The Scarlet Letter (1995) is regularly ranked as one of the worst book adaptations ever made, and for good reason.
Below, we rank the 25 books that should have been left alone and never made into films.
It makes sense for Hollywood to look to the written word for inspiration when it comes to producing new films.
Although it will always exist in the shadow of Gillian Flynn’s ingenious thriller Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train is an undeniably pacy and intelligent novel.