1. Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
William Morrow and Company
Paramount Pictures
4.2/5 stars
Release date: Jan. 31, 2014 (Click
here to watch the trailer)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin
2. The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter
Hachette Book Group
Columbia Pictures
4.3/5 stars
Release date: Feb. 7, 2014 (Click
here to watch the trailer)
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray
3. Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
David C. Lee / Warner Bros.
3.9/5 stars
Release date: Feb. 14, 2014 (Click
here to watch the trailer)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Razorbill
The Weinstein Company
4.5/5 stars
Release date: Feb. 14, 2014 (Click
here to watch the trailer)
Starring: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Sarah Hyland
5. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
3.7/5 stars
Release date: March 7, 2014 (U.K.)
Starring: Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan
6. Divergent by Veronica Roth
HarperCollins
Summit Entertainment
4.6/5 stars
Release date: March 21, 2014 (Click
here to watch the trailer)
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Dutton Books
20th Century Fox
4.7/5 stars
Release date: June 6, 2014
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort
8. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
Scribner
Stephen Lovekin / Getty
3.8/5 stars
Release date: Aug. 8, 2014
Starring: Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal
9. The Giver by Lois Lowry
Houghton Mifflin
Kevin Winter / Getty
4.3/5 stars
Release date: Aug. 15, 2014
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Swift
10. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Shaye Areheart Books
Exclusive Media Group
4.2/5 stars
Release date: Sept. 1, 2014
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks
11. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Penguin Group
Larry Busacca / Getty
4.2/5 stars
Release date: Sept. 12, 2014
Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rose Byrne, Adam Driver
12. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Delacorte Press
Universal Pictures
4.3/5 stars
Release date: Sept. 19, 2014
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario
13. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Crown Publishing Group
20th Century Fox
3.8/5 stars
Release date: Oct. 3, 2014
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
14. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Random House
Vince Valitutti / Universal Pictures
4.8/5 stars
Release date: Dec. 25, 2014
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson
15. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Random House
imdb.com
4.2/5 stars
Release date: 2014
Starring: Reese Witherspoon
16. Serena by Ron Rash
HarperCollins
Magnolia Pictures
3.8/5 stars
Release date: 2014
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper