Krillion Recorded answers
20,704 recorded answers
How to approach it
Start from the printed side, not from a favourite film. Sweep broad shelves: literary novels, genre fiction, young-adult titles, memoirs, reportage, biographies and published plays all feed the film industry, so almost any well-known book is a candidate. Then test the link: was there a feature film, not merely a series, a stage revival or a documentary short? With a candidate in hand, prefer the one you can name precisely, exact title as printed, articles and subtitles included, because the reveal rewards recognisable but not ubiquitous entries. If two books come to mind, take the less obvious one; blockbusters cluster at the bottom of the scale while mid-list and translated titles sit higher.
Get a hint
Follow the most travelled pipeline first: novels that became feature films, including genre fiction, prize winners and titles that sold heavily long before anyone filmed them.
A little more
Widen beyond fiction: memoirs, biographies, accounts of real cases, essay collections and published plays have reached cinemas too, and the film often drifts far from the printed page.
One step further
Picture titles whose screen version overshadows the book, and works written in one tongue and filmed in a different one; the link only needs to be documented, not famous.
Reveal answers 20,704
- A River Called Time, a House Called EarthDeep Cut85points
- A Road with No EndDeep Cut85points
- A Rogue in LoveDeep Cut85points
- A Romance of WastdaleDeep Cut85points
- A Roomful of RosesDeep Cut85points
- A Rose Is Not a RoseDeep Cut85points
- A Rough PassageDeep Cut85points
- A Rumor of WarDeep Cut85points
- A Running DuckDeep Cut85points
- A Sailor TrampDeep Cut85points
- A Salute to the Great McCarthyDeep Cut85points
- A Salzburg ComedyDeep Cut85points
- A Samba for SherlockDeep Cut85points
- A Saturday AfternoonDeep Cut85points
- A Scandal in BohemiaDeep Cut85points
- A Scanner DarklyDeep Cut85points
- A Sea of TroublesDeep Cut85points
- A Seal Called AndreDeep Cut85points
- A Search for StellaDeep Cut85points
- A Season in HakkariDeep Cut85points
- A Season on the BrinkDeep Cut85points
- A Secret to TellDeep Cut85points
- A sentimental storyDeep Cut85points
- A Separate PeaceDeep Cut85points
- A SeveraDeep Cut85points
- A Severed HeadDeep Cut85points
- A Shadow You Soon Will BeDeep Cut85points
- A Shayna MaidelDeep Cut85points
- A Shilling for CandlesDeep Cut85points
- A Ship of the LineDeep Cut85points
- A Shock to the SystemDeep Cut85points
- A Short History of ProgressDeep Cut85points
- A Silent VoiceDeep Cut85points
- A Simple FavorDeep Cut85points
- A Simple PlanDeep Cut85points
- A Single ManDeep Cut85points
- A Single WomanDeep Cut85points
- A Sister to Assist 'ErDeep Cut85points
- A Situation of GravityDeep Cut85points
- A Sleeping ClergymanDeep Cut85points
- A Sleeping MemoryDeep Cut85points
- A Slight Case of MurderDeep Cut85points
- A Slight Trick of the MindDeep Cut85points
- A Slipping-Down LifeDeep Cut85points
- A Small CircusDeep Cut85points
- A Small PlaceDeep Cut85points
- A Small Town Called HibiscusDeep Cut85points
- A Small, Good ThingDeep Cut85points
- A Smile as Big as the MoonDeep Cut85points
- A Smile for the BrideDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
Points here track almost entirely how many players landed on the same title. Household blockbusters were named so often that they settled at the floor of the scale, whereas the 85-point band is crowded with books that are real but rarely the first thing anyone thinks of: 1408, 1922, 3:10 to Yuma, 2 Guns, 101 Reykjavík, 4.50 from Paddington and 84, Charing Cross Road all sit there. The single 100-point entry, The Hound of Florence, marks the ceiling, an obscure source behind a famous film earning maximum rarity. That band also draws on titles from many countries and several idioms, which suggests translated and non-Anglophone books are the most dependable way out of the crowd. The 60-point tier holds 936 answers: recognisable titles that a fair number of players still reached. The practical rule is that the more canonical and widely printed the book, the lower the score, while the more precise, translated or half-forgotten the source, the higher it climbs.