Most Adapted Picaresque Books

← All genres Fantasy 100 Science Fiction 95 Adventure fiction 83 Historical fiction 81 Crime fiction 74 Comedy 71 Horror fiction 60 Children's 59 Thriller 55 Children's fiction 52 Detective fiction 42 Romantic fiction 38 Classic 37 Fairy Tale 29 Romance 27 Action anime and manga 26 Crime 25 Adventure 22 Adventure anime and manga 22 Gothic fiction 22 Tragedy 22 Bildungsroman 21 Fantasy anime and manga 20 Mystery fiction 19 Philosophical fiction 18 Spy fiction 18 Young adult fiction 18 Dystopian fiction 16 Serialized fiction 16 Drama anime and manga 15 Comedy anime and manga 14 Psychological fiction 14 Autobiography 13 Science fiction anime and manga 13 Children 12 Gothic 12 Satirical fiction 12 Vampire fiction 12 Comedy drama anime and manga 11 Dark fantasy 11 Drama 11 Epic poem 11 Horror 11 Romance anime and manga 11 Romantic comedy anime and manga 11 Satire 11 Autobiographical 10 Fiction 10 Literary fairy tale 10 Military fiction 10 Noir fiction 10 Non-fiction 10 Western 10 Young Adult 10 Memoir 9 Supernatural anime and manga 9 Cloak and dagger 8 Post-apocalyptic fiction 8 Psychological thriller 8 School anime and manga 8 Tragicomedy 8 War 8 Action 7 Children's and young adult 7 Epistolary 7 Family saga 7 Pirate fiction 7 Political fiction 7 Science fantasy 7 Children's book 6 Comic 6 Cyberpunk 6 Drama fiction 6 Erotica 6 Harem 6 Historical 6 Historical play 6 Nautical fiction 6 Realist 6 Social fiction 6 Wuxia 6 Black comedy 5 Christmas fiction 5 Crossover fiction 5 Developmental 5 High fantasy 5 Horror anime and manga 5 Humor 5 Literary Fiction 5 Lost world fiction 5 Mystery anime and manga 5 Roman à clef 5 Short 5 Slice of life anime and manga 5 Social 5 War fiction 5 Action fiction 4 Epic 4 Epistolary fiction 4 Isekai 4 LGBT-related 4 Mecha 4 Melodrama 4 Modernist 4 Narrative poetry 4 Picaresque 4 Slapstick 4 Speculative fiction 4 Superhero television program 4 Alternate history 3 Body horror 3 Chivalric romance 3 Comedy drama 3 Coming-of-age anime and manga 3 Dark fantasy anime and manga 3 Erotic 3 Found manuscript 3 Ghost story 3 Greek tragedy 3 Hard science fiction 3 High 3 Historical anime and manga 3 Humorous fiction 3 Magical girl 3 Metafiction 3 Musical 3 Mystery 3 Neo-noir 3 Novel of manners 3 Novella 3 Parody 3 Philosophical 3 Planetary romance 3 Religious text 3 Robinsonade 3 Scientific romance 3 Shakespearean comedy 3 Sitcom 3 Social criticism 3 Social science fiction 3 Superhero fiction 3 Supernatural fiction 3 Suspense in 3 Tale 3 Thriller anime and manga 3 Travel 3 Weird fiction 3 Western fiction 3 Xiaoshuo 3 Absurdist 2 Acting 2 Alternate history comics 2 Animated sitcom 2 Biography 2 Brazilian 2 Children's story 2 Christian fiction 2 Coming of Age 2 Coming-of-age fiction 2 Daomu Xiaoshuo 2 Diary 2 Dystopia 2 Ecchi 2 Education 2 Educational television 2 Fable 2 Family drama 2 Gods and demons fiction 2 Gospel 2 Hardboiled 2 Humorous comics 2 Juvenile fantasy 2 Künstlerroman 2 Legal thriller 2 Literary nonsense 2 Locked room mystery 2 Love comedy 2 Love triangle romance 2 Magic realism 2 Menippean satire 2 Naturalism 2 Poetry 2 Police procedural 2 Post-Apocalyptic 2 Post-apocalyptic anime and manga 2 Psychological anime and manga 2 Religious 2 Romantic comedy 2 Satirical 2 Sensation fiction 2 Spoken drama 2 Sports manga 2 Superhero comics 2 Suspense anime and manga 2 Tabletop role-playing game 2 Taoist 2 Techno-thriller 2 Theatre 2 Time-travel fiction 2 Transgressive fiction 2 True crime 2 Tsukuri monogatari 2 Xianxia 2 Action comics 1 Adventure manga 1 African American 1 Allegory 1 Anime-influenced animation 1 Apocalyptic fiction 1 Autobiografiction 1 Autobiographical fiction 1 Ballet 1 Ballet-féerie 1 Belletristic 1 Biopunk 1 Boys' 1 Cautionary tale 1 Chronicle 1 Chuanqi 1 Chuanyue 1 City mysteries 1 Comedy drama manga 1 Comedy horror 1 Comedy of manners 1 Comedy television program 1 Comic book 1 Comic opera 1 Comics of the United States 1 Confessional fiction 1 Cooking anime and manga 1 Cooking manga 1 Courtly romance 1 Cryptologic fiction 1 Danmei 1 Desire horror fiction 1 Detective and mystery fiction 1 Didactic 1 Dystopian 1 Epic theatre 1 Erotic romance 1 Everyday mystery fiction 1 Experimental 1 Fairy tale play 1 Fantastic Realism 1 Fantasy comedy 1 Fantasy manga 1 Fashion magazine 1 Féerie 1 Feminist 1 Feminist science fiction 1 Fictional diary 1 Folk play 1 Folkloric crossover 1 Game show 1 Gaucho 1 Ghost play 1 Graphic 1 Great American 1 Heroic poetry 1 High fantasy anime and manga 1 Historical drama 1 Historical mystery 1 History 1 Holocaust 1 Horror comics 1 Huis-clos fiction 1 Humorous 1 I-novel 1 Invasion 1 Investigative Journalism 1 Iyashikei 1 Jidaigeki 1 Legal drama 1 Lesbian 1 LGBT fiction 1 Libertine 1 Light 1 Literary realism 1 Literature 1 Lustspiel 1 Lyrical 1 Magic realist fiction 1 Martial arts anime and manga 1 Mathematical fiction 1 Medical drama 1 Melodramatic fiction 1 Metaphysical science fiction 1 Military science fiction 1 Monogatari 1 Monster 1 Musical play 1 Narrative 1 New Journalism 1 New-adult fiction 1 Noir 1 Nonfiction 1 Nonsense verse 1 Nordic noir 1 Novela naturalista 1 Novelization 1 Old Comedy 1 Online Game 1 Opera 1 Opéra bouffe 1 Parallel 1 Paranormal fiction 1 Paranormal romance 1 Peely 1 Period 1 Political satire 1 Political thriller 1 Postcyberpunk 1 Postmodern fiction 1 Psychological horror fiction 1 Pulp fiction 1 Reformed Christianity 1 Religious Fiction 1 Role-playing video game 1 Romanticism 1 Russian fairy tales 1 Saga 1 School story 1 Science fiction comedy 1 Science fiction comics 1 Sentimental 1 Shounen-ai 1 Show tune 1 Singing talent show 1 Singspiel 1 Sketch story 1 Slasher 1 Slice of life 1 Social drama 1 Socialist realism 1 Soft science fiction 1 Southern Gothic 1 Speculative fiction comics 1 Spokon 1 Steampunk 1 Steampunk anime and manga 1 Subterranean fiction 1 Supernatural horror 1 Supernatural thriller 1 Sword and sorcery anime and manga 1 Thriller play 1 Time-travel 1 Tokusatsu 1 Urban fantasy 1 Verse 1 Verse drama 1 Victorian 1 Viennese operetta 1 Women's magazine 1 Yaoi 1 Youth 1 Zhanghui 1 Zhiguai xiaoshuo 1