With the release of “Gone Girl” just around the corner, you’re running out of time to read the Gillian Flynn thriller before everyone ruins the ending for you.
It’s only the tip of the book-to-film iceberg, too; here are four others to pop onto your Kindle now.
“Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”
By Cheryl Strayed
Movie opening: Dec. 5
This nonfiction account of Strayed’s 1,100-mile solo hike will be brought to the big screen with Reese Witherspoon playing the author.
“Inherent Vice”
By Thomas Pynchon
Movie opening: Dec. 12
Set in the late 1960s, this psychedelic thriller follows a private detective named Larry “Doc” Sportello, who’ll be played by Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film.
“Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”
By Laura Hillenbrand
Movie opening: Dec. 25
The “Seabiscuit” author penned this true story about Olympic track star Louis Zamperini, who spent two years as a Japanese prisoner of war after his plane crashed in the Pacific. Angelina Jolie directed the film, starring British actor Jack O’Connell (TV’s “Skins”) as Zamperini.
“Serena”
By Ron Rash
Movie opening: Feb. 26, 2015
This novel, set in North Carolina in the 1930s, follows a newly married couple in the timber business. The movie reunites Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper — their third time as co-stars, after “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle.”