"LitRes" named the most popular books that have recently received film adaptations

The LitRes service told which books, filmed over the past 12 months, are most popular among Russians. Here's what the top 10 looks like:

1. Dune, Frank Herbert.
2. Killer Train by Kotaro Isaka.
3. Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn.
4. Series "Reflections of Eterna", Vera Kamsha.
5. "Empire V", Victor Pelevin.
6. "House of Gucci. A sensational tale of murder, madness, glamour, and greed by Sarah Guy Forden.
7. "Death on the Nile", Agatha Christie.
8. "Where the Crawfish Sing" by Delia Owens.
9. Reasoning, Jane Austen.
10. The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank.

If a "Dune" and "bridgertons“They don’t require presentations - just like proof of the success of their adaptations, then you might not have heard about the film based on the Killer Train. It's all about a different name: the film adaptation with Brad Pitt from the director of "John Wick" was dubbed "Faster» (Bullet Train).

Russian fantasy "Reflections of Eterna" formed the basis of the series "Eterna"from" Kinopoisk ", and in"Empire VAccording to Pelevin, the main roles were played by Pavel Tabakov and Oxxxymiron.

"LitRes" notes that film adaptations raise sales of source books. And it works even with the classics: a week before the Russian premiere of the film «Death on the Nile"Sales of the Agatha Christie detective increased by 56%, and 7 days after the release of Dune, the original source became 7 times more popular than usual.