In case you haven't noticed, there has been an explosion in books being adapted to television and movies lately.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it's a great way for writers to have financial success and stability in their writing careers.
This practice has become so common, Reese Witherspoon has an entire business model based on not just publishing books, but gobbling up the film rights to those books, essentially giving her an near unlimited pipeline of content.
One of the most recent adaptations that we were excited about is Shogun, which is based on the 1970s novel by the same name, written by James Clavell.
If you haven't read Shogun, it's an epic adventure, smartly written with a swath of complex characters and plot lines.
While both Andy and Tony have been enjoying Shogun (out now on Hulu), we certainly have our critiques as well.
In this episode we also talk about our favorite book to screen adaptations thus far, and which books we'd love to see on the big screen.
Here is a list of all of the books mentioned in the episode.
Shogun by James Clavell
https://amzn.to/49csA7R
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
https://amzn.to/3xafpHt
Too Much of Life by Clarice Lispector
https://amzn.to/4acgop2
Lost Empress by Sergio De La Pava
https://amzn.to/43Dhh7M
A Bended Circuity by Robert Stickley
A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
https://amzn.to/4cpOAPs
Passion According to GH by Calrice Lispector
https://amzn.to/4abhHEC
Dispatches by Michael Herr
https://amzn.to/3x8zcqB
Musashi by Eiji Yushikawa
https://amzn.to/3x8zcqB
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
https://amzn.to/43xVcao
King Rat by James Clavell
https://amzn.to/49c9gaL
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
https://amzn.to/3TTFHGP
Noble House by James Clavel
https://amzn.to/4alIjCG
Whirlwind by James Clavell
https://amzn.to/4appgId
Gai-Jin by James Clavell
https://amzn.to/4abu3fW
A Song of Fire and Ice by George RR Martin
https://amzn.to/3IVFxZi
White Noise by Don DeLillo
https://amzn.to/4989VKB
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
https://amzn.to/4czyouZ
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
https://amzn.to/4auaCyW
Jaws by Peter Benchley
https://amzn.to/43I1RPt
Jurassic Park by Michael Cricthon
https://amzn.to/4a87fxD
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
https://amzn.to/4azLuH3
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nyguen
https://amzn.to/3VCQ2Z2
Dune by Frank Herbert
https://amzn.to/3TDkWxs
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
https://amzn.to/3vxlpcH
The Wager by David Grann
https://amzn.to/3TBGjiJ
Hold the Dark by William Geraldi
https://amzn.to/3ISYkUK
Leave the World Behind with Rumaan Alam
https://amzn.to/3PFSjyK
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
https://amzn.to/49bUPDJ
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
https://amzn.to/3PGmRjP
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
https://amzn.to/43zZX3f
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
https://amzn.to/49aGoQh
Underworld by Don DeLillo
https://amzn.to/3x69piI
JR by William Gaddis
https://amzn.to/4awhjAp
The Crying of Lot 49
https://amzn.to/49f3DJd
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
https://amzn.to/43BXdT9
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
https://amzn.to/3PzZmsQ
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
https://amzn.to/4cBi6Sk
Satantago by Laszlo Krasznahorki
https://amzn.to/3xb2PaJ
The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorki
https://amzn.to/3TPpl1L.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
https://amzn.to/4cye8Kk
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
https://amzn.to/43z29rI
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
https://amzn.to/3vEkvLr
Last Boat out of Shanghai by Hele Zia
https://amzn.to/4atmbGz
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
https://amzn.to/3xeVjMd
Love and Terror by William Herrick
https://amzn.to/4aaPu0Q
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