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Italy bucket list [HOW MANY HAVE YOU TICKED OFF]

Italy bucket list [HOW MANY HAVE YOU TICKED OFF]

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Lists

  1. Wander the streets of Rome
  2. Ride in a gondola in Venice
  3. Buy a Carnaval mask from Venice
  4. Toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain
  5. Hear the Pope say a prayer in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican
  6. Drive in a convertible on the hills of Tuscany
  7. Eat pizza Margarita in Napoli
  8. Visit the Historic Pompeii
  9. Hike Mount Vesuvius
  10. Soak up the sun in Positano
  11. Try limoncello in Sicily
  12. Take a cruise to Capri Island
  13. Visit the Blue Grotto on Capri Island
  14. Walk the streets of Florence
  15. Visit the small hill town of San Gimignano
  16. Watch the sunset in Montepulciano, Tuscany
  17. Snap a photo in Val D’Orcia 
  18. Experience a Venetian Masquerade Ball
  19. Go to Milano Fashion Week
  20. Take a boat ride on Lake Como
  21. Find yourself in a postcard in Cinque Terre
  22. Set foot in the Florence Duomo
  23. Hike on Seceda Ridge, Dolomites
  24. Cross the Grand Canal in Venice on the Rialto Bridge
  25. Visit the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan
  26. Admire da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan
  27. Watch a play in the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan
  28. Recreate Roman Holiday shot on the Spanish Steps – Rome
  29. Go skiing in the Dolomites
  30. Step back in time in Piazza Mercanti in Milan
  31. See Michelangelo’s David Statue in Florence
  32. Marvel at the paintings in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
  33. Visit the Archaeology Museum in Milan
  34. Get a 360* view of Milan in Torre Branca
  35. Ride on a Vespa
  36. Visit the enclave state of San Marino
  37. Get lost in the picturesque village of Ischia 
  38. Visit San Ambrogio Basilica in Milan
  39. Snap a photo with the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  40. Try Spontini pizza in Milan
  41. Watch the sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence
  42. Explore the Naviglio Grande canal promenade in Milan
  43. Visit Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
  44. Go window shopping in Milan
  45. Learn to make pasta from a local
  46. Visit Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
  47. Go off the beaten path to Volterra
  48. Take a dip in the thermal springs of Saturnia
  49. Visit the Ancient Piazza Navona in Rome
  50. Take refuge at Villa Borghese
  51. Sample gelato
  52. Relax at Bagni San Felipo
  53. See the Roman Forum
  54. Go back in time at the Colosseum
  55. Eat tiramisu in Treviso, Venice
  56. Sip a coffee in Piazza del Popolo
  57. See the Jewish ghetto in Rome
  58. Admire Caravaggio, Canova, and Raphael’s paintings in Galeria Borghese and the Villa Borghese Gardens
  59. Explore the Trastevere neighbourhood (Campo de’ Fiori)of Rome for an authentic Italian experience
  60. Visit the Saint Angelo Castle to see the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome
  61. Marvel at the Roman Pantheon
  62. Speed through Rome on a Vespa
  63. Indulge in a Nutella crepe on the streets of Rome
  64. People watch at the Spanish Steps
  65. National Museum of Rome
  66. Walk on the Appian Way and Catacombs in Rome
  67. Drink Italian Red
  68. Visit the Roman Hippodrome Circus Maximus
  69. Visit the famous Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, AKA the wedding cake or the typewriter, because of its shape
  70. Admire the colours of the Burano and Murano Islands in Venice
  71. Listen to live music in Piazza San Marco, Venice
  72. Visit the Valley of the Temples in Sicily
  73. Bridge of Sighs, Venice
  74. Take a water taxi from or to the airport in Venice
  75. See the active Volcano of Etna in Sicily
  76. See the historic centre of Siena
  77. Stand on Juliet’s Balcony in Verona
  78. Climb Mount Stromboli (also an active volcano)
  79. Explore Frasasi cave
  80. Rub the nose of the Porcellino in Florence
  81. Watch an Opera in Verona
  82. Take a walk on Lido Venice beach
  83. Dine at the Grotta Palazzese Cave restaurant
  84. Spend the day on Spiaggia Rosa (Pink Beach) in Sardinia
  85. Go on a Tuscany Winery Tour
  86. Trek through Sardinia
  87. Practice your Italian at a cafe
  88. Admire Rome from Saint Peter’s
  89. Enjoy a spritz for an Aperitivo
  90. Take a class at Giglio Cooking School in Florence
  91. Take a day trip to Siena
  92. Take a train journey from Venice to Palermo
  93. Look through the whole acorss three nations.
1000 books that made it to the screen

1000 books that made it to the screen

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Books

Let me ask you a question. 

Are you a bookworm or a film addict?

There is a lot of debate across the web as if one is better than the other. If you ask me, books and films are equally good because they’re both the result of some great minds that will never fail to amaze us. I hope they never will cause in a world without books or films I’d choose not to get out of bed in the morning.

I put together a pretty big list of books that made it to movies. Now, not all the movies are Award Academy winners, some aren’t even nominations, just like not every book is a bestsellers, but I can assure you they are all worth reading/ watching.

In no particular order.

  1. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (2006)
  2. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (2013)
  3. Summer in February, Jonathan Smith (2013)
  4. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier (1940) and (2020)
  5. My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier (2017)
  6. Don’t Look Now, Daphne du Maurier (1973)
  7. The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje (1996)
  8. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote (1961)
  9. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, (2005)
  10. Shadowlands, Brian Sibley (1993)
  11. The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (2009)
  12. Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin (2012)
  13. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (1962)
  14. The Scent of a Woman, Giovanni Arpino (1992)
  15. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden (2005)
  16. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway (1943)
  17. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway (1958)
  18. To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway (1944)
  19. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway (1932) (1957)
  20. The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Ernest Hemingway (1952)
  21. The Romantics, Galt Niederhoffer (2010)
  22. Dune, Frank Herbert (1984)
  23. The Dressmaker, Rosalie Ham (2015)
  24. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2012)
  25. The Bone Collector, Jeffrey Deaver (1999)
  26. Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers (1964)
  27. Mary Poppins Returns, P. L. Travers (2018)
  28. Towelhead, Alicia Erian (2007)
  29. Irena Sendler. Mother of the Children of the Holocaust, Anna Mieszkowska (2009)
  30. Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (2018)
  31. The Hours, Virginia Wolf (2002)
  32. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (2011)
  33. A Room with a View, E.M. Forster (1985)
  34. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster (1984)
  35. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (2018)
  36. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2010)
  37. A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean (1992)
  38. In Her Shoes, Jennifer Weiner (2005)
  39. Middlemarch, Mary Anne Evans pen name George Eliot (1994)
  40. The Last Station, Jay Parini (2009)
  41. Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon (2000)
  42. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Wang Du Lu (2000)
  43. The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman (2002)
  44. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Caroll, (2010)
  45. Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Caroll, (2016)
  46. Metropolis, Thea von Harbou (1927)
  47. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (2012)
  48. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (2013)
  49. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (2014-2015)
  50. The Breadwinner, Deborah Ellis (2017)
  51. About a Boy, Nick Hornby (2002)
  52. We Need to Talk about Kevin, Lionel Shriver (2011)
  53. Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, F. X. Toole. The movie is Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  54. The Hoods, Harry Grey. The movie is Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  55. I am Legend, Richard Matheson (2007)
  56. What Dreams May Come, Richard Matheson (1998)
  57. Somewhere in Time, Richard Matheson (1980)
  58. Murder in Orient Express, Agatha Christie (1974) and (2017)
  59. Crooked House, Agatha Christie (2017)
  60. The Mirror Crack’d, Agatha Christie (1980)
  61. Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie (1978) (2020)
  62. Witness for the Prosecution, Agatha Christie (1957)
  63. Evil Under the Sun, Agatha Christie (1982)
  64. Poirot, Agatha Christie (1989-2013)
  65. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (1945)
  66. Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie (1985)
  67. A Night of Terror, Agatha Christie (1937)
  68. Thirteen at Dinner, Agatha Christie (1985)
  69. Murder She Said, Agatha Christie (1961)
  70. Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie (1989)
  71. Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington, Agatha Christie (1987)
  72. Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie (1965)
  73. Appointment with Death, Agatha Christie (1988)
  74. The Legend Of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life, Steven Pressfield (2000)
  75. The Greatest Game Ever Played, Mark Frost (2005)
  76. Love’s Abiding Joy, Janette Oke (2006)
  77. The Willoughbys, Lois Lowry (2020)
  78. Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan (2018)
  79. Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison (1996)
  80. Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery (1985)
  81. Normal People, Sally Rooney (2020)
  82. Before Sunrise, Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan (1995)
  83. Before Sunset, Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan (2004)
  84. Before Midnight, Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan (2013)
  85. Rum Punch, Elmore Leonard. The movie is Jackie Brown (1997)
  86. Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard (1998)
  87. Three-Ten to Yuma, Elmore Leonard (1957) (2007)
  88. Brokeback Mountain, E. Annie Proulx (2005)
  89. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx (2001)
  90. Little Big Man, Thomas Berger (1970)
  91. Meeting Evil, Thomas Berger (2012)
  92. 365 Days, Blanka Lipinska (2020)
  93. The Mountain Between Us, Charles Martin (2017)
  94. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer (2011)
  95. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer (2005)
  96. Mean Girls, Micol Ostow (2004)
  97. Cidade de Deus, Paulo Lins (2002)
  98. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Ron Hansen (2007)
  99. Beastly, Alex Flinn (2011)
  100. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han (2018)
  101. Sideways, Rex Pickett (2004)
  102. Slumdog Millionaire, Vikas Swarup (2008)
  103. The Oxford Murders, Guillermo Martinez (2008)
  104. The Prestige, Christopher Priest (2006)
  105. Eisenheim the Illusionist, Steven Millhauser. The movie is The Illusionist (2006)
  106. Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, Nicholas Pileggi (1995)
  107. The Dinner, Herman Koch (2017)
  108. The Quiz Show, Su Holmes (1994)
  109. Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup (2013)
  110. In the Name of the Father, Gerry Conlon (1993)
  111. Kill Your Friends, John Niven (2015)
  112. The Vikings, Edison Marshall (1958)
  113. The Color Purple, Alice Walker (1985)
  114. Cousin Bette, Honore de Balzac (1998)
  115. Le Pere Goriot, Honore de Balzac (2004)
  116. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2018)
  117. The Zookeeper’s Wife, Diane Ackerman (2017)
  118. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream, H. C. Bissinger (2004)
  119. Psycho, Robert Bloch (1960)
  120. I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb (2020)
  121. Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain (2014)
  122. Out of Africa, Karen Blixen (1985)
  123. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (2006)
  124. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown (2009)
  125. Inferno, Dan Brown (2016)
  126. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1927) (1965) (1987)
  127. Matchstick Men, Eric Garcia (2003)
  128. Possession, A. J. Cronin (1981)
  129. Hatter’s Castle, A. J. Cronin (1942)
  130. The Odyssey, Homer (1997)
  131. The Iliad, Homer. The movie is Troy (2004)
  132. Helen of Troy, Margaret George (1956) and (2003)
  133. Ithaca: A Novel of Homer’s Odyssey, Patrick Dillon (2015)
  134. The Blue Lagoon, Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1980)
  135. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1951)
  136. The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone, Tennessee Williams (2003)
  137. Suddenly, last summer, Tennessee Williams (1959)
  138. Sweet Bird of Youth, Tennessee Williams (1989)
  139. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams (1958)
  140. Baby Doll, Tennessee Williams (1956)
  141. Candyman, Virginia Madsen (1992)
  142. Body of Lies, David Ignatius (2008)
  143. One True Thing, Anna Quindlen (1998)
  144. Life of Pi, Yann Martel, (2012)
  145. Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess (1971)
  146. Kramer vs. Kramer, Avery Corman (1979)
  147. The Reader, Bernhard Schlink (2008)
  148. Ensemble, c’est tout [English: Hunting and Gathering], Anna Gavalda (2007)
  149. Closely Observed Trains, Bohumil Hrabal (1966)
  150. The Bourne Legacy, Eric Van Lustbader (2012)
  151. Die Weisse Massai [English: The White Masai], Corinne Hoffman (2006)
  152. The Deep End of the Ocean, Jacquelyn Mitchard (1999)
  153. The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1963)
  154. The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank (1959)
  155. Schindler’s List, Thomas Keneally (1993)
  156. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak (1965)
  157. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo (1998) and (2012)
  158. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo (1939) and (1997)
  159. L’homme qui rit, Victor Hugo (2012)
  160. Quo Vadis, Henry Sienkiewicz (1951)
  161. Dracula, Bram Stoker (According to Guinness Attraction, Dracula is featured in more than 161 movies)
  162. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (2005)
  163. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (1999) and (2019)
  164. House of Dark Shadows, Charles Dickens (1970)
  165. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (Over the years there have been more than 20 different adaptations of A Christmas Carol)
  166. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (1946) and (2012)
  167. Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens (1987)
  168. Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens (1947) and (2002)
  169. Moby Dick, Herman Melville (1956) (2010) (In the Heart of the Sea – 2015)
  170. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (2003)
  171. Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog (Later known as Lady and the Tramp), Ward Greene (1955) (2019)
  172. The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy (1990)
  173. Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy (1994)
  174. Rob Roy, Sir Walter Scott (1995)
  175. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (2011)
  176. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (2012)
  177. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (2013)
  178. The Time Machine, Herbert George Wells (1960) (2002)
  179. The War of the Worlds, Herbert George Wells (2005)
  180. The Charterhouse of Parma, Stendhal (1948) and (2012)
  181. The Red and the Black, Stendhal (1954) and (1997)
  182. War and Peace, Lev Tolstoi (1966)
  183. Anna Karenina, Lev Tolstoi (1948) (1997) and (2012)
  184. The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk (1954)
  185. Paths of Glory, Humphrey Cobb (1957)
  186. Bitter Moon, Pascal Bruckner (1992)
  187. Goldfinger (the third of James Bond novels), Ian Fleming (1964)
  188. Forrest Gump, Winston Groom (1994)
  189. Evita Peron: The True Story, Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber (1996)
  190. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Mike Stangle & Dave Stangle (2016)
  191. The Californio, Robert MacLeod. The movie is called 100 Rifles (1969)
  192. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco (1986)
  193. The Pelican Brief, John Grisham (1993)
  194. A Time to Kill, John Grisham (1996)
  195. The Firm, John Grisham (1993)
  196. The Client, John Grisham (1993)
  197. The Runaway Jury, John Grisham (2003)
  198. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (1939)
  199. Scarlett, Alexandra Ripley (1994)
  200. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis (2000)
  201. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, J. R. R. Tolkien (2012)
  202. Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien (2001)
  203. Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien (2002)
  204. Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien (2003)
  205. Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin (1968)
  206. The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin (1975) (2004)
  207. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick. The movie is called Hugo (2011)
  208. 1984, George Orwell (1984)
  209. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (1939)
  210. Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy (1998) and (2015)
  211. Tess of the d’Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy (1979)
  212. The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy (2003)
  213. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy (1971) (1996)
  214. House of Spirits, Isabel Allende (1993)
  215. Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende (2012)
  216. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne (2008)
  217. Papillon, Henry Charriere (1973)
  218. Angels and Insects, A. S. Byatt (1995)
  219. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2007)
  220. The Good Son, Ian McEwan (1993)
  221. The Children Act, Ian McEwan (2017)
  222. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2007)
  223. The Graduate, Charles Webb (1967)
  224. The Woman in the Window, A. J. Finn (2020)
  225. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (1992)
  226. East of Eden, John Steinbeck (1955)
  227. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck (1982)
  228. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (1940)
  229. Rain Man, Leonore Fleischer (1988)
  230. Green Zone, Brian Helgeland (2010)
  231. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, B. Traven (1948)
  232. Perfume: The Story of a Murder, Patrick Suskind (2006)
  233. P.S. I love you, Cecilia Ahern (2007)
  234. Where Rainbows End, Cecilia Ahern. The movie is Love Rosie (2014)
  235. Chocolat, Joanne Harris (2000)
  236. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (2007)
  237. One Day, David Nicholls (2011)
  238. The Vow, Kim Carpenter (2012)
  239. The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate (2020)
  240. Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King (1994)
  241. The Shining, Stephen King (1980)
  242. Misery, Stephen King (1990)
  243. Sleepwalkers, Stephen King (1992)
  244. Silver Bullet, Stephen King (1985)
  245. The Green Mile, Stephen King (1999)
  246. Room 1408, Stephen King (2007)
  247. Carrie, Stephen King (2013)
  248. 1922, Stephen King (2017)
  249. IT, Stephen King (2017)
  250. Secret Window, Stephen King (2004)
  251. Pet Sematary, Stephen King (2019)
  252. Cujo, Stephen King (1983)
  253. Firestarter, Stephen King (1984)
  254. The Running Man, Stephen King (1987)
  255. The Body, Stephen King. The movie is Stand by Me (1986)
  256. The Dark Tower, Stephen King (2017)
  257. Salem’s Lot, Stephen King (1979)
  258. Dream Catcher, Stephen King (2003)
  259. Gerald’s Game, Stephen King (2017)
  260. The Outsider, Stephen King (2020)
  261. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke (1968)
  262. Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie (1904) (2015). There are more than 7 adaptations of Peter Pan.
  263. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (1966) and (2018)
  264. The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain (1946)
  265. Blindness, Jose Saramago (2008)
  266. All My Sons, Arthur Miller (1948)
  267. The Crucible, Arthur Miller (1996)
  268. The Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller (1952)
  269. A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen (2016)
  270. A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood (2008)
  271. Brush with Fate, Susan Vreeland (2003)
  272. Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates (2008)
  273. Lolita, Vladimir Nabukov (1962)
  274. Naked Lunch, William Burroughs (1991)
  275. An Education, Lynn Barber (2009)
  276. All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque (1930)
  277. The Trial, Franz Kafka (1993)
  278. Love Story, Erich Segal (1970)
  279. The Adventures of Soldier Svejk, Jaroslav Hasek (1957)
  280. Vanity Fair, William M. Thackeray (2004)
  281. Sophie’s Choice, William Styron (1982)
  282. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (1949) and (2014)
  283. Munich, Robert Harris (2005)
  284. Winter’s Bone, Daniel Woodrell (2010)
  285. A Beautiful Mind, Sylvia Nasar (2001)
  286. Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann (2008)
  287. The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann (1982)
  288. Lotte in Weimar, Thomas Mann (1975)
  289. Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Maurice Leblanc (2004)
  290. I, Robot, Issac Asimov (2004)
  291. Bicentennial Man, Issac Asimov (1999)
  292. Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher (2017-2020)
  293. The Godfather, Mario Puzo (1972)
  294. The Sicilian, Mario Puzo (1987)
  295. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold (2009)
  296. Shogun, James Clavell (1980)
  297. The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler (1988)
  298. The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Hugh Lofting (2020)
  299. The Emperor’s New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen (2001)
  300. The Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen (1974) (2006)
  301. The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen (1989) (2000) (2008)
  302. The Princess and the Pea, Hans Christian Andersen (2002)
  303. The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Andersen (1995) (2002) (2012)
  304. The Ugly Duckling, Hans Christian Andersen (1959)
  305. The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen (1992) (2008)
  306. Thumbelina, Hans Christian Andersen (1994)
  307. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle (1991) (2018)
  308. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng (2020)
  309. The Guns of Navarone, Alistair MacLean (1961)
  310. Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver (2017)
  311. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (2008)
  312. Eyes Wide Shut, Arthur Schnitzler (1999)
  313. Live by Night, Dennis Lehane (2016)
  314. Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane (2010)
  315. Gone Baby Gone, Dennis Lehane (2007)
  316. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2003)
  317. The Call of the Wild, Jack London (1997) (2020)
  318. Sea Wolf, Jack London (1941)
  319. White Fang, Jack London (1991) (1973) (2018)
  320. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly (2016)
  321. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (1993)
  322. Beauty and the Beast, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (2017)
  323. Wonder, R. J. Palacio (2017)
  324. World War Z, Max Brooks (2013)
  325. The Verdict, Nick Stone (1982)
  326. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving Washington (1999)
  327. The Russian House, John le Carre (1990)
  328. On the Road, Jack Kerouak (2012)
  329. Lord of the flies, William Golding (1963) (1990)
  330. The Queen of South, Arturo Perez-Reverte (2016)
  331. The Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte. The movie is The Ninth Gate (1999)
  332. The Princess Bride, William Goldman (1987)
  333. Legends of the Fall, Jim Harrison (1994)
  334. Scarface, Armitage Trail (1983)
  335. City of Life and Dead, Lu Chuan (2009)
  336. Jaws, Peter Benchley (1975)
  337. A Year of Living Dangerously, Christopher J. Koch (1982)
  338. The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton (1993)
  339. The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton (2000)
  340. Nerve, Jeanne Ryan (2015)
  341. How to be single, Liz Tuccillo (2016)
  342. The Martian, Andy Weir (2015)
  343. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See (2011)
  344. Z for Zachariah, Robert C O’Brien (2015)
  345. The Descent, Jeff Long (2005)
  346. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (2016)
  347. Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Otto Kesselring (1944)
  348. M.A.S.H, Richard Hooker (1970)
  349. Silence, Shūsaku Endō (2016)
  350. The Circle, Dave Eggers (2017)
  351. Mrs Doubtfire, Anne Fine (1993)
  352. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2007)
  353. The Silence of the North, Olive Frederickson (1981)
  354. Into the Forest, Anthony Browne (2015)
  355. The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson (2016)
  356. Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalen (2016)
  357. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith (2016)
  358. Coraline, Neil Gaiman (2009)
  359. Stardust, Neil Gaiman (2007)
  360. American Gods, Neil Gaiman (2020)
  361. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain (2011)
  362. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (1939) (1960) (1995)
  363. The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain (1937) (2000)
  364. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain (1949) (1989)
  365. Catch 22, Joseph Heller (1970)
  366. The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells (2020)
  367. A Dog’s Purpose, W. Bruce Cameron (2017)
  368. Maigret Sets a Trap, Georges Simenon (2016)
  369. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot (2017)
  370. Matilda, Ronald Dahl (1996)
  371. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ronald Dahl (1971) and (2005)
  372. The Big Friendly Gigant, Ronald Dahl (2016)
  373. The Witches, Ronald Dahl (2020)
  374. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ronald Dahl (1968)
  375. Jack and the Beanstalk, Gary J. Tunnicliffe (2009)
  376. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (1950) (2012)
  377. The Book of One Thousand and One Nights is a Middle Eastern folk tales collection with more than 12 movie adaptations.
  378. Aladdin, Middle East tale (2019)
  379. Girl Boss, Sophia Amoruso (2017)
  380. Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami (2010)
  381. How the Grinch Stole the Christmas, Dr Seuss (1966) (2000) (2018)
  382. Leaving Las Vegas, John O’Brien (1995)
  383. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd (2008)
  384. Public Enemies,  Bryan Burrough (2009)
  385. The Accidental Billionaires, Ben Mezrich. The movie is The Social Network (2010)
  386. The Town, Conrad Richter (2010)
  387. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne (1954)
  388. Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne (2004)
  389. Ordinary People, Judith Guest (1980)
  390. The Room, Emma Donoghue (2015)
  391. A Very Long Engagement, Sebastien Jaspisot (2004)
  392. Ragtime, E. L. Doctorow (1981)
  393. Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig (1985)
  394. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Patrik O’Brian (2003)
  395. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle (1968)
  396. Diarios de Motocicleta, Gabriel Garcia Bernal (also known as Che Guevara) (2004)
  397. Carol, Patricia Highsmith (2015)
  398. The Spook’s Apprentice, Joseph Delaney (2016)
  399. Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling  (1997)
  400. Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling (1998)
  401. Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling (1999)
  402. Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling (2000)
  403. Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling (2003)
  404. Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling (2005)
  405. Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling (2007)
  406. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J. K. Rowling (2016)
  407. A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness (2016)
  408. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins (2016)
  409. Queen of Katwe, Tim Crothers (2016)
  410. The Choice, Edith Eger (2016)
  411. Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon (2000)
  412. The Lost City of Z, David Grann (2016)
  413. The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey (2016)
  414. The Beach, Alex Garland (2016)
  415. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt (1997)
  416. Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay (1975)
  417. Hannibal, Thomas Harris (2013)
  418. The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris (1991)
  419. Red Dragon, Thomas Harris (2002)
  420. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (2005)
  421. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith (2012)
  422. A Night to Remember, Walter Lord (1958)
  423. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore (2003)
  424. Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls (2003)
  425. The Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice (1994)
  426. The Vampire Chronicles: The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice (2002)
  427. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (2016)
  428. Fallen, Lauren Kate (2016)
  429. The Maze Runner, James Dashner (2014)
  430. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, James Dashner (2015)
  431. Maze Runner: The Death Curve, James Dashner (2018)
  432. Child 44, Tom Rob Smith (2015)
  433. The Magus, John Fowles (1968)
  434. The Collector, John Fowles (1965)
  435. The French Lieutenant’s Woman, John Fowles (1981)
  436. Paper Towns, John Green (2015)
  437. Looking for Alaska, John Green (2019)
  438. The Fault in our Stars, John Green (2014)
  439. Divergent, Veronica Ruth (2014)
  440. Insurgent, Veronica Ruth (2015)
  441. Allegiant, Veronica Ruth (2016)
  442. Serena, Ron Rash (2014)
  443. Mortdecai, Kyril Bonfiglioli (2015)
  444. A Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond (2014)
  445. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom (1999)
  446. Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman (2006)
  447. My Sassy Girl, Ho Sik Kim (2001)
  448. Journal d’une femme de Chambre, Octave Mirbeau (2015)
  449. A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers (2016)
  450. Me Before You, Jojo Moyes (2016)
  451. The Last Letter from Your Lover, Jojo Moyes (2021)
  452. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (2016)
  453. The Man Who Would Be King, Rudyard Kipling (1975)
  454. The Revenant, Michael Punke (2015)
  455. The Old Guard, Greg Rucka (2020)
  456. I Know What You Did Last Summer, Lois Duncan (1997)
  457. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (2015)
  458. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews (2015)
  459. The Physician, Noah Gordon (2013)
  460. Ce Que le Jour Doit a la Nuit, Yasmina Khadra (2012)
  461. The Hundred-Foot Journey, Richard C Morais (2014)
  462. The Bridge over the River Kwai, Pierre Boulle (1957)
  463. Mildred Pierce, James M. Cain (1945)
  464. Midnight Express, Billy Hayes (1978)
  465. Shoeless Joe, William P. Kinsella. The movie is Field of Dreams (1989)
  466. Drive, James Sallis (2011)
  467. The Babby-Sitter’s Club, Ann M. Martin (2020)
  468. Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy (1995)
  469. The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger (2000)
  470. The Quiet American, Graham Greene (2002)
  471. Born Free, Joy Adamson (1966)
  472. Empire of the Sun, J. G. Ballard (1987)
  473. The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit (2000)
  474. The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory (2008)
  475. The Constant Gardener, John le Carre (2005)
  476. The Last King of Scotland, Giles Foden (2006)
  477. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie Flagg (1991)
  478. Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White (2006)
  479. The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth (1973)
  480. The Warriors, Sol Yurick (1979)
  481. The French Connection, Robin Moore (1971)
  482. Blow, Bruce Porter (2001)
  483. Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes (2018)
  484. The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper (1992)
  485. Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business, Joe Pistone (1997)
  486. All the President’s Men, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein (1976)
  487. Cool Hand Luke, Donn Pearce (1967)
  488. The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett (1941)
  489. The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris (1991)
  490. Chicago, Brian Doyle (2002)
  491. L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy (1997)
  492. There Will be Blood, Upton Sinclair (2007)
  493. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket (2004)
  494. Midnight Cowboy, James Leo Herlihy (1969)
  495. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey (1975)
  496. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson (2007)
  497. King Kong, Christopher Golden (2005)
  498. One Missed Call, Yasushi Akimoto (2006)
  499. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving. The movie is Simon Birch (1998)
  500. The World According to Garp, John Irving (1982)
  501. Requiem for a Dream, Hubert Selby Jr. (2000)
  502. Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine (2004)
  503. Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History, Antonio J. Mendez & Matt Baglio (2012)
  504. White Oleander, Janet Fitch (2002)
  505. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak (2009)
  506. Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt (2002)
  507. We Bought a Zoo, Benjamin Mee (2011)
  508. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (2007)
  509. Fifty Shades of Grey, E. L. James (2015)
  510. Fifty Shades Darker, E. L. James (2017)
  511. Fifty Shades Freed, E. L. James (2018)
  512. Hector and the Search for Happiness, Francois Lelord (2014)
  513. Stonehearst Asylum, Joseph Gangemi (2014)
  514. Winter’s Tale, Mark Helprin (2014)
  515. I am David, Anne Holm (2003)
  516. The Beheaded Rooster, Eginald Norbert Schlattner (2007)
  517. Red Gloves, Eginald Norbert Schlattner (2010)
  518. The Truth About Dracula, Eginald Norbert Schlattner (2010)
  519. The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James (1996)
  520. The American, Henry James (2010)
  521. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James (2020)
  522. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich (2012)
  523. The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald (2013)
  524. Tender is the Night, Scott Fitzgerald (1962)
  525. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Scott Fitzgerald (2008)
  526. I am Number Four, Pittacus Lore (2011)
  527. North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell (2004)
  528. Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell (1999)
  529. Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell (2007-2010)
  530. The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith (1999)
  531. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley (1997)
  532. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (2000)
  533. Spartacus, Howard Fast (1960)
  534. Jesus, based on the Bible’s New Testament (1979) (1999)
  535. Exodus: Gods and Kings, based on the Bible’s Old Testament (2014)
  536. The Ten Commandments, based on the Bible’s Old Testament (1923) (2006)
  537. The Nutcracker, E.T.A. Hoffmann. Famous ballet in two acts in 1892 and movies in 2009 and 2018.
  538. The Honest Courtesan, Margaret Rosenthal (1999)
  539. Pay it Forward, Cathrine Ryan Hyde (2000)
  540. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (1931) (1994) (2015)
  541. Gangs of New York, Herbert Ashbury (2002)
  542. Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (1993)
  543. Congo, Michael Crichton (1995)
  544. Sphere, Michael Crichton (1998)
  545. Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton. The movie is The 13th Warrior (1999)
  546. Westworld, Michael Crichton (2016)
  547. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (2002)
  548. The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (1973) (2011)
  549. The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas (1964)
  550. The Man in the Iron Mask, Alexandre Dumas (1998)
  551. The Lady with the Camellias, Alexandre Dumas Son (1981)
  552. Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs (1991)
  553. War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells (2005)
  554. A Home at the End of the World, Michael Cunningham (2004)
  555. The Hours, Michael Cunningham (2002)
  556. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1911) and (1995)
  557. Sahara, Clive Clusser (2005)
  558. The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy (1991)
  559. Charlie Wilson’s War, George Crile (2007)
  560. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende (1984)
  561. My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult (2009)
  562. The Pact: A Love Story, Jodi Picoult (2002)
  563. Midnight Bayou, Nora Roberts (2009)
  564. Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Word, Johnny Cash (2005)
  565. Cash: The Autobiography, Johnny Cash. The movie is called Walk the Line (2005)
  566. Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis (1964)
  567. Christ Recrucified, Nikos Kazantzakis (1969)
  568. The Last Temptation of Christ, Nikos Kazantzakis (1988)
  569. The Descendants, Kaui Hart Hemmings (2011)
  570. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card (2013)
  571. Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey (1997)
  572. His Dark Materials Trilogy, Philip Pullman (2019)
  573. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (2007)
  574. The Host, Robin Cook (2013)
  575. Dangerous Liaisons, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1988)
  576. Romancing the Stone, Joan Wilder (1984)
  577. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler (1946) (1978)
  578. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding (2001)
  579. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding (2004)
  580. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Helen Fielding (2016)
  581. Lorna Doone, Richard Doddridge Blackmore (2000)
  582. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh (1996)
  583. If I Stay, Gayle Forman (2014)
  584. The Manchurian Candidate, Richard Condon (1962) (2004)
  585. Prizzi’s Honour, Richard Condon (1985)
  586. A Walk to Remember, Nicholas Sparks (2002)
  587. Dear John, Nicholas Sparks (2010)
  588. The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks (2004)
  589. The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (2010)
  590. The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks (2012)
  591. Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks (2013)
  592. Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks (2008)
  593. Message in a Bottle, Nicholas Sparks (1999)
  594. The Sea Hawk, Rafael Sabatini (1940)
  595. Captain Blood: His Odyssey, Rafael Sabatini (1935)
  596. Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace (1959)
  597. Desert Flower, Waris Dirie & Cathleen Miller (2009)
  598. Twilight, Stephanie Meyer (2008)
  599. Twilight: New Moon, Stephanie Meyer (2009)
  600. Twilight: Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer (2010)
  601. Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer (2011-2012)
  602. The Host, Stephanie Meyer (2013)
  603. The Damned United, David Peace (2009)
  604. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan (2010)
  605. The Perks of Being a Wildflower, Stephen Chbosky (2012)
  606. The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller (1995)
  607. Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia & Margaret Sthol (2013)
  608. Flash Forward, Robert J. Sawyer (2009-2010)
  609. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (2010)
  610. Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic (1989)
  611. Silk, Alessandro Baricco (2007)
  612. Sphinx, Robin Cook (1981)
  613. Rashomon, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1950)
  614. The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks (1997)
  615. Sleepers, Lorenzo Carcaterra (1996)
  616. The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum (2002)
  617. The Bourne Supremacy, Robert Ludlum (2004)
  618. The Bourne Legacy, Robert Ludlum (2012)
  619. The Outsiders, Susan Eloise Hinton (1983)
  620. Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt (1999)
  621. A Simple Plan, Scott Bechtel Smith (1998)
  622. The Ruins, Scott Bechtel Smith (2008)
  623. Random Hearts, Warren Adler (1999)
  624. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow (1990)
  625. The Death and Life of Dith Pran, Sydney Schanberg (1984)
  626. Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1939 – 1946) (2009)
  627. The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1939)
  628. The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1960)
  629. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Rudolph Erich Raspe (1988)
  630. An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser (1931)
  631. Pearl Harbor, Randall Wallace (2001)
  632. Discworld: Hogfather, Sir Terry Pratchett (2006)
  633. Discworld: The Color of Magic, Sir Terry Pratchett (2008)
  634. Discworld: Soul Music, Sir Terry Pratchett (1997)
  635. Discworld: Going Postal, Sir Terry Pratchett (2010)
  636. Discworld: Wyrd Sisters, Sir Terry Pratchett (1997)
  637. The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe (1983)
  638. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier (2003)
  639. Up in the Air, Walter Kirn (2010)
  640. Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayesis (2003)
  641. Solaris, Stanislaw Lem (2002)
  642. Zodiac, Robert Graysmith (2007)
  643. The Minority Repor, Philip K. Dick (2002)
  644. Total Recall, Philip K. Dick (1990)
  645. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick. The movie is Blade Runner (1982)
  646. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, Philip K. Dick (2014)
  647. V for Vendetta, Alan Moore (2005)
  648. Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho (2009)
  649. The Painted Veil, W. Somerset Maugham (2006)
  650. The Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux (1986)
  651. 300, Frank Miller (2006)
  652. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (1990)
  653. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy (2007)
  654. All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy (2000)
  655. The Road, Cormac McCarthy (2009)
  656. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke (2008)
  657. Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke (2020)
  658. The Vampire Diaries. The Awakening: Volume I (13 volumes), L. J. Smith (2009-2017)
  659. The Vampire Diaries. The Struggle: Volume II
  660. The Vampire Diaries. The Fury: Volume III
  661. The Vampire Diaries. Dark Reunion: Volume IV
  662. The Vampire Diaries. The Return: Nightfall V
  663. The Vampire Diaries. The Return: Shadow Souls VI
  664. The Vampire Diaries. The Return: Midnight  VII
  665. The Vampire Diaries. The Hunters: Phantom VIII
  666. The Vampire Diaries. The Hunters: Moonsong IX
  667. The Vampire Diaries. The Hunters: Destiny Rising X
  668. The Vampire Diaries. The Salvation: Unseen XI
  669. The Vampire Diaries. The Salvation: Unspoken XII
  670. The Vampire Diaries. The Salvation: Unmasked XIII
  671. Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (2010)
  672. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (2004)
  673. Tangled, Brothers Grimm (2010)
  674. Horseman, Pass By, Larry McMurtry (2008)
  675. Unknown, Didier van Cauwelart (2011)
  676. The Rite, Matt Baglio (2011)
  677. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1940) (1996) (2005)
  678. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen (1996)
  679. Emma, Jane Austen (1996) (2020)
  680. Persuasion, Jane Austen (2007)
  681. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen (2007)
  682. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen (2007)
  683. The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly (2011)
  684. The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger (2006)
  685. Push, Sapphire (Ramona Lofton) (2009)
  686. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis (2005)
  687. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis (2008)
  688. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis (2010)
  689. The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (1940)
  690. Snow Angels, Stewart O’Nan (2007)
  691. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett (2010)
  692. Ironweed, William Joseph Kennedy (1987)
  693. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1994) (2019)
  694. The Inheritance, Louisa May Alcott (1997)
  695. Killing Me Softly, Nicci French (2002)
  696. Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe (1954) (1973) (1997)
  697. Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe (1996)
  698. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans (1998)
  699. Awakening, Oliver Sacks (1990)
  700. Notes on a Scandal, Zoë Kate Hinde Heller (2006)
  701. Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love, Matthew Logelin (2020)
  702. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (1996). Over the years there have been about 400 adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays.
  703. Macbeth, William Shakespeare (1971) (2006)
  704. The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare (2004)
  705. Hamlet, William Shakespeare (1969)
  706. Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare (1968)
  707. Twelfth Night or What You Will, William Shakespeare (1996)
  708. Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare (1993) (2012)
  709. Othello, William Shakespeare (1972)
  710. King Lear, William Shakespeare (1983) (2018)
  711. Antony and Cleopatra, William Shakespeare (1972)
  712. Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare (1953) (2011)
  713. The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare (1963) (1967)
  714. Richard III, William Shakespeare (1955)
  715. As You Like It, William Shakespeare (1936) (2006)
  716. Henry V, William Shakespeare (1944) (1989)
  717. The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter (2018)
  718. The Tales of Peter Rabbit: The Runaway, Beatrix Potter (2020)
  719. Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake (1990)
  720. Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War, Giles Whittell (2015)
  721. The Watcher in the Woods, Florence Engel Randall (1980)
  722. Headhunters, Jo Nesbø (2011)
  723. Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley (1995)
  724. Grifters, Jim Thompson (1990)
  725. The Blue Lagoon, Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1980)
  726. A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), George R. R. Martin (2012)
  727. Wag the Dog, Larry Beinhart (1997)
  728. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (There have been at least 30 film adaptations between 1909 and 2015)
  729. The Idiot, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1958) (2003)
  730. The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1958)
  731. The Gambler, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1949) (1997)
  732. Notes from the Underground, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1995) (2011)
  733. The Double, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1968) (2014)
  734. A Gentle Creature, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1969)
  735. White Nights, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (1957) (Four Nights of a Dreamer – 1971)
  736. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett (2020)
  737. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, astronaut Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger (1995)
  738. Apollo 11, David Whitehouse (2019)
  739. Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry (1983)
  740. The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (2007)
  741. Goodfellas, Nicholas Pileggi (1990)
  742. Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat (1983)
  743. The Natural, Bernard Malamud (1984)
  744. A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (2009)
  745. The Color of Money, Walter Tevis (1986)
  746. Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence (1960)
  747. Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence (1955) (2015)
  748. Women in Love, D. H. Lawrence (1969)
  749. The White Peacock, D. H. Lawrence (2011)
  750. The Diggstown Ringers, Leonard Wise (1992)
  751. Phantom of the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe (1954)
  752. The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe (1964)
  753. The Fly, George Langelaan (1986)
  754. Cool Hand Luke, Donn Pearce (1967)
  755. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Oscar Hijuelos (1992)
  756. The Spanish Prisoner, David Mamet (1997)
  757. Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet (1992)
  758. The Winslow Boy, David Mamet (1999)
  759. The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde (1945) (1973) and (2009)
  760. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (2002)
  761. The Happy Prince, Oscar Wilde (2018)
  762. Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson (2000)
  763. The Twelve Chairs, Ilya Ilf & Evgeny Petrov (1970)
  764. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk (1999)
  765. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk (2008)
  766. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk (2014)
  767. Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk (2010)
  768. Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey (1988)
  769. Odette Toulemonde, Eric Emmanuel Schmitt (2006)
  770. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Eric Emmanuel Schmitt (2003)
  771. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (2002)
  772. When Nitzsche Wept, Irvin D. Yalom (2007)
  773. Cosmopolis, Donald DeLillo, (2012)
  774. Game 6, Donald DeLillo (2005)
  775. Never Ever, Donald DeLillo (2016)
  776. Confessions of a Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella (2009)
  777. Midnight Texas, Charlaine Harris (2017-2018)
  778. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris. The movie is True Blood (2008)
  779. The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty (1973)
  780. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Charlaine Harris (2015)
  781. True Grit, Charles McColl Portis (1968)
  782. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (2006)
  783. Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve (2018)
  784. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1979) (2015)
  785. The Dark of the Sun, Wilbur Smith. The movie is The Mercenaries (1968)
  786. The Diamond Hunters, Wilbur Smith (2001)
  787. Primal Fear, William Diehl (1996)
  788. Must Love Dogs, Claire Cook (2005)
  789. Unbroken: A WW II Story of Survival, resilience and redemption, Laura Hillenbrand (2014)
  790. Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand (2003)
  791. The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten (2020)
  792. Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back from the Brink, Anthony McCarten (2017)
  793. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Coffer (2020)
  794. News of the World, Paulette Jiles (2020)
  795. The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock (2020)
  796. Into the Wild, John Krakauer (2007)
  797. Chaos Walking, Patrick Ness (2020)
  798. Paul, Apostle of Christ, Tom Wright (2018)
  799. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Bryan Maeler & William Kamkwamba (2019)
  800. Just Mercy, Brian Stevenson (2020)
  801. The Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick (1995)
  802. The 25th Hour, David Benioff (2020)
  803. Le Divorce, Diane Johnson (2003)
  804. Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo (2020)
  805. In Valeria’s Shoes, Elisabet Benavent (2020)
  806. Private Parts, Howard Stern (1997)
  807. Anywhere but Here, Mona Simpson (1999)
  808. The Dollmaker, Harriette Arnow (1984)
  809. Holes, Louis Sachar (2003)
  810. Unorthodox, Deborah Feldman (2020)
  811. Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson (2013) (2015)
  812. Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good, Beverley Donofrio (2001)
  813. Aquamarine, Alice Hoffman (2006)
  814. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman (1998)
  815. House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III (2003)
  816. Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady, Charles Moore (2011)
  817. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells (2002)
  818. Babe: The Gallant Pig, Dick King-Smith (1995)
  819. Diana: Her True Story-In Her Own Words, Andrew Morton (2013)
  820. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides (1999)
  821. Wild: From Lost to Found in the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed (2014)
  822. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2015)
  823. Me, Elton John. The movie is Rocketman (2019)
  824. The Women of Brewster Place, Gloria Naylor (1989)
  825. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times, Jennifer Worth (2012)
  826. Little Big Lies, Lianne Moriarty (2017-2019)
  827. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1998)
  828. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel (1986)
  829. Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon (2017)
  830. Fingersmith, Sarah Water (2005)
  831. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg (1995)
  832. Ghost in the Shell, Shirow Masamune (2017)
  833. Ghost World, Daniel Clowes (2001)
  834. The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey (2016)
  835. Silence, Shusaku Endo (2016)
  836. The Son, Philipp Meyer (2017-2019)
  837. Girl Interrupted, Susana Kaysen (1999)
  838. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers (1968)
  839. A High Wind in Jamaica, Richard Hughes (1965)
  840. Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson (1987)
  841. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susana Clarke (2015)
  842. Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist (2008)
  843. Night of the Twisters, Ivy Ruckman (1996)
  844. Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey pen name Daniel Abraham. The movie is Expanse (2015)
  845. Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel (1992)
  846. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, John Grogan (2008)
  847. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry (1985)
  848. The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (2006)
  849. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout (2014)
  850. The Pursuit of Happiness, Douglas Kennedy (2006)
  851. A Rage in Harlem, Chester Himes (1991)
  852. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor (1978)
  853. Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Alex Haley (1977)
  854. Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston (2005)
  855. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough (1983)
  856. Tim, Colleen McCullough (1979)
  857. Sunshine, Norma Klein (2007)
  858. The Girl in White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly, Kerry Maher. The Movie is Grace of Monaco (2014)
  859. Peaky Blinders: The Real Story, Carl Chinn (2013)
  860. Unstrung Heroes: My Improbable Life with Four Impossible Uncles, Franz Lidz (1995)
  861. The Corfu Trilogy, Gerald Durrell. The movie is The Durrells (2019)
  862. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, Carlos Fuentes (2002)
  863. The Crown: The Inside History, Robert Lacey (2016)
  864. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Barbara Leaming. The movie is Jackie (2016)
  865. Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman (2013)
  866. American Sniper, Chris Kyle (2014)
  867. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy, Simon Louvish (2018)
  868. Gandhi: An Autobiography, Mahatma K. Gandhi (1982)
  869. The Lover, Marguerite Duras (1992)
  870. Daughter of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Georgina Howell (2015)
  871. Young Victoria, A. N. Wilson (2009)
  872. Alan & Naomi, Myron Levoy (1992)
  873. The Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut (1973)
  874. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, Donald Miller (2012)
  875. Coco Chanel, Justine Picardie (2009)
  876. The Aftermath, Rhidian Brook (2019)
  877. Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt (1996)
  878. In the end, I Beat Hitler, Rubino Romeo Salmonì. The movie is called Life Is Beautiful (1997)
  879. A. A. Milne-His Life, Ann Thwaite. The Movie is Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017)
  880. The Healer, Jack Temple (2017)
  881. First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung (2017)
  882. Miracle at St. Anna, James McBride (2008)
  883. The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, Philip Sugden (2016)
  884. Catherine the Great, Robert K. Massie (1934) (1995)
  885. Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh (1996)
  886. Tolkien and the Great War, John Garth (2019)
  887. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1993)
  888. Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, Julie Powell (2009)
  889. My Life in France, Alex Prud (2009)
  890. The Horse’s Mouth, Joyce Cary (1958)
  891. Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, (2017)
  892. Suite Française, Irene Nemirovksy (2015)
  893. Hideaway, Dean Koontz (1995)
  894. The Irishman: I’ve Heard You Paint Houses, Charles Brandt (2019)
  895. Adrift, Tami Oldham Ashcraft (2018)
  896. Chester, I Love You: The Thanksgiving Promise, Blaine & Brenton Yorgason (1986)
  897. The Lighthouse of the Orcas, Roberto Bubas (2016)
  898. Blood and Chocolate, Annette Curtis Klause (2007)
  899. Attila the Hun: A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome, John Man (1954 2001)
  900. The First Wifes Club, Olivia Goldsmith (1996)
  901. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz (2006)
  902. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher (1987)
  903. Evening, Susan Minot (2007)
  904. Little Children, Tom Perrotta (2006)
  905. Bee Season, Myla Goldberg (2005)
  906. 21: The Inside Story of Sic MIT Students who Took Las Vegas for Millions, Ben Mezrich (2008)
  907. Amistad, Alex Pate (1997)
  908. Angie, I Says, Avra Wing (1994)
  909. How to Eat Fried Worms, Thomas Rockwell (2006)
  910. The Butterfly Effect, James Swallow (2004)
  911. A Civil Action, Jonathan Harr (1998)
  912. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, Fred Rogers (2020)
  913. Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1996)
  914. Shiloh Season, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1999)
  915. Saving Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2006)
  916. One-Shot, Lee Child. The movie is Jack Reacher (2012)
  917. Sounder, William H. Armstrong (1972)
  918. National Velvet, Enid Bagnold (1944)
  919. The Feast of Love, Charles Baxter (2007)
  920. Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo (2005)
  921. The Tale of Desperaux, Kate DiCamillo  (2008)
  922. Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (2007)
  923. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Terry McMillan (1998)
  924. The Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals, Sheila Bunford (1963)
  925. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Mark Bowden (2001)
  926. Where the Heart Is, Billie Letts (2000)
  927. Hell Hath No Fury, Bryna Taubman (1991)
  928. The Valley of Decision, Maricia Davenport (1945)
  929. D’entre les morts [English: The Living and the Dead], Boileau-Narcejac. The movie is Vertigo (1958)
  930. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (2006)
  931. Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston. The movie is called 127 Hours (2010)
  932. Winchester Mistery House, Matt Doeden (2018)
  933. The Woman in Black, Susan Hill (2012)
  934. First Blood, David Morell (1982)
  935. The Fly, George Langlaan (1986)
  936. Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine, Brock Yates (2003)
  937. Tulip Fever, Deborah Moggach (2017)
  938. A Most Dangerous Method, John Kerr (2011)
  939. Antony and Cleopatra, Adrian Goldsworthy  (1972)
  940. Augustus, Adrian Goldsworthy (2003)
  941. The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George (1963)
  942. The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel (2015)
  943. The Danish Girl, David Ebershoff (2015)
  944. The Snowden Files, Luke Harding (2016)
  945. Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, A. N. Wilson. The movie is Creation (2009)
  946. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark (1969)
  947. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (2014)
  948. Sharp Object, Gillian Flynn 
  949. The Help, Kathryn Stockett (2011)
  950. Wicked, George Maguire (1998)
  951. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon (2014)
  952. Warm Bodies, Issac Marion (2013)
  953. The Siler Lininfs of Playbook, Matthew Quick (2012)
  954. Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda (1948)
  955. Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, Nelson Johnson (2010-2014)
  956. The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy (2006)
  957. Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (2010-2017)
  958. This is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper (2014)
  959. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler (2007)
  960. Austenland, Shannon Hale (2013)
  961. Codename Villanelle, Luke Jenning. The movie is Killing Eve (2018)
  962. Flower in the Attic, V. C. Andrews (2014)
  963. The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson (1999)
  964. Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, Thomas Maier (2013)
  965. Iron Will, [A true story written by John Michael Hayes] (1994)
  966. Salah al-Din, Tariq Ali (1963)
  967. Fresh Off the Boat, Eddie Huang (2015-2020)
  968. Brighton Rock, Graham Greene (1947) 
  969. The 39 Steps, John Buchan (1935)
  970. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John Le Carre (2011)
  971. A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines (1969)
  972. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – Ross Poldark, Winston Graham (2015-2019)
  973. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – Demelza
  974. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – Jeremy Poldark
  975. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – Warleggan
  976. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Black Moon
  977. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Four Swans
  978. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Angry Tide
  979. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Stranger from the Sea
  980. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Miller’s Dance
  981. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Loving Cup
  982. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – The Twisted Sword
  983. Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall – Bella Poldark
  984. Bodies Are Where You Find Them, Brett Halliday. The movie is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
  985. The Thing, John W. Campbell Jr. (1982)
  986. Das Boot, Lothar Gunther Buchheim (1981)
  987. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind. The movie is Raging Bull (1980)
  988. 9 1/2 Weeks, Francine Prose (1986)
  989. The Untouchables, Eliot Ness & Oscar Fraley (1987)
  990. Children of Men, P. D. James (2006)
  991. Memento, Radek John (2000)
  992. The Destroyer, Richard Sapir. The movie is by Remo Williams. The Adventure Begins (1985)
  993. Drugstore Cowboy, James Fogle (1989)
  994. All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr (2023)
  995. Dr Strangelove, Peter George (1964)
  996. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Cameron Crowe (1982)
  997. The Secret of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brian (1982) (1998)
  998. The Kingdom of Heaven, The Ridley Scott Film and the History Behind the Story (2005)
  999. Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman (2017)
  1000. Pirates of the Caribbean, based on Stranger Tides, Tim Powers (2003 – 2017)
The Big Bucket List

The Big Bucket List

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Lists

 

In no particular order

 

  1. Run a marathon
  2. Live a year in Italy
  3. Graduate university
  4. Train travel through Russia
  5. Spend a summer in Greece
  6. Jump off an aeroplane
  7. Bungee-jump of a bridge
  8. Eat a croissant in Paris
  9. Learn to play your favourite instrument
  10. See an active volcano
  11. Learn Italian 
  12. Visit a tropical rainforest
  13. Walk on the Chinese Wall
  14. See the Statue of Liberty
  15. Visit the Auschwitz Museum in Poland
  16. Go watch the Olympics
  17. See the Eiffel Tour at night
  18. Create your family tree
  19. Publish a book
  20. Raise a child
  21. Plant a tree
  22. Sleep in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora
  23. Make someone happy
  24. Donate blood
  25. Get a tattoo
  26. See the sunset in Santorini, Greece 
  27. Spend a summer on an exotic island
  28. Learn a new language from zero
  29. Work in a museum
  30. Raise and train a dog
  31. Drink tea at 5 o’clock in London
  32. Swim with dolphins
  33. Visit the eternal city – Rome
  34. Swim under a waterfall
  35. Move to a new country 
  36. Fly in a hot air balloon
  37. Be part of a traditional Indian wedding 
  38. Learn to use a gun
  39. Swim in all 5 oceans
  40. Spend time volunteering in Africa
  41. Create a family recipe
  42. Go on a road trip from California to New York
  43. Let go of a floating lantern
  44. See the Monarch Butterfly migration
  45. Get a PhD
  46. Visit the Taj Mahal, India
  47. Get an autograph from your favourite musician
  48. See the Pyramids, Egypt
  49. Speak to an audience of 500 people
  50. Learn to cook from your mom/grandma
  51. Visit Barcelona, Spain
  52. Experience Christmas in New York City
  53. See an opera in Sidney, Australia
  54. See the Gran Canyon, USA
  55. Fly on first class
  56. Visit Istanbul with a history teacher
  57. Visit Tokyo, Japan
  58. Go paragliding
  59. Go to an airport and buy a random flight
  60. Keep a diary
  61. Have a birthday party in Las Vegas
  62. Visit Heaven’s Gate, China
  63. Watch a Cirque du Soleil live show
  64. Once a year go to a place you’ve never been before
  65. See the oversaturated green hills of Yorkshire
  66. Visit Louvre, Paris
  67. Go on a Mediterranean Cruise
  68. Dip your toes in the Indian Ocean
  69. Take a ride in the London Eye
  70. Be part of a play or movie
  71. Visit Malta
  72. See a lavender field in Provence, France
  73. Get married
  74. Try scuba diving in an exotic location
  75. Visit the castles in the Loire Valley, France
  76. Learn to cook the traditional dish of the country of your birth
  77. Solve the Rubik’s Cube
  78. Go on a holiday with your mom only / dad only
  79. Set foot in the desert
  80. Visit Transylvania, Romania
  81. See Coldplay in a live concert
  82. See the Hollywood mark
  83. Watch a Spanish bullfight
  84. Spend a full year with your parents
  85. Learn World Geography
  86. Help at least one orphan
  87. Become fluent in French
  88. Go on a bike trip across your country
  89. Spend the Night in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
  90. Learn to drive
  91. Help at least one elderly
  92. Learn about World Religions
  93. Be the first at something
  94. Learn self-defence
  95. Spend a year in Japan learning about their culture
  96. Create your personal library
  97. Start a collection
  98. Visit Antarctica
  99. See the Northern Lights
  100. Visit Tuscany, Italy
  101. Visit Cuba and smoke a cigar
  102. Visit Svalbard – Arctic Circle
  103. Pray in Jerusalem at the Western Wall
  104. Go on an African safari
  105. Go on a road trip on the Pacific Coast Highway
  106. Party in Ibiza, Spain
  107. Live a while in New York City, USA
  108. Walk on Golden Gate, San Francisco
  109. Bath in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
  110. Go to a fashion week (Paris, New York, Rome, Milan)
  111. Explore the ruins of Petra, Jordan
  112. Go on a Nile cruise to Abu-Simbel
  113. Take a trip on the Orient Express
  114. Catch a Broadway show in New York
  115. Go island hopping in Greece
  116. Take part in the annual Oktoberfest, Munich
  117. Visit the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
  118. Explore Patagonia’s glaciers from Argentina or Chile
  119. Go on a technology-free holiday
  120. Touch an iceberg
  121. Sleep in a traditional hanok in Jeonju, Korea
  122. Discover the tiles of Porto in Portugal
  123. Go to a World Cup
  124. Visit the Griffiths Observatory, LA
  125. Roll the dice in a Las Vegas Casino
  126. Travel back in time on Easter Island
  127. Hike the Matterhorn Trail, Matterhorn in Zermatt
  128. Visit the White House
  129. Soak up the spirit of New Orleans at the Mardi Gras Festival
  130. Feel the mist of Niagara Falls
  131. Go on a romantic gateway to Vermont
  132. Float in the Dead Sea
  133. Hike through the Himalayas
  134. Ride a motorcycle in Bangkok
  135. Spend Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland
  136. Climb the Kilimanjaro
  137. Watch the Serengeti migration from a hot-air balloon
  138. Release baby turtles back into the ocean
  139. Hug a baby panda in Chengdu, China
  140. Visit the Forbidden City, Beijing
  141. Meet a geisha
  142. Go to a Super Bowl
  143. Watch a football game at Wembley, London
  144. Visit Madame Tussaud, London
  145. Visit Pompei, Italy
  146. Experience a traditional Thanksgiving
  147. Create your own signature dish
  148. Visit the National History Museum, New York
  149. Savour dinner at a Michelin Star restaurant
  150. Eat at a restaurant on your own
  151. Eat Indian food with your hands
  152. Walk on the famous Walk of Fame
  153. Have fun at Walt Disney World
  154. Visit Disneyland Paris
  155. Try molecular gastronomy
  156. Thank a waiter with a 100% tip
  157. Eat roast goat with the Maasai in Kenya
  158. Learn to use chopsticks
  159. Climb the Haiku Stairs of Oahu, Hawaii
  160. See the flamingos on a beach
  161. Become someone’s godmother/godfather
  162. Order room service
  163. Gamble at a Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco
  164. Find yourself in a postcard in Portofino, Italy
  165. Step foot in the Red Square, Moscow
  166. Sleep in a Tuscan villa in Italy
  167. Experience the Fall Foliage, New England
  168. Walk through the Wisteria Tunnel at Kawachi Fuji Gardens, Japan
  169. Stay at the boat hotel in Cocoa Island, Maldives
  170. Eat in a three Michelin stars restaurant
  171. Pay off someone else’s debt
  172. Visit Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
  173. Visit the Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands
  174. Sit on the edge of Preikestolen, Norway
  175. Eat pizza in Chicago
  176. Set foot in a place from the Bible (Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, Nazareth)
  177. See the Sky Gardens, Singapore
  178. Visit Trinity College Library, Dublin
  179. Watch a Formula 1 race live
  180. See the Seven Sisters Cliff, England
  181. Visit a chocolate factory in Switzerland
  182. Let go of a floating lantern at Yi Peng Festival, Thailand
  183. See Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
  184. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
  185. Hear the call to prayer at the Blue Mosque in Turkey
  186. Flip a house
  187. Visit Lake Como, Italy
  188. Shop at a floating market in Vietnam
  189. Stand in Time Square, New York
  190. Ride on a cable car in San Francisco
  191. Start your own scholarship fund
  192. Become a self-made millionaire
  193. Get a second citizenship
  194. Walk on a pink sand beach in the Bahamas
  195. Tour Patagonia, Argentina, Chile
  196. Give back to charity
  197. Visit Stonehenge, England
  198. Visit the historic Centre of Old Tallinn, Estonia
  199. Experience a carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  200. Eat paella in Andalusia, Spain
  201. Visit Marrakesh, Morocco
  202. Go to a Cannes Film Festival in France
  203. Visit the archaeological site of Delphi, Greece
  204. Experience Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York
  205. Visit the Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain
  206. See the cherry blossom in Japan
  207. Stroll through Sagano Bamboo Forest, Japan
  208. Fly in a private jet
  209. Visit Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  210. Stay up talking to someone until the sun rises
  211. Purchase a piece of artwork
  212. Experience Pingxi Lanter Festival, Taiwan
  213. Practice calligraphy
  214. Visit the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
  215. Pose with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
  216. Experience La Tomatina festival, Spain
  217. Climb Fiji Mountain, Japan
  218. Hike the cities of Cinque Terre, Italy
  219. Walk on a glass beach
  220. Take a train from the Grand Central Station, New York
  221. Relax on a spa gateway
  222. Become vegetarian for a month/a year
  223. Experience a Tea Ceremony with a grandmaster in Japan
  224. Visit Sri Lanka – Golden Valley of the Ceylon Tea
  225. Eat a meal cooked by a famous chef
  226. Visit a perfume factory in France
  227. See penguins in their natural habitat
  228. Explore the French Riviera
  229. Visit the Maldives
  230. Visit the Palace of Versailles, Paris
  231. Get stoned in Amsterdam
  232. Go wine tasting in Napa Valley, California
  233. Drive a luxury car on Italy’s Amalfi Coast
  234. Take a train journey through the heart of Africa
  235. See the statue of Jesus the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  236. Go to a classical music concert in Vienna, Austria
  237. Take part in a ball in Vienna
  238. Go on a holiday with a complete stranger
  239. Visit 100 UNESCO World Heritage
  240. Hear the Pope pray in Vatican City
  241. Stroll through Antigua, Guatemala
  242. See a tulip field in the Netherlands
  243. Walk through a rice terrace in Indonesia
  244. Ski in the Swiss Alps
  245. Drink at a Guinness Brewery in Ireland
  246. Visit the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland
  247. Do the famous Route 66
  248. Explore the Italian Riviera
  249. Visit a US National Park
  250. Stay at a Beverly Hills hotel in California
  251. Take the Walk of Faith, Tianmen Mountain, China
  252. Swing at the “End of the World”, Ecuador
  253. Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain, Rome
  254. Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, London
  255. Sunbathe topless on the French Riviera
  256. Hear Andrea Bocelli sing opera live
  257. Walk across Abbey Road in London
  258. Attend mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
  259. Visit a temple
  260. Walk on a glacier
  261. Taste a Sicilian lemon
  262. Host a Christmas dinner for your loved ones
  263. Eat seafood
  264. Visit all 50 USA 
  265. Work in a library
  266. Visit Machu Picchu, Peru
  267. Throw a dart at a map and go
  268. Paint and host your own exhibition
  269. Collect sand from all the seas and oceans of the world
  270. See a New Year’s Concert in Vienna, Austria
  271. Visit Vatican City
  272. Set foot on all seven continents
  273. Tour a Mayan Ruin
  274. Become a CEO
  275. Teach someone to read and write
  276. Spend Christmas with your family
  277. Take part in a Venetian Carnaval, Italy
  278. Make an anonymous donation
  279. Spend a full day in bed reading a good book
  280. Learn yoga and meditation
  281. Volunteer
  282. Take a solo holiday
  283. Take a trip around the World in 80 days
  284. Start your own business
  285. Spend a summer in the countryside
  286. Feed a tiger cub 
  287. Win a Nobel Prize 
  288. Buy your own house and decorate it
  289. Swim in an ocean at night
  290. Visit Ireland
  291. Fly in a helicopter
  292. Make someone laugh until they cry.
  293. Celebrate a same-sex marriage.
  294. Meet a world leader
  295. Spend time with a person from another generation
  296. Play matchmaker
  297. Practice winter sports
  298. Take a Zumba class
  299. Go on a submarine
  300. Take a train journey coast to coast in Africa
  301. Ride a camel
  302. Attend a black-tie gala
  303. Make a gingerbread house
  304. Keep in touch with old friends
  305. Read the world’s literature
  306. Create a documentary and publish it
  307. Laugh until your tummy hurts
  308. Visit Hohenzollern Castle, Germany
  309. Achieve your ideal weight
  310. Fly a kite
  311. Go on a yoga retreat
  312. Visit Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania, Romania
  313. Learn to dance tango
  314. Give up a bad habit
  315. Go camping and sit around a fire 
  316. Learn sign language
  317. Get a standing ovation
  318. Visit Madeira, Portugal
  319. Go on a blind date
  320. Toss pizza dough in the air
  321. Be on the New York Times Bestseller list
  322. Experience Amish Country
  323. Reconnect with an old friend
  324. Get a fish pedicure
  325. Relax in a sensory deprivation tank
  326. Recreate a childhood recipe
  327. Blow glass
  328. Learn to play chess
  329. Get kissed on New Year’s Eve
  330. Have a white Christmas
  331. Join a book club
  332. Skinny dip
  333. Find a pearl in an Oyster
  334. See an Opera
  335. Ride in a tuk tuk
  336. Go on a Caribbean cruise
  337. Write a song
  338. Attend a movie premiere
  339. Attend a jazz festival
  340. Get a caricature drawing by a street artist
  341. Go to a book signing
  342. Ride on a Ferris wheel
  343. Ride in a gondola
  344. See a TED Talk live
  345. Find your signature scent
  346. Get a henna tattoo
  347. Make a will
  348. Stay in a 5-star hotel
  349. Cook a traditional dish from a different culture
  350. Jump into a pool fully clothed
  351. Win an award
  352. Celebrate a holiday in a different culture
  353. Explore a rainforest
  354. Become someone’s mentor
  355. Be present at a birth
  356. Complete 100 hours of volunteer work
  357. Change someone’s life for the better
  358. Start a blog
  359. Experience a new religion
  360. Give a TED Talk
  361. See a Tour de France
  362. Read a banned book
  363. Sing your heart out on a Tomorrowland festival
  364. Take a cooking class from an Italian chef 
  365. Sleep under the stars 
  366. Catch a flamenco show in Barcelona, Spain
  367. Learn to meditate in an ashram in India
  368. Be someone’s maid of honour/best man
  369. Go on a school reunion
  370. Forgive someone
  371. Horseback ride on a beach
  372. Hug a sequoia tree
  373. See a coral reef
  374. Learn Spanish
  375. Meet the Dalai Lama
  376. Pay for someone’s shopping
  377. Teach a class
  378. Take a mud bath
  379. Work until you no longer need to introduce yourself
  380. Visit Tiffany in New York
  381. Eat Ethiopian food with your hands
  382. Savour coffee at Cafe de Flore, Paris
  383. Visit Hallstatt, Austria
  384. Sleep in a stable on a haystack
  385. Make a snowman
  386. Bath in the Spring Baths in Saturnia, Italy
  387. Ride in a double-decker bus in London
  388. Ice skate in Central Park
  389. Watch a sunset from an aeroplane
  390. Hug a penguin
  391. Sit in a hot tub in winter
  392. Visit the Haiku Stairs in Oahu, Hawaii
  393. Milk a cow
  394. Take your dream car for a test drive
  395. Read philosophy
  396. Write a letter to your future self
  397. Step foot on the Normandy beach
  398. Witness a solar eclipse
  399. Visit Notting Hill, London
  400. See Mont Saint Michelle, France
  401. Sleep in a yurt
  402. Sleep in an igloo
  403. Fall in love
  404. Go whale watching
  405. Climb the steps of the Mayan ruins
  406. Stomp grapes in Italy
  407. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
  408. Have a home library
  409. Learn to read Braille
  410. Travel with your best friend
  411. Ride the subway in New York
  412. Visit a black sand beach
  413. Visit Santa’s Village in Finland
  414. Go for an early morning stroll on a quiet street
  415. Give people a reason to remember your name 
  416. Visit every country on Earth.
  417. See the Chichen-Itza in Yucatan Mexico
  418. Experience zero gravity 
  419. Have a cosy winter night in a chalet
  420. Try pizza napolitanna in Napoli
  421. Stay in an underwater hotel
  422. Be in a parade 
  423. Go dogsledding in Tromsø in Northern Norway
  424. Step foot on the Arctic circle
  425. Learn how to surf
  426. Watch a meteor shower
  427. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  428. Drive Highway 1 in California
  429. Take a trip around the World in 80 days
  430. See the view from the Empire State Building, NYC
  431. Set a Guinness World record
  432. Take a trip with friends
  433. Quit your job and do something you love for a year
  434. Become an expert in your field
  435. Conquer a lifelong fear
  436. Visit Alaska
  437. Learn another alphabet
  438. Walk on the Equator line
  439. See the Berlin Wall
  440. See the Scottish Highlights
  441. Tell someone your entire life story without omitting details
  443. Do everything on the above list 

 

… this is an evergrowing list, so I’d very much appreciate suggestions

Written by Anca

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