#913: Top 5 Books That Should Be Movies

ADAM

1. “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
   Director: Greta Gerwig
   Star: Mike Faist

2. “What Makes Sammy Run?” by Budd Schulberg
   Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
   Star(s): Jake Gyllenhaal (Sammy); Gabriel Labelle (Young Sammy)

3. City of Glass” by Paul Auster
   Director: Todd Field
   Star: Adam Driver

4. “White Butterfly” by Walter Mosley
   Director: Carl Franklin or J.D. Dillard or Janicza Bravo
   Star: Jonathan Majors

5. “The Eyes of the Dragon” by Stephen King
   Director: Celine Sciamma
   Star: Keanu Reeves (Flagg)

JOSH

1. “The Green House,” by Mario Vargas Llosa
   Director: Lucretia Martel
   Star(s): Javier Bardem, Diego Calva

2. “Moses, Man of the Mountain,” by Zora Neale Hurston
   Director: Janicza Bravo
   Star: Brian Tyree Henry

3. “Whose Names Are Unkown,” by Sanora Babb
   Director: Chloe Zhao

4. “The Screwtape Letters,” C.S. Lewis
   Director: Jordan Peele
   Star: Daniel Kaluuya

5. “Killers of a Certain Age,” by Deanna Raybourn
   Director: Rian Johnson
   Star: Helen Mirren

KRISTEN

1. “Darkness, Take My Hand” by Dennis Lehane
   Director: Ben Affleck
   Stars: Jon Bernthal and Jessica Chastain

2. “Set This House in Order” by Matt Ruf
   Director: Quentin Tarantino or James Mangold
   Star: Alexander Skarsgard

3. "The Nathan Heller” series by Max Allan Collins
   Star: Chris Evans

4. “Crocodile on the Sandbank” by Elizabeth Peters

5. “The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper” by Hallie Rubenhold