Reel Books 3
Read the Books That Inspired These Films
(released in 2009 – 2010)

Alice in Wonderland
Based upon Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  by Lewis Carroll

An Education
Based on the book with the same title by Lynn Barber (070.4 BAR)

Angels & Demons
Based on the book with the same title by Dan Brown

The Blind Side
Based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis (796.332 LEW)

Confessions of a Shopaholic
Based on the book with the same title by Sophie Kinsella

Dear John
Based on the book with the same title by Nicholas Sparks

The Ghost Writer
Based on the book The Ghost by Robert Harris

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Based on the book with the same title by J. K.  Rowling

He’s Just Not That Into You
Based on the book He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys  by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (306.7 BEH)

Invictus
Based on the book Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by  John Carlin (968.065 CAR)

Julie & Julia
Based on the memoir, Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell (641.5 POW)

The Lovely Bones
Based on the book with the same title by Alice Sebold

My Sister’s Keeper
Based on the book with the same title by Jodi Picoult

Precious
Based on the book Push by Sapphire

Public Enemies
Based on the book Public Enemies : America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough (364 BUR)

The Road
Based on the book with the same title by Cormac McCarthy

Shutter Island
Based on the book with the same title by Dennis Lehane

The Time Traveler’s Wife
Based on the book with the same title by Audrey Niffenegger

Twilight Saga: Eclipse*
Based on the YA novel with the same title by Stephenie Meyer (YA FIC MEYER)

Up in the Air
Based on the book with the same title by Walter Kirn

Watchmen
Based on the graphic novel with the same title by Alan Moore (741.5 MOO)

Whip It
Based on the YA novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross (YA FIC CROSS)

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