+37 Best Books Made Into Movies Shelf You Can Read Now
1- The Host
“Melanie Stryder
refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over
the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of
humanity has succumbed.
“Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has
been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while
leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.
Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been
given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the
overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty
Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish
possession of her mind.
Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the
man Melanie loves -- Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to
separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never
met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off
to search for the man they both love.”
2- Twilight
"With 160 million copies of the Twilight Saga sold
worldwide, this addictive love story between a teenage girl and a vampire
redefined romance for a generation. Here's the book that started it all.
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually
rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made.
But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life
takes a thrilling and terrifying turn.
Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire
identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe,
especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find
themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife-between desire and
danger.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful,
Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our
desires. This is a love story with bite."
Praise for Twilight
"People do not want to just read Meyer's books;
they want to climb inside them and live there."-Time
"A literary phenomenon."-The New York Times
An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of
star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling
author of Riding Lessons.
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly
adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and
misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great
Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary
student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the
circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star
of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted
animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he
discovers a way to reach her.
Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is
illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love
between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love
is a luxury that few can afford.
4- The Help
“The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for
the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines
we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels
by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi,
who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her
bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must
somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White
socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a
husband, she’s considered a failure.
Together, these seemingly different women join
together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that
could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...”
Praise for the Help
“The two principal maid characters...leap off the page
in all their warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel.”—The New York
Times
“This could be one of the most important pieces of
fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird…If you read only one book...let this be
it.”—NPR.org
“Wise, poignant...You’ll catch yourself cheering out
loud.”—People
“Graceful and real, a compulsively readable
story.”—Entertainment Weekly
"The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated
by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting,
you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult
material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured
family's need for peace and closure.
The details of the crime are laid out in the first few
pages: from her vantage point in heaven, Susie Salmon describes how she was
confronted by the murderer one December afternoon on her way home from school.
Lured into an underground hiding place, she was raped and killed. But what the
reader knows, her family does not. Anxiously, we keep vigil with Susie, aching
for her grieving family, desperate for the killer to be found and punished.
Sebold creates a heaven that's calm and comforting, a
place whose residents can have whatever they enjoyed when they were alive --
and then some. But Susie isn't ready to release her hold on life just yet, and
she intensely watches her family and friends as they struggle to cope with a
reality in which she is no longer a part. To her great credit, Sebold has
shaped one of the most loving and sympathetic fathers in contemporary
literature."
6- The Notebook
“Experience the unforgettable, heartbreaking love
story set in post-World War II North Carolina about a young socialite and the
boy who once stole her heart -- one of PBS's "Great American Reads".
Every so often a love story so captures our hearts
that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever.
The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless
and timeless, a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe
in true love all over again...
At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North
Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than
a decade earlier. At twenty-nine, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a
wealthy lawyer, but she cannot stop thinking about the boy who long ago stole
her heart. Thus begins the story of a love so enduring and deep it can turn
tragedy into triumph, and may even have the power to create a miracle...”
Praise for the Notebook
"A classic tale of love."―Christian Science
Monitor
"A one-night read . . . If you are in need of a
good cry, The Notebook is absolutely the right book."―USA Today
"The lyrical beauty of this touching love story .
. . will captivate the heart of every reader."―Denver Rocky Mountain News
"A more romantic testament to love's enduring
miracle than Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County."―Library
Journal
“William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple,
exceptional story about quests—for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true
love—that's thrilling and timeless.
Anyone who lived
through the 1980s may find it impossible—inconceivable, even—to equate The Princess
Bride with anything other than the sweet, celluloid romance of Westley and
Buttercup, but the film is only a fraction of the ingenious storytelling you'll
find in these pages. Rich in character and satire, the novel is set in 1941 and
framed cleverly as an “abridged” retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the
fabled country of Florin that's home to “Beasts of all natures and
descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases.
Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passions.”
Praise for the Princess Bride
"[Goldman's] swashbuckling fable is nutball funny
. . . A 'classic' medieval melodrama that sounds like all the Saturday serials
you ever saw feverishly reworked by the Marx Brothers." --Newsweek
"One of the funniest, most original, and deeply
moving novels I have read in a long time." --Los Angeles Times
“Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has
bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final
chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus
Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to
be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in
Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of
being alive and in love.”
Praise for the Fault in Our Stars
"The greatest romance story of this decade."
—Entertainment Weekly
“Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a
love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction,
but it’s also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and
sadness.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine
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“With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family,
Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase
of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted
and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility
in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate
#11187–424—one of the millions of people who disappear “down the rabbit hole”
of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release,
Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes
of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who
surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple
acts of acceptance. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman’s
story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison—why it is we lock so
many away and what happens to them when they’re there.”
Praise for Orange Is the New Black
“Fascinating . . . The true subject of this
unforgettable book is female bonding and the ties that even bars can’t
unbind.”—People (four stars)
“I loved this book. It’s a story rich with humor,
pathos, and redemption. What I did not expect from this memoir was the
affection, compassion, and even reverence that Piper Kerman demonstrates for
all the women she encountered while she was locked away in jail. I will never
forget it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“This book is impossible to put down because [Kerman]
could be you. Or your best friend. Or your daughter.”—Los Angeles Times
“Moving . . . transcends the memoir genre’s usual
self-centeredness to explore how human beings can always surprise you.”—USA
Today
“Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times
best-selling author Sophie Kinsella’s irrepressible heroine. Meet Becky
Bloomwood, America’s favorite shopaholic – a young woman with a big heart, big
dreams…and just one little weakness.
Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest
neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming
with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually
afford it–not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores
her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by
dismal letters from the bank –letters with large red sums she can't bear to
read–and they're getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts
succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a
little something....
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares
about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will
transform her life–and the lives of those around her–forever.
Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our
collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times–and a heroine
who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay
back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her
"confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the
(bank) balance.”
Praise for Confessions of a Shopaholic
"Too good to pass up."—USA Today
“A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find
strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of "young but everlasting
love" (Chicago Sun-Times).
There was a time when the world was sweeter....when
the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned
hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon
Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl
or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person
he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the
town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of
the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel
came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the
internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story
yet....”
Praise for a Walk to Remember
"An extraordinary book...touching, at times
riveting...a book you won't soon forget."―Sunday New York Post
"A sweet tale of young but everlasting
love."―Chicago Sun-Times
"Bittersweet...a tragic yet spiritual love
story."―Variety
“This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the
life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for
self-improvement--in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week
not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible
adult, and not fall for any of the following: misogynists, megalomaniacs,
adulterers, workaholics, chauvinists or perverts. And learn to program the VCR.
Caught between her Singleton friends, who are all convinced they will end up dying
alone and found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian, and the Smug
Marrieds, whose dinner parties offer ever-new opportunities for humiliation,
Bridget struggles to keep her life on an even keel (or at least afloat).
Through it all, she will have her readers helpless with laughter and shouting,
"BRIDGET JONES IS ME!"”
13- Eat Pray Love
“Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love touched the world
and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to
search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in
a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated introduction from
the author, to launch a whole new generation of fans.
In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had
everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home,
successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed
by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she
left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three
different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different
cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of
Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.”
Praise for Eat Pray Love
"If a more wonderful writer than Gilbert is
currently in print, I haven't found him or her... Gilbert's prose is fueled by
a mix of intelligence, wit, and colloquial exuberance that is close to
irresistible, and makes the reader only too glad to join the posse of friends
and devotees who have the pleasure of listening in." —Jennifer Egan, The
New York Times Book Review
"An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining
memoir... [Her] account of her time in India is beautiful and honest and free
of patchouli-scented obscurities." —Lev Grossman, Time
"A meditation on love in many forms... Gilbert's
wry, unfettered account of her extraordinary journey makes even the most
cynical reader dare to dream of someday finding God deep within a meditation
cave in India, or perhaps over a transcendent slice of pizza." —Los
Angeles Times
"Gilbert's memoir reads like the journal of your
most insightful, funny friend as she describes encounters with healers,
ex-junkies, and (yes!) kind, handsome men." —Glamour
"Readable [and] funny... By the time she and her
lover sailed into a Bali sunset, Gilbert had won me over. She's a gutsy gal,
this Liz, flaunting her psychic wounds and her search for faith in a
pop-culture world." —The Washington Post
""Aawww shucks!" NPR's Nancy Pearl said.
"I know that's hardly a usual way to begin a book review, but it was my
immediate response to finishing Matthew Quick's heartwarming, humorous and
soul-satisfying first novel . . . This book makes me smile."
Meet Pat Peoples. Pat has a theory: his life is a
movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit
and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending―the
return of his estranged wife, Nikki. (It might not come as a surprise to learn
that Pat has spent several years in a mental health facility.) The problem is,
Pat's now home, and everything feels off. No one will talk to him about Nikki;
his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing; he's being pursued by the deeply odd
Tiffany; his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy.
Plus, he's being haunted by Kenny G!
David O. Russell's adaptation of The Silver Linings
Playbook features Bradley Cooper (People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive) in the
role of Pat, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris
Tucker, and Jacki Weaver. As the award-winning novelist Justin Cronin put it:
"Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, The Silver Linings Playbook is a
wonderful debut.""
Praise for the Silver Linings Playbook
"It's a charmingly nerve-wracking
combination...The book is cinematic, but the writing still shimmers. This
nimble, funny read is spiked with enough perception to allow the reader to
enjoy Pat's blindly hopeful philosophy without irony." Barrie Hardymon,
National Public Radio
"Quick fills the pages with so much absurd wit
and true feeling that it's impossible not to cheer for his unlikely hero."
Allison Lynn, People Magazine
"...compelling and fascinating ... a tour de
force. ... From the beer-soaked Bacchanalian tailgating to the black holes of
despair into which Iggles fans plunge themselves after a defeat, Quick is
dead-on." Bill Lyon, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"...charming debut novel...it is hard not to be
moved by the fate of a man who, despite many ordeals, tries to believe in hope
and fidelity, not to mention getting through another day with his sanity
intact." Stephen Barbara, The Wall Street Journal
"...endearing...touching and funny debut...Pat
[Peoples] is as sweet as a puppy, and his offbeat story has all the markings of
a crowd-pleaser." Publishers Weekly
“Matthew Quick has created quite the heartbreaker of a
novel in The Silver Linings Playbook.” Kirkus First Fiction Issue
"It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow
from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except,
of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy
millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a
heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly 'top
banana in the shock department', and one of the shining flowers of American
fiction.
This edition also contains three stories: 'House of
Flowers', 'A Diamond Guitar' and 'A Christmas Memory'."
“Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most
original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel,
Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts
the traumas of our recent history.
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent,
secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His
goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his
father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This
seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all
sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing
journey.”
17- The Color Purple
“A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American
literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in
early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and
Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance
and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from
Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel
draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug
Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around
domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and
struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply
compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on
a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.”
“The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of
royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of
love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII,
Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family.
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of
fourteen, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. Dazzled
by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing
role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a
pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane, and
soon she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister,
Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes that she must defy
her family and take fate into her own hands.
With more than one million copies in print and adapted
for the big screen, The Other Boleyn Girl is a riveting historical drama. It
brings to light a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at
the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe, and survived a
treacherous political landscape by following her heart.”
19- P.S. I Love You
“A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a
stunning new talent. Everyone needs a guardian angel! Some people wait their whole
lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts,
they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they
laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the
unthinkable happens.
Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th
birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one
for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life
without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'. As the notes are gradually
opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The
man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on.
With some help from her friends, and her noisy and
loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing--and
being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises--but it always
helps if there's an angel watching over you.”
“Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago,
seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for
California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in
Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover
hidden treasures in this small Southwest town--a group of down-to-earth, deeply
caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl living secretly in a
Wal-Mart. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric
librarian Forney Hull who loves Novalee more than she loves herself, they are
about to take her--and you, too--on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey
to . . . Where the Heart Is.”
21- Wild
“At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost
everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family
disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most
impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast
of America - from the Mojave Desert, thro”
22- Safe Haven
“In a small North Carolina town, a mysterious and
beautiful woman running from her past slowly falls for a kind-hearted store owner
. . . until dark secrets begin to threaten her new life.
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in
the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions
about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid
forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant
relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two
young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite
her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots
in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his
family.
But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she
struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past
that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the
sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathetic and stubborn support, Katie
eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and
one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only
true safe haven.”
23- Nights in Rodanthe
“Struggling to care for her sick father and raise her
teenage children alone, a divorced mother spends the weekend at a North
Carolina inn, only to meet a former surgeon running from his past.
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three
years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her
teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the
request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village
of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend the local inn for the weekend. With a
major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising...until a guest named
Paul Flanner arrives.
At 54, Paul is a successful surgeon, but in the
previous six months his life has unraveled into something he doesn't recognize.
Estranged from his son and recently divorced, he's sold his practice and his
home and has journeyed to this isolated town in hopes of closing a painful
chapter in his past. Adrienne and Paul come together as the storm brews over
Rodanthe, but what begins between them over the weekend will resonate
throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and
loss.”
24- Message in a Bottle
“In this New York Times bestseller, a single mother
sets out to find the North Carolina man who sent a message meant for someone
else . . . and the journey may change her life forever.
Divorced and disillusioned about relationships,
Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a
letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply
"Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't
fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her
life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that
embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is
timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human
heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to
romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times
bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find
each other no matter where, no matter when...”
25- In Her Shoes
“From Jennifer Weiner comes a story of two sisters
with nothing in common but a love for shoes learn they are more alike than they
thought possible.
Meet Rose Feller, a thirty-year-old high-powered
attorney with a secret passion for romance novels. She has an exercise regime
she's going to start next week, and she dreams of a man who will slide off her
glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she's beautiful. She also dreams of
getting her fantastically screwed-up, semi-employed little sister to straighten
up and fly right.
Meet Rose's sister, Maggie. Twenty-eight years old and
drop-dead gorgeous. Although her big-screen stardom hasn't progressed past her
left hip's appearance in a Will Smith video, Maggie dreams of fame and fortune
-- and of getting her big sister on a skin-care regimen.
These two women, who claim to have nothing in common
but a childhood tragedy, DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that
they're more alike than they'd ever imagined. Along the way, they'll encounter
a diverse cast of characters -- from a stepmother who's into recreational Botox
to a disdainful pug with no name. They'll borrow shoes and clothes and boyfriends,
and eventually make peace with their most intimate enemies -- each other.”
26- Girl With a Pearl Earring
“The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of
A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard
Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an
Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth
Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time
and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one
of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.
History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous
novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring
tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her
brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas
and oil.”
27- Dark Places
“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York
Times bestselling author of Gone Girl, and the basis for the major motion
picture starring Charlize Theron
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters
were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and
famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer.
Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with notorious
crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof
that may free Ben.
Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history:
She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to
the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip
clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and
Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.”
Praise for Dark Places
“[A] nerve-fraying thriller.”—The New York Times
“Flynn’s well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility
of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma.”—The New
Yorker
“Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that
little girls are made of sugar and spice in Sharp Objects, her sensuous and
chilling first thriller. In Dark Places, her equally sensuous and chilling
follow-up, Flynn . . . has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled
young females. . . . [A] propulsive and twisty mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly
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The Devil Wears Prada
“A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most
impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses and the basis for the major
motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college,
lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to
Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine,
Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every
turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and
beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show
off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can
turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering
child.
The Devil Wears Prada gives a rich and hilarious new
meaning to complaints about "The Boss from Hell." Narrated in
Andrea’s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish
view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans
at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores
Harry Potter to Miranda’s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an
unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage
dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature
she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the
night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her
eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job
at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely
unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize
that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she
survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her
soul.”
29- Atonement
"Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war,
childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a
brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master
of English prose.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony
Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and
Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’
s incomplete grasp of adult motives–together with her precocious literary
gifts–brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that
crime’s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into
the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every
conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine
masterpiece.”
Praise for Atonement
“A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama.” —John
Updike, The New Yorker
“Flat-out brilliant. . . . Lush, detailed, vibrantly
colored and intense.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A tour de force. . . . Every bit as affecting as it
is gripping.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Luminous. . . . Atonement is brilliant and like
nothing he’s ever written before.” —Newsweek
“No one now writing fiction in the English language
surpasses Ian McEwan.” —The Washington Post Book World
30- Ever After: A Cinderella Story
“A prince in search of a princess, a domineering
baroness and her two daughters, and an orphaned servant girl who sleeps in the
ashes by the fireplace....
By the time Danielle is eight years old, her mother
and father have died and she has been left in the care of her new stepmother,
the Baroness Rodmilla of Ghent. Twelve
years later, the baroness and her two daughters have made Danielle their
servant, giving her the nickname Cindersoot and ordering her every day to chop
firewood, tend the grounds, and clean the manor house.
When Prince Henry of France begins a search for a
wife, the baroness intends to make sure her beautiful daughter Marguerite becomes
his bride. But when Danielle and the
prince meet by chance one day, sparks fly.
The baroness will do everything within her power to keep her servant
from becoming the Queen of France.
Based on the classic story of Cinderella by Charles
Perrault, Ever After is a historical romance that is certain to charm and
delight modern readers.”
31- My Sister's Keeper
“Jodi Picoult tells the story of a girl who decides to
sue her parents for the rights to her own body in this New York Times
bestseller that tackles a controversial subject with grace and explores what it
means to be a good person.
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is
widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real
people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by
conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age
thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so
that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued
her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was
conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate—a life and a role that she has never
challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who
she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms
of her sister—and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable,
a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences
for the sister she loves.
My Sister’s Keeper examines what it means to be a good
parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it
takes to save a child’s life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of
another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes
you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead
you? Once again, in My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial
real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.”
32- One Day
“'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of
malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.'
He smiled without opening his eyes. 'Go on then.'
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only
just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one
another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the
same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes
and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this
one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love
and life itself."
33- The Reader
“Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims
it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and
secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of
postwar Germany.
When he falls ill on his way home from school,
fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In
time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next
sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime.
As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes
that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.”
Praise for the Reader
"A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally
morally devastating novel."
—Los Angeles Times
"Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful. . . .
[The Reader] leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally
complex. . . . Mr. Schlink tells his story with marvelous directness and
simplicity."
—The New York Times
"Haunting. . . . What Schlink does best, what
makes this novel most memorable, are the small moments of highly charged
eroticism." —Francine Prose, Elle
34- Dear John
“When a rebel serving in the Army meets the girl of
his dreams, he must face an impossible choice as a national tragedy forces them
apart in this powerful New York Times bestseller.
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and
enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets
the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into
the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of
duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart.
But 9/11 changes everything.
John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the
long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear
John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and
two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with
the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and face the
hardest decision of his life.”
“A U.S. Marine's brush with death leads him to the
love of his life in this New York Times bestseller of destiny, luck, and the
redemptive power of romance.
After U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of
a smiling young woman buried in the dirt during his tour of duty in Iraq, he
experiences a sudden streak of luck -- winning poker games and even surviving
deadly combat. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for
his good fortune: the photograph -- his lucky charm.
Back home in Colorado, Thibault can't seem to get the
woman in the photograph out of his mind and he sets out on a journey across the
country to find her. But Thibault is caught off guard by the strong attraction
he feels for the woman he encounters in North Carolina - Elizabeth, a divorced
mother -- and he keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, a secret. As he
and Elizabeth embark upon a passionate love affair, his secret soon threatens
to tear them apart -- destroying not only their love, but also their lives.
Filled with tender romance and terrific suspense, THE
LUCKY ONE is an unforgettable story about the surprising paths our lives often
take and the power of fate to guide us to true and everlasting love.”
36- The Last Song
“From the author of A Walk to Remember comes a moving
tale of redemption and first love when a rebellious teenager decides to spend
the summer with her estranged father in a North Carolina beach town.
Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie"
Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father
moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she
remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her
mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer
in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher,
is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art
that will become the centerpiece of a local church.
The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of
love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that
demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can
break our hearts . . . and heal them.“
37- The Edge of Reason
“Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to
the blissed-out shores of Thailand, Bridget Jones searches for The Truth in
spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug Married
advice ("'I'm just calling to say in the potty! In the potty! Well, do it
in Daddy's hand, then!'"). She experiences a zeitgeist-esque Spiritual
Epiphany somewhere between the pages of "How to Find the Love You Want
Without Seeking It" ("can self-help books really self help?"),
protective custody, and a lightly chilled Chardonnay.”
Praise for the Edge of Reason
"One of the most enchanting heroines to ever
overdraw her bank account." --USA Today
"Glorious . . . a sequel that outshines its
predecessor." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Bridget Jones is a joy and comfort, and Helen
Fielding is bloody great." --Mademoiselle
38- Me Before You
“From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in
Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
They had nothing in common until love gave them
everything to lose . . .
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly
ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield
than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of
the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has
always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now
he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat
him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she
expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out
to show him that life is still worth living.
A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans
of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people
who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks,
What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your
own heart?”
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