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December 15th, 2009

 

Winter 2009/2010: Upcoming Movies Based on Books

Did you know how many movies out there are actually based on books! Titles in bold are in the Round Lake Library’s collection. If you want a title that we don’t own, call or stop by the circulation desk and we’ll be happy to order you a copy.

Shutter Island, based on the book by Dennis Lehane

Whip It, based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross

Where the Wild Things Are, based on the children’s book by Maurice  Sendak

The Road, based on the book by Cormac McCarthy

The Lovely Bones, based on the book by Alice Sebold

Invictus, based on the book Playing the Enemy by John Carlin

Sherlock Holmes, based on the Adventures of Sherlock Homes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Youth in Revolt, based on the book by C.D. Payne

Dear John, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks

The Lightning Thief, based on the children/teen book by Rick Riordan

Alice in Wonderland, based on the book by Lewis Carrol

How to Train your Dragon, based on the chidlren’s book by Cressida Cowell


Check out these Pulitzer winners in our collection!

The Good Earth (1932) Pearl S. Buck
Gone With the Wind (1937) Margaret Mitchell
The Yearling (1939) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Steinbeck
Tales of the South Pacific (1948) James A. Michener
The Caine Mutiny (1952) Herman Wouk
The Old Man and the Sea (1953) Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) Harper Lee
The Killer Angels (1975) Michael Shaara
The Color Purple (1983) Alice Walker
Ironweed (1984) William Kennedy
Breathing Lessons (1989) Anne Tyler
Rabbit at Rest (1991) John Updike
The Shipping News (1994) E. Annie Proulx
The Hours (1999) Michael Cunningham
Empire Falls (2002) Richard Russo
Middlesex (2003) Jeffrey Eugenides
The Known World (2004) Edward P. Jones
March (2006) Geraldine Brooks
The Road (2007) Cormac McCarthy

Novelist (from EBSCO) NoveList is a fiction database with over 120,000 fiction titles. It allows readers to use a favorite author or title to locate other authors and titles of interest. It provides subject access, reviews, annotations, and includes Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.

Allreaders.com - Search by element of plot, character, setting, etc. to find a specific kind of book (or movie). Includes fiction genres (romance, mystery, etc) as well as literary fiction, biographies and history.

Booktv on CSPAN2 – the site for the popular cable show

  1. | #1

    It is always refreshing to read your posts – thanks again and best regards

  2. | #2

    Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. I agree with your thoughts.

  3. | #3

    thank you for having such a great blog

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