Books Gone Hollywood

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

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1. Artemis Fowl

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Author:
Colfer, Eoin
Series:
Artemis Fowl series volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
When twelve-year-old evil genius Artemis Fowl tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

2. The princess bride: S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure : the "good parts" version

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Author:
Goldman, William, 1931-
Average Rating:
4 stars
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9 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts.

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

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Author:
Weinman, Sarah
Average Rating:
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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