# Why haven't these books been made into movies?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-these-books-been-made-into-movies/916036 "2020-07-22T17:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-these-books-been-made-into-movies/916036/184 "2020-10-15T22:03:28Z")

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That’s [what I said!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072/63)

I need to re-read it though. It’s been something like 25 years since I last did. Been going with the F. Murray Abraham version of a book on tape since.

Tripler  
. . . just gotta add that to the list of books I want to read.

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