I love reading novels. Pretty much any genre.
I am currently on When The Wind Blows. I actually just finished it. It is an excellent book that i think anyone will love. It's by James Patterson (he does great novels).
I'm not a fan of movies made out of books
For the most part movies made out of books suck. You just can not portray what is written in a book.
There are a few good ones though. An example is The Lord Of The Rings. Those were outstanding movies and the books were mindbogglingly good.
An example of a bad movie series is Harry Potter. The books will blow your midn with there brilliance and how in depth they are, but the movies absolutely suck and give the series a bad name.