- The Phantom of the Opera LITE(tm)
– by Gaston Leroux
A ghost falls in love with an opera singer and drops a chandelier on her head.
- A Christmas Carol LITE(tm)
– by Charles Dickens
A London businessman has bad dreams on Christmas Eve.
- Tom Sawyer LITE(tm)
– by Mark Twain
A young boy invites some friends over to help paint his fence.
- Atlas Shrugged LITE(tm)
– by Ayn Rand
Some guys go on vacation to a friend’s place in Colorado and the whole world falls apart.
- The Canterbury Tales LITE(tm)
– by Geoffrey Chaucer
Some guys tell dirty stories while on a road trip.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame LITE(tm)
– by Victor Hugo
A priest has a crush on a gypsy girl and a hunchback pushes him off the top of the church.
- Watership Down LITE(tm)
– by Richard Adams
Some rabbits get bought out by a developer.
- The Hound of the Baskervilles LITE(tm)
– by Arthur Conan Doyle
A man paints his dog white to scare the neighbors.
- Romeo and Juliet LITE(tm)
– by William Shakespeare
A love affair ends in a murder and double suicide.
- Oedipus Rex LITE(tm)
– by Sophocles
A man kills his father and falls in love with his mother.
- The Catcher in the Rye LITE(tm)
– by J. D. Salinger
A boy gets kicked out of boarding school and goes insane.
- The Awakening LITE(tm)
– by Kate Chopin
After cheating on her husband, a woman goes out for a swim.
- The Crucible LITE(tm)
– by Arthur Miller
Some kids get all the grownups in trouble by accusing them of witchcraft.
- The Grapes of Wrath LITE(tm)
– by John Steinbeck
An Oklahoma family moves out to L. A.
- Of Mice and Men LITE(tm)
– by John Steinbeck
A man loves small furry animals and his friend blows his brains out.
- The Lottery LITE(tm)
– by Shirley Jackson
A woman wins the lottery and gets stoned to death.
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest LITE(tm)
– by Ken Kesey
Some guys break out of an insane asylum.
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe LITE(tm)
– by C. S. Lewis
Some kids play in a wardrobe while vacationing at an uncle’s house.
