Based on: La Planète des Singes, known in English as Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

Year published: 1963

The classic sci-fi novel was first published in France in 1963 and was translated into English the same year. Like the film, the book has it’s own twist ending.

Boulle’s other well-known novel, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, was also made into a classic film.