With Deadpool, Zoolander 2, Batman vs Superman, 2016 is already looking extraordinary for movies. And while these much-awaited films are on the top of your list, there are also a number of books being made into movies this year that are sure to become big hits.
From young adult to thriller, here are twelve books you need to add to your reading list before their movie versions hit theaters this year.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Release Date: January 15
The story is told from a perspective of a five-year-old, Jack. He knows nothing about the world outside the room where he and his Ma who is held captive for seven years. Ma has had enough and plots a plan to escape so her son can have a better life.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Release Date: January 20
The first in a trilogy, Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz) is one of the few people alive after Earth was invaded by aliens in different waves (darkness, destruction, disease and massacre). Now on its fifth wave, he teams up with Evan to rescue her little brother from aliens, the Others.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Release Date: February 5
What's a year without a movie from Nicholas Sparks? Travis Parker has the life anyone can ask for — a good job, trustworthy friends, a waterfront home — except a serious relationship. But when Gabby Holland moves next door, everything changes.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Release Date: February 5
If Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen makes you yawn, maybe something exciting is missing in the story? In this story, the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) protects her family and town from zombies and is not ready to put her sword down for a man.
How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo
Release Date: February 11
Julie, a single thirty-something book publisher living in New York City travels the world to figure out the dating habits of other women. Based on the trailer, the film has a different adaptation but has an amazing female cast that will surely make a good laugh.
Through The Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Release Date: May 27
Set after Alice's first visit at Wonderland, she discovers that time moves backwards in the Looking-Glass world. Once more, she encounters a number of magical creatures and is kidnapped by the Red Knight.
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Release Date: March 18
The third and final book of the Divergent series will be divided into two separate films like other movies — The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight. The novel follows Tris Prior's struggles as they plan to look for a better life on the other side of the gates. Part 1 will hit theaters in 2016 while Part 2, while Ascendant in 2017.
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Release Date: October 7
Compared to the much-talked about Gone Girl, The Girl On The Train follows Rachel Watson, an alcoholic who makes up stories about a couple she sees everyday on the train. One day, she discovers something horriffic and reports it, becoming involved in the mystery it comes with.
Inferno by Dan Brown
Release Date: October 14
The Da Vinci Code series continues with Robert Langdon waking up in an Italian hospital with no memory of what happened in the past 36 hours. This is another mystery movie following clues using Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, Inferno.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them by J.K. Rowling
Release Date: November 18
This 'Harry Potter' prequel is about the adventures of author Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of the magical world, seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
Release Date: December 9
Three stories — The Jubilee Express by Johnson, A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by Green and The Patron Saint of Pigs by Myracle — connect with each other as three different characters experience a snowstorm during Christmas season.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Release Date: December 15
Spending 45 weeks on the number 1 spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list for children's chapter book, this is the first book in a series. The story follows a teenager named Jacob Portman as he follows clues from his grandfather's old photographs which led him to explore an abandoned orphange on an island.
