Right, everyone sets one's own criteria :3

Hmm, "Milk and Honey" somehow rings a bell.... But dunno.
I am very curious about Percy Jackson, I love the movies, especially the first one, and I was very sad to find out they most likely won't continue the series.. :( I hate if movies stop in the middle of the story... *rages*

I don't know if you ever read something by Tolkien. I've read "The Hobbit" (in German though) and, in my opinion, Tolkien and Lewis are pretty much alike in their writing style. They were actually friends in real life and influenced each other a lot. I think they are both difficult to read though. They are VERY detailed in their descriptions. On top of that, Lewis wanted to express his religious views in the Narnia series (Aslan being God). Oh well. That's probably why I took a break from it. And with Narnia primarly being written for children it's even a little harder because the language is pretty simple. But I would still recommend reading it, it's classic literature.

And yes, this book also opened my eyes a little more, as did the American History class I took about 2 semesters ago.

Les Miserables never interested me, at least the movie. But who knows, maybe I'll take a look at it some time later one.
Man in the Iron Mask rings a bell as well.... What does it have to do with The Musketeers? I like the movie with Orlando Bloom and Logan Lerman (also playing Percy), but many consider it rather bad. :D
Anyway, I've read "The three musketeers" by Alexandre Dumant. It was a long read, but totally worth it. Different from the stories conveyed in the movies, but still very nice :3

I love the Les Miserables movies. I read a shortened version of the book and liked that too. I have not attempted to tackle the full version yet.

I read The Man in the Iron Mask years ago because I liked the movie. Never read any of the other books.

Still haven't read Narnia but definitely intend to.

Yes, I really enjoyed the shortened version!

I read Anna Karenina a couple years ago. It was so long, and the print was tiny, and so much of the book really really really didn't need to be there in my opinion!

I loved the Anna Karenina movie, but I thought the book was a bit of a chore! Lots of farming debates that I didn't care about at all if I remember correctly.

Jane Eyre and Nicholas Nickleby were the same for me - loved the movies, thought the books were way too long and kind of meh!

Sometimes I like the book better, but sometimes I like the movie better because they edited all the garbage out of the book, especially with the old books!

I agree with everything you guys said!
Sometimes I feel rather sad if I notice that there are parts missing in the movies which appeared in the books though. That's why I usually watch the movies first before I read the book if I know that I wanna read it someday beforehand.
It worked with Harry Potter actually. I first saw the movies and read the books afterwards and I love both whereas some people say the movies miss out on so many things, especially from the 4th part on. I see that now as well of course, but I do not mind.

Really? People talk about Percy Jackson? I barely know sb who speaks about it and if it is the case it's mostly negative. But I don't care, I love it 8) It's a typical Sunday movie for me.

Usually the translaters can do their job quite well and also adapt to the style of the original author, so I guess it does not make much difference whether one reads Tolkien in German or English. But reading sth in its original language is better, of course.
Yea, go ahead and try Narnia, you have nothing to lose :3

Oh no, I hate books with long passages which basically have nothing to do with the story and which are too detailed :/ I even had my problems with Pride and Prejudice at some point, but I loooooved the book. Same counts for Wuthering Heigths.

I saw the Harry Potter movies first and read the books after too, so I love both.

I love Pride and Prejudice, if it's the book or the BBC movie. I don't like the other movie!

Haven't read Wuthering Heights yet.

I just finished The Cold Dish, which is the first book in the series that the Longmire tv show is based on. I thought the show was WAY better!