In 2010, there were 38 book-to-film adaptations, up from 22 in 2009. Word & Film featured "The Year in Books on Film," noting that instead of ranking the best overall adaptations, "we've highlighted specific feats of virtuoso performance, cinematography, score, voice-over narration, limb severing, etc. This way, we hope to provide an alternate perspective to view some of the year's most celebrated and overlooked releases.... But as far as we're concerned, the year's real creative breakthroughs and most enduring acts of cinematic artistry came from source material that originated on somebody's bookshelf."