Instruction: What are some of most popular science fiction and fantasy books with TV or movie adaptations in the past twenty years?

Response: There have been many extremely popular science fiction and fantasy books in the last ten years, but a small selection that were extremely popular and had successful TV/movie adaptations might include: "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, which was published in 1955 but remains extremely popular and whose movie adaptations won a record number of Academy Awards; the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin, the first book of which is "A Game of Thrones", is very popular and was adapted into a critically successful TV show on HBO; "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, also with a series of successful movie adaptations; and "Dune" by Frank Herbert, which has had a number of movie adaptations with the most recent releasing in 2021.