Book to Film

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Updated June 30, 2025
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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
Bruder, Jessica
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social...

Nomadland (2020) dir. Chloé Zhao

The name of the rose
Eco, Umberto
Paper Book
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and...

The Name of the Rose (1986) dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud

Conclave
Harris, Robert
Paper Book
"SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Unputdownable' Guardian'Gripping'Sunday Times The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are...

Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger

The price of salt
Highsmith, Patricia
Paper Book
A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can...

Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

Life of Pi
Martel, Yann.
Paper Book

Life of Pi (2012) dir. Ang Lee


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