In case you haven't noticed, there has been an explosion in books being adapted to television and movies lately.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it's a great way for writers to have financial success and stability in their writing careers.

This practice has become so common, Reese Witherspoon has an entire business model based on not just publishing books, but gobbling up the film rights to those books, essentially giving her an near unlimited pipeline of content.

One of the most recent adaptations that we were excited about is Shogun, which is based on the 1970s novel by the same name, written by James Clavell.