Book-to-Television Adaptations

My husband and I have been watching Outlander, the British-American television drama series based on the historical series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.  That got me to thinking about other tv adaptations of books, and I came across this list of 15 compiled by publicbooks.org: 

http://www.publicbooks.org/feature/15-great-book-to-tv-adaptations-to-watch-this-summer?utm_content=buffer2b5cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer.

For a British perspective, see the list of 22 book-to-television adaptations ranked by the British newspaper The Telegraph:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11359903/greatest-TV-adaptations.html?frame=3171662.

Why not read a book and then check out its television version?