Book to Film

Read the book before you watch the movie!

Updated June 30, 2025
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Call me by your name
Aciman, Andre.
Paper Book
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar(tm) Nominee James Ivory The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay A New York Times Bestseller A USA...

Call Me by Your Name (2017) dir. Luca Guadagnino

Girl with a pearl earring
Chevalier, Tracy.
Paper Book
OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'A phenomenon' Jessie Burton 'Dazzling' Daily Mail 'Truly magical' Guardian Those eyes are fixed on someone. But who? What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world's best-loved paintings? ...

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) dir. Peter Webber

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dick, Philip
Paper Book

Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

The name of the rose
Eco, Umberto.
Paper Book
Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his investigations. Eco's celebrated story combines elements of detective fiction, metaphysical thriller,...

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

Like water for chocolate.
Esquivel, Laura
Paper Book
THE INTOXICATING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT LOVE, COOKING AND MAGIC. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JOANNE HARRIS AND ISABEL ALLENDE. 'This magical, mythical, moving story of love, sacrifice and summering sensuality is something I will savour for a long time' MAUREEN LIPMAN

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) dir. Alfonso Arau

Never let me go
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE #9 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' 'Brilliantly executed.' MARGARET ATWOOD 'A page-turner and a heartbreaker.' ...

Never Let Me Go (2010) dir. Mark Romanek

Life of Pi : a novel
Martel, Yann.
Paper Book

Life of Pi (2012) dir. Ang Lee

Twelve years a slave
Northup, Solomon
Ebook
Now the major motion picture that won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starringChiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, andLupita Nyong'o, and directed by Steve McQueen Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives,Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing memoir about...

Twelve Years a Slave (2013) dir. Steve McQueen

The help
Stockett, Kathryn.
Paper Book
***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film*** Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver . . . There's Aibileen,...

The Help (2011) dir. Tate Taylor


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