black Arrow) (1987)
(1988) (TV)
Black Beauty (1877), Anna Sewell Black Beauty (1921)
Black Beauty (1933)
Black Beauty (1946)
(1958)
Black Beauty (1971)
Black Beauty (1978) (TV)
Black Beauty (1994)
(1995) (V)
The Black Camel (1929), Earl Derr Biggers The Black Camel (1931)
The Black Curtain (1941), Cornell Woolrich Street of Chance (1942)
The Black Dahlia (1987), James Ellroy The Black Dahlia (2006)
Black Narcissus (1939), Rumer Godden Black Narcissus (1947)
The Black Path of Fear (1944), Cornell Woolrich The Chase (1946)
The Black Rose (1945), Thomas B. Costain The Black Rose (1950)
The Black Stallion (1941–1989) (series), Walter Farley
The Black Stallion (1941)
* The Black Stallion Returns (1945)
** The Young Black Stallion (1989)
The Black Stallion (1979–2003) (series)
The Black Stallion (1979)
* The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
** The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Black Sunday (1971), Thomas Harris Black Sunday (1977)
The Blackboard Jungle (1954), Evan Hunter Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1965), Ben Stahl Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The Blank Wall (1947), Elisabeth Sanxay Holding The Reckless Moment (1949)
The Deep End (2001)
Blaze of Noon (1946), Ernest K. Gann Blaze of Noon (1947)
Le Blé en herbe (1923), Colette Le Blé en herbe (1954)
Le Blé en herbe (1990) (TV)
Bleak House (1852–1853) (serial), (1853) (novel), Charles Dickens Bleak House (1920)
Bleak House (1922)
Bleak House (1927) (short film)
Bleak House (1959) (TV) (serial)
Bleak House (1985) (TV) (serial)
Bleak House (2005) (TV) (serial)
Bless the Beasts and Children (1970), Glendon Swarthout Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Bless the Child (1993), Cathy Cash Spellman Bless the Child (2000)
The Blessing (1951), Nancy Mitford Count Your Blessings (1959)
Blood and Chocolate (1997), Annette Curtis Klause Blood & Chocolate (2007)
Blood Brother (1947), Elliott Arnold Broken Arrow (1950)
Blood on the Moon (1941) (a.k.a. Gunman's Chance), Luke Short Blood on the Moon (1948)
Blood on the Moon (1984), James Ellroy Cop (1988)
The Blood Oranges (1970), John Hawkes The Blood Oranges (1997)
Blood Work (1998), Michael Connelly Blood Work (2002)
Blue Fin (1969), Colin Thiele Blue Fin (1978)
The Blue Lagoon (1908), Henry De Vere Stacpoole The Blue Lagoon (1923)
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Blueprint (Blaupause) (1999), Charlotte Kerner Blueprint (2003)
The Body (1982), Stephen King Stand By Me (1986)
The Body (1983), Richard Sapir The Body (2001)
The Body Snatchers (1955), Jack Finney Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
* Body Snatchers (1993)
** The Invasion (2007)
Invasion of the Pod People (2007)
(1976), Satyajit Ray Bombaiyer Bombete (2003)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), Tom Wolfe The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness) (1954), Françoise Sagan Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Boogiepop and Others (1998), Kouhei Kadono Boogiepop and Others (2000)
The Book of Daniel (1971), E. L. Doctorow Daniel (1983)
Das Boot (The Boat) (1973), Lothar-Günther Buchheim Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
The Border Jumpers (1955), Will C. Brown Man of the West (1958)
The Border Legion (1916), Zane Grey The Border Legion (1924)
The Last Round-Up (1934)
Border Town (1934), Carroll Graham Bordertown (1935)
The Borrowers (1952), Mary Norton The Borrowers (1973) (TV)
The Borrowers (1997)
The Borrower Arrietty (2010)
The Bostonians (1885–1886) (serial), (1886) (novel), Henry James The Bostonians (1984)
Bourne (1980–2012) (series), Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader
The Bourne Identity (1980)
* The Bourne Supremacy (1986)
** The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
*** The Bourne Legacy (2004)
The Bourne Identity (1988) (TV)
Bourne (2002–present) (series)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
* The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
** The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
*** The Bourne Legacy (2012)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006), John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Boy on a Dolphin (1955), David Divine Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
The Boys from Brazil (1976), Ira Levin The Boys from Brazil (1978)
The Bravados (1958), Frank O'Rourke The Bravados (1958)
The Brave Bulls (1949), Thomas C. Lea III The Brave Bulls (1951)
The Brave Cowboy (1956), Edward Abbey Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances (1980) Thomas M. Disch
* The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1988), Thomas M. Disch
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
* The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
** The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999)
Brave New World (1932), Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1980) (TV)
Brave New World (1998) (TV)
Breakfast of Champions (1973), Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Breakfast on Pluto (1998), Patrick McCabe Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Breakfast with Scot (1999), Michael Downing Breakfast with Scot (2007)
Breakheart Pass (1974), Alistair MacLean Breakheart Pass (1975)
Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse (1963), Paul St. Pierre Smith! (1969)
The Bride Wore Black (1940), Cornell Woolrich The Bride Wore Black (1967)
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (1945), Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited (1981) (TV) (serial)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927), Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Bridge to Terabithia (1977), Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia (1985) (TV)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953), James A. Michener The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953)
The Bridges of Madison County (a. k. a. Love in Black and White) (1992), Robert James Waller The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Bridget Jones (1996–1999) (series), Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones's Diary (1996)
* The Edge of Reason (1999)
Bridget Jones (2001–2004) (series)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
* Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Bright Lights, Big City (1984), Jay McInerney Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Brighton Rock (1938), Graham Greene Brighton Rock (1947)
Brighton Rock (2010)
Bringing Out the Dead (1998), Joe Connelly Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Brødre i Blodet (Brothers by Blood) (1996), Ingvar Ambjørnsen Elling (2001)
* Mors Elling (2003)
** Elsk meg i morgen (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (1997), Annie Proulx Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Broken April (1978), Ismail Kadare Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun) (2001)
Brothers in Law (1955), Henry Cecil Brothers in Law (1957)
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
Brown's Requiem (1981), James Ellroy Brown's Requiem (1998)
Buddwing (1964), Evan Hunter Mister Buddwing (1966)
Buffalo Girls (1990), Larry McMurtry Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV) (mini)
Buffalo Soldiers (1993), Robert O'Connor Buffalo Soldiers (2003)
Bump in the Night (1988), Isabelle Holland (1991)
The Burglar in the Closet (1978), Lawrence Block Burglar (1987)
El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest) (1616–1630), Tirso de Molina Don Juan (1926)
The Burning Hills (1956), Louis L'Amour The Burning Hills (1956)
The Burning Shore (1985), Wilbur Smith Burning Shore (1991)
Burton and Speke (1982), William Harrison Mountains of the Moon (1990)
The Busy Body (1966), Donald E. Westlake The Busy Body (1967)
But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1927), Anita Loos Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
BUtterfield 8 (1935), John O'Hara BUtterfield 8 (1960)
By the Great Horn Spoon! (1963), Sid Fleischman The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

C[]

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
The Caine Mutiny (1952), Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955) (TV)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) (TV)
Cal (1983), Bernard MacLaverty Cal (1984)
Call for the Dead (1961), John le Carré The Deadly Affair (1966)
Call Me By Your Name (2007) Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Call It Treason (1949), George L. Howe Decision Before Dawn (1951)
The Call of the Wild (1903), Jack London The Call of the Wild (1935)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! (1978) (TV)
The Call of the Wild (1993) (TV)
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)
Call of the Wild (2009)
The Call of the Wild (2020)
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (1998), Luke Davies Candy (2006)
Canterbury Tales (Fourteenth Century), Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Canto dos Malditos (The Song of the Damned) (2001), Austregésilo Carrano Bueno Bicho de Sete Cabeças (The Great Brain Storm) (2001)
Canyon Passage (1945), Ernest Haycox Canyon Passage (1946)
Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1922), Rafael Sabatini Captain Blood (1924)
Captain Blood (1935)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
* Captain Pirate (1952) (a. k. a. Captain Blood, Fugitive, UK only)
* The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
(1991)
The Captain's Table (1954), Richard Gordon The Captain's Table (1959)
The Captain (1971)
A Captive in the Land (1962), James Aldridge A Captive in the Land (1990)
"The Captives" (1955), Elmore Leonard The Tall T (1957)
Car, Boy, Girl (1961), Gordon Buford Herbie, the Love Bug (1968–2005) (series)
The Love Bug (1968)
* Herbie Rides Again (1974)
** Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
** * Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
** ** The Love Bug (1997) (TV)
** ** * Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
The Card (1911), Arnold Bennett The Card (1952)
Careful, He Might Hear You (1963), Sumner Locke Elliott Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
Carlito's Way (1975), Edwin Torres
* After Hours (1979), Edwin Torres
Carlito's Way (1993)
* Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
The Carpetbaggers (1961), Harold Robbins The Carpetbaggers, (1964)
* Nevada Smith (1964) (prequel)
** Nevada Smith (1975) (TV) (failed pilot to TV series of same name)
La Casa de los Espíritus (The House of the Spirits) (1982), Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits (1993)
A Case of Need (1968), Michael Crichton (as Jeffery Hudson) The Carey Treatment (1972)
Les carnets du Major Thompson (The Trophies of Major Thompson) (1954), Pierre Daninos The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)
Case File: FBI (1953), Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon (as John Ripley) Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
Cash McCall (1955), Cameron Hawley Cash McCall (1960)
Casino Royale (1953), Ian Fleming Casino Royale (1967)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Castle (1926), Franz Kafka The Castle (1968)
The Castle (1994)
The Land Surveyor (Землемер) (1994)
Das Schloß (1997)
Car Chaser (1982), Elmore Leonard Cat Chaser (1989)
The Cat That Walked by Himself (1902), Rudyard Kipling The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988)
Catch-22 (1961), Joseph Heller Catch-22 (1970)
Catlow (1963), Louis L'Amour Catlow (1971)
The Caveman's Valentine (1994), George Dawes Green The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Les cerfs-volants (1980), Romain Gary (2007) (TV)
Celle qui n'était plus (The Woman Who Was No More (U.S. edition only, 1954)) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac Les Diaboliques (1955)
Diabolique (1996)
The Cement Garden (1978), Ian McEwan The Cement Garden (1993)
Centennial (1974), James A. Michener Centennial (1978) (TV)
A Certain Mr. Takahashi (1985), Ann Ireland The Pianist (1991)
La chair du maître (1997), Dany Laferrière Vers le Sud (Heading South) (2005)
The Chamber (1994), John Grisham The Chamber (1996)
(The Blue Room) (1964), Georges Simenon La Habitación azul (The Blue Room) (2002)
Changhen Ge (1995), Wang Anyi Everlasting Regret (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), Roald Dahl Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Charlie Chan Carries On (1930), Earl Derr Biggers Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
Charlie M (1977), Brian Freemantle Charlie Muffin (1979) (TV)
Charlotte Gray (1999), Sebastian Faulks Charlotte Gray (2001)
Charlotte's Web (1952), E. B. White Charlotte's Web (1973)
* Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003) (V)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Chateau Bon Vivant (1969), Frankie O'Rear and John O'Rear Snowball Express (1972)
The Cheetah Girls (1999–2006) (series), Deborah Gregory The Cheetah Girls (2003–2008) (series)
The Cheetah Girls (2003) (TV)
* The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) (TV)
** The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) (TV)
The Children of Light (1960), H. L. Lawrence The Damned (1963)
The Children of Men (1992), P. D. James Children of Men (2006)
Children of Pleasure (1932), Larry Barretto The Crash (1932)
The Children of Sanchez (1961), Oscar Lewis The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Children of the Covered Wagon (1951), Mary Jane Carr Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956)
(1934), Crosbie Garstin China Seas (1935)
The Chinese Parrot (1926), Earl Derr Biggers The Chinese Parrot (1927)
Chocolat (1999), Joanne Harris Chocolat (2000)
The Chocolate War (1974), Robert Cormier The Chocolate War (1988)
Christine (1983), Stephen King Christine (1983)
Christmas at Candleshoe (1953), J. I. M. Stewart (as Michael Innes) Candleshoe (1977)
Christmas at Twenty-Nine (2002), Kamato Toshio Singles (2003)
A Christmas Gift (a. k. a. The Melodeon) (1977), Glendon Swarthout (1984) (TV)
Christmas Holiday (1939), W. Somerset Maugham Christmas Holiday (1944)
"The Christmas Shoes" (2002) The Christmas Shoes (2002)
* The Christmas Blessing (2005)
** The Christmas Hope (2009)
Christopher Strong (1932), Gilbert Frankau Christopher Strong (1933)
The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956) (series), C. S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
* Prince Caspian (1951)
** The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
** * The Silver Chair (1953)
** ** * The Magician's Nephew (1955)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967) (TV) (serial)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979) (TV)
The Chronicles of Narnia (1988–1990) (TV) (serial)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988)
* Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
** The Silver Chair (1990)
The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–present) (series)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
* The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
** The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
** * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2012)
The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968) (series), Lloyd Alexander
The Book of Three (1964)
* The Black Cauldron (1965)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Cider House Rules (1985), John Irving The Cider House Rules (1999)
Cimarron (1929), Edna Ferber Cimarron (1931)
Cimarron (1960)
The Cincinnati Kid (1964), Richard Jessup The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Cinderella Liberty (1973), Darryl Ponicsan Cinderella Liberty (1973)
Cinq semaines en ballon (Five Weeks in a Balloon) (1863), Jules Verne Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
(1975)
The Circus of Dr. Lao (1935), Charles G. Finney 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan (2000–2006) (series), Darren Shan
Cirque du Freak (2000)
* The Vampire's Assistant (2000)
** Tunnels of Blood (2000)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
The Citadel (1937), A. J. Cronin The Citadel (1938)
The City of Ember (2003), Jeanne DuPrau City of Ember (2008)
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (1997), Paulo Lins City of God (2002)
Clair de femme (1977), Romain Gary Womanlight (1979)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980), Jean Auel The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Ku Klux Klan Trilogy (1902–1907) (series), Thomas Dixon, Jr.
The Leopard's Spots (1902)
* The Clansman (1905)
** The Traitor (1907)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
* The Fall of a Nation (1916)
Class Reunion (Der Abituriententag) (1928), Franz Werfel Class Reunion (1974) (TV)
Clean Break (1955), Lionel White The Killing (1956)
Clear and Present Danger (1989), Tom Clancy Clear and Present Danger (1994)
The Client (1993), John Grisham The Client (1994)
Clockers (1992), Richard Price Clockers (1995)
A Clockwork Orange (1962), Anthony Burgess Vinyl (1965)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
El Club Dumas (The Club Dumas) (1993), Arturo Pérez-Reverte The Ninth Gate (1999)
Cockfighter (1962), Charles Willeford Cockfighter (1974)
Cocoon (1985), Cocoon (1985)
* Cocoon: The Return (1988)
The Code of the West (1934), Zane Grey Code of the West (1925)
Code of the West (1947)
Coins in the Fountain (1952), John Hermes Secondari Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Coins in the Fountain (1990) (TV)
Cold Mountain (1997), Charles Frazier Cold Mountain (2003)
The Color of Money (1984), Walter Tevis The Color of Money (1986)
The Color Purple (1982), Alice Walker The Color Purple (1985)
The Colors of the Day (1952), Romain Gary The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
Colossus (1966), Dennis Feltham Jones Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
The Comfort of Strangers (1981), Ian McEwan The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) (1989), Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Compulsion (1956), Meyer Levin Compulsion (1959)
Comrade Jacob (1961), David Caute Winstanley (1975)
Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California (1909), Thomas Dixon, Jr. Bolshevism on Trial (1919)
The Constant Nymph (1923), Margaret Kennedy The Constant Nymph (1928)
The Constant Nymph (1933)
The Constant Nymph (1943)
Cool Hand Luke (1965), Donn Pearce Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Le comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) (1844-1846), Alexandre Dumas, père (1908)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1913)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1929)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
* The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
** The Return of Monte Cristo (a. k. a. Monte Cristo's Revenge) (1946)
El Conde de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) (1943)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1943)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
(1958) (TV)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961)
The Return of Monte Cristo (a. k. a.Under the Sign of Monte Carlo) (1968)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) (TV)
(1979) (TV) (serial)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1955)
Padayottam (1982)
Veta (1986)
Uznik Zamka If (1988)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (TV) (mini)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Comedians (1966), Graham Greene The Comedians (1967)
Conagher (1968), Louis L'Amour Conagher (1991) (TV)
La comtesse de Cagliostro (1924), Maurice Leblanc Arsène Lupin (2004)
Confessions of a Crap Artist (1975), Philip K. Dick Confessions d'un Barjo (Confessions of a Barjo) (1992)
Congo (1980), Michael Crichton Congo (1995)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee (1955) (TV)
Un español en la corte del rey Arturo (1964)
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978) (TV)
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1988)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) (TV)
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
* A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) (TV)
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1996)
A Knight in Camelot (1998) (TV)
Black Knight (2001)
The Constant Gardener (2001), John le Carré The Constant Gardener (2005)
Contact (1985), Carl Sagan Contact (1997)
Cool Hand Luke (1965), Donn Pearce Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cops and Robbers (1972), Donald E. Westlake Cops and Robbers (1973)
Corazón salvaje (Wild Heart) (1957), Caridad Bravo Adams Corazón salvaje (1956)
Juan del Diablo (1960)
Corazón salvaje (1968)
Coroner Creek (1945), Luke Short Coroner Creek (1948)
The Cowboys (1971), William Dale Jennings The Cowboys (1972)
Cracking India (1991), Bapsi Sidhwa Earth (1998)
Crash (1973), J. G. Ballard Crash (1996)
Creator (1980), Jeremy Leven Creator (1985)
O Crime do Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro, a. k. a. The Sins of Father Amaro) (1875), José Maria de Eça de Queiroz El crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) (2002)
O Crime do Padre Amaro (2005) (TV)
Crossfire Trail (1954), Louis L'Amour Crossfire Trail (2001) (TV)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1942), Wang Dulu Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
The Cruel Sea (1951), Nicholas Monsarrat The Cruel Sea (1953)
Cry Wolf (a. k. a. The Demarest Inheritance) (1945), Marjorie Carleton Cry Wolf (1947)
Cutter and Bone (1976), Newton Thornburg Cutter's Way (1981)
Cyborg (1972), Martin Caidin The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983), Stephen King Silver Bullet (1985)
(a. k. a. The Cipher) (1961), Gordon Cotler Arabesque (1966)

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