Books Gone Hollywood

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

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1. The real Lolita: the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world

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Author:
Weinman, Sarah
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3.5 stars
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"The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov's masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness." —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the

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2. Two kisses for Maddy: a memoir of loss & love

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Author:
Logelin, Matthew
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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