This 18-Year-Old Novel Is the No. 1 Goodreads Users Want To See Turned Into a Movie

There are plenty of novels that we would love to see turned into movies, and there are times we’re fortunate that it happens. Just look at the Harry Potter books, The Hunger Games, and The Lord of the Rings.

Some of the novels work better as TV shows instead of movies, but at the end of the day, we still get something visual on our screens to see how others picture the works. There are still billions of other books that haven’t been adapted, and Goodreads users have one pick that they would love to see adapted.

Goodreads Users Want a Cassandra Clare Novel Adapted

The No. 1 pick on Goodreads is City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare, released in March 2008, and this isn’t all that surprising. It’s the second book in the Mortal Instruments series, which starts with City of Bones. 

Now, this is a series of books that have already been adapted for the small screen, and you’ll know it as Shadowhunters, the teen supernatural drama that aired on Freeform between 2016 and 2019. There has also been a movie adaptation of City of Bones, and the rights for the second book were optioned, with production starting back in 2013.

Things changed, with production being halted and then the movie canceled, leading to the TV series. However, there are still many people out there who want to see the movie done. 

This one sits comfortably at the top of the list of “Books That Should Be Made Into Movies” with a score of 721,186 from 7,395 votes. The closest book behind that is Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, with a score of 596,352 with 6,135 votes.

A Novel That Focuses on Wants and Duty

City of Ashes is a novel that many fans have connected to, as it delves into the world of wants and duty. After learning about her heritage in the first novel, Clary Fray has to make some personal choices. All she wants is for her life to go back to normal and return to the human world, but the Shadowhunting world isn’t finished with her.

Her mom is in a magically induced coma, there’s a rogue Shadowhunter, Valentine, out there, and she has a newfound brother Jace to get to know. How does she manage all of that along with her regular teenage hormones?

Some of this was used for Shadowhunters, but with the hope of it being adapted into a movie so long ago, it’s not surprising that fans want to see it on the big screen still!