Books Gone Hollywood

Books made into television shows or movies. The Book was Better!

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Book cover for "Angela's ashes"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies
Book cover for "Eat, pray, love"
Star rating for Eat, pray, love
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.
Book cover for "Seabiscuit"
Star rating for Seabiscuit
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.
Book cover for "Two kisses for Maddy"
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"Matt Logelin writes a courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of his life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife"--Provided by the publisher
Book cover for "When I stop talking, you'll know I'm dead"
Star rating for When I stop talking, you'll know I'm dead
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The producer behind such films as "Oh, God!," "The Karate Kid," and the "Ocean's Eleven" remake and its sequels reveals what it took to make it to the top and how he became not only a Hollywood icon, but also a confidant to U.S. presidents and titans of finance.
Book cover for "Wild"
Star rating for Wild
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
The story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe-- and built her back up again. A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.