Books Gone Hollywood

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

Showing 1 - 5 of 5  There are a total of 120 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "City of thieves"
Star rating for City of thieves
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake.
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 "The real Lolita"
Star rating for The real Lolita
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:

"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

...
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"
Star rating for Two kisses for Maddy
Description:
"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