With the long-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey film about to follow hot on the heels of the novel’s remarkable success, which other books-to-film should you keep an eye out for this year?
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
About: Leading-off from Divergent, Tris and Four must leave the crumbling Dauntless in order to uncover the truth about their dystopian society.
Film: Insurgent, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James
Release date: 19 March
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The Mortdecai Trilogy by Kyril Bonfiglioli
About: A charismatic and sophisticated art dealer becomes embroiled in a web of mystery.
Film: Mortdecai, starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor
Release date: 29 January
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In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
About: The book tells the story of the ship, the Essex, which was sunk by a whale in 1819, leaving the survivors at sea for over 90 days.
Film: Heart of the Sea, starring Chris Hemsworth, Owen Chase, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Joy and Benjamin Walker. Adapted by Ron Howard.
Release date: 19 March
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The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
About: Set in North Carolina, the book follows the love stories of an elderly couple and a young couple.
Film: The Longest Ride, starring Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson
Release date: 9 April
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Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill
About: A true crime story following the infamous mobster Whitey Bulger, leader of the Irish mob in the 1970s, and his relationship with childhood friend John Connolly, who grew up to work for the FBI.
Film: Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon and Juno Temple
Release date: 17 September
Trailer: unavailable
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
About: Set in the 1950s, the film is about a young female department store server dreaming of a better life, who develops an obsession with an older, married woman.
Film: Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara
Release date: unavailable
Trailer: unavailable
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
About: Set after World War II, off the coast of Western Australia, a lighthouse keeper and his wife discover a baby and a dead body near their home.
Film: The Light Between Oceans, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz
Release date: unavailable
Trailer: unavailable
