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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?orchid+thief '''The Orchid Thief'''] by Susan Orlean (Film title: Adaptation) | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?orchid+thief '''The Orchid Thief'''] by Susan Orlean (Film title: Adaptation) | ||
| - | The Pacific (TV series on HBO) | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?pacific+hugh+ambrose '''The Pacific'''] by Hugh Ambrose (TV series on HBO) |
| - | The Perfect Storm | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?perfect+storm+junger '''The Perfect Storm'''] by Sebastian Junger |
| - | The Pianist | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?pianist+szpilman '''The Pianist'''] by Wladyslaw Szpilman(Film title: Adaptation)The Pianist |
| - | Playing the Enemy (Film title: Invictus) | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?playing+the+enemy+mandela '''Playing the Enemy'''] by John Carlin (Film title: Invictus) |
| - | Riding in Cars with Boys | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?riding+in+cars+with+boys '''Riding in Cars with Boys'''] by Beverly Donofrio |
| - | Rocket Boys (Film title: October Sky) | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?rocket+boys+hickam '''Rocket Boys'''] by Homer Hickam (Film title: October Sky) |
| - | Running with Scissors | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?running+with+scissors+augusten '''Running With Scissors'''] by Augusten Burroughs |
| - | Seabiscuit | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?seabiscuit+hillenbrand '''Seabiscuit'''] by Laura Hillenbrand |
| - | Seven Years in Tibet | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?seven+years+in+tibet '''Seven Years in Tibet'''] by Heinrich Harrer |
| - | Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?wiseguy+life+in+a+mafia '''Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family'''] by Nicholas Pileggi |
| == Juvenile Literature == | == Juvenile Literature == | ||
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Article in Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Juvenile Fiction, and Movies categories.
There are some movies that everybody knows come from a book-- The Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, the comic books turned movies like Superman, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four. But there are a wealth of others that have flown slightly under the radar.
Take a look at some of these book titles that are available at our library that have been turned into movies or television series.
- Please note that JMRL does not own all of the corresponding movies or TV shows.
Adult Fiction
Adult Nonfiction
- The Accidental Billionaires (Film title: The Social Network)
- Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
- All The President's Men by Carl Bernstein
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron (Film title: 127 Hours)
- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
- The Big Year by Mark Obmascik
- Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
- The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
- Capote by Gerald Clarke
- Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
- Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher (Film title: Antwone Fisher)
- Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger
- Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by by Amanda Foreman (Film title: The Duchess)
- He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt
- An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
- The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Jarhead by Anthony Swofford
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
- Lost Moon by Jim Lovell (Film title: Apollo 13)
- Marie Antoinette: the Journey by Antonia Fraser (Film title: Marie Antoinette)
- Marley & Me by John Grogan
- The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
- Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford
- The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (Film title: Adaptation)
- The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (TV series on HBO)
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
- The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman(Film title: Adaptation)The Pianist
- Playing the Enemy by John Carlin (Film title: Invictus)
- Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (Film title: October Sky)
- Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
- Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi
