If you’re like me and want to read a book before its movie comes out, then look here! It may just be me, but when given the option to read the book or watch the movie, I’ll choose the movie just for the sake of time. But, I’ve missed out on some great books that way, and it’s such a bummer! (Think Harry Potter… I promise I’ll read it one summer. Promise. I’ve already got the whole set. Just gotta find the time…)
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Release date: March 21st, 2014, starring Shaileene Woodley & Kate Winslet
Spoiler-free keywords: dystopian Chicago, unlikely romance, brutal betrayals, think The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner, enthralling and engaging, secrets
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Release date: June 6th, 2014, starring Shaileene Woodley & Ansel Elgort
Spoiler-free keywords: boy meets girl, romance and love, life isn’t fair, deals with tough real-life circumstances and learning to live through it, have tissues and wine ready
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Release date: August 15th, 2014, starring Meryl Streep & Taylor Swift
Spoiler-free keywords: deals with utopia and dystopia, page-turner, provocative, the power of ignorance and knowledge, quick read
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Release date: August 22nd, 2014, starring Chloe Moretz
Spoiler-free keywords: the aftermath of a life-altering accident, grief, reflection, painful and powerful,
life or death decisions
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Release date: September 19th, 2014, starring Dylan O’Brien & Kate Scodelario
Spoiler-free keywords: book one of three, think The Hunger Games and Divergent, imprisonment, dystopian world, trust, escape
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Release date: November 21st, 2014* starring Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson
Spoiler-free keywords: action-packed, romance and heartbreak, life-altering final decisions, dystopia, end of The Hunger Games series, Peeta vs. Gale, thought-provoking, *this novel has been broken up into two movies