Read These Fall Books Before the Movies Come Out

The story of former high school sweethearts Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole, who reconnect after 25 years, will make for the kind of lush romantic film that most of us fell for when seeing The Notebook. But let's not forget that as you read Spark's novel, you'll get wrapped up in the desperate longings of the characters—longings that you want to last for more than two hours, which is precisely the kind of weeklong or monthlong experience a book can so exquisitely deliver.