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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
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