Book to Movie Adaptions - Drama Edition Part 1

Are you looking for a good story? Try these great books then watch the movies from Hoopla. There’s something for everyone!

At Play In The Fields Of The Lord

  

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Matthiessen’s tale of feuding missionaries in the Brazilian jungle. Hector Babenco’s film stars Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, and Kathy Bates.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11380659

Audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10025915

The Beguiled

 

 

 

 

 

 

A wounded Union soldier is sheltered by the headmistress of a Southern girls’ academy- but can he trust her? Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page star in Don Siegel’s violent thriller, based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel. 

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11031740

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/3216943

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

  

 

 

 

 

 

Two boys form an unusual friendship in World War II Poland. Bruno is the son of a Nazi concentration camp commandant, and Shmuel is one of the inmates. A brilliant, powerful film from John Boyne’s bestseller.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183259

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/211508

Candy

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

A heroin-addicted poet falls in love with an art student, setting them both on a path to self-destruction. Based on Luke Davies’ novel. 

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12436818

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/479757

Chocolat

  

 

 

 

 

 

A woman opens a chocolate shop in a small French town, and inspires the people to seek happiness. Then a handsome stranger changes her life. Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp star in Lasse Hallstrom’s popular film of Joanne Harris’ besteller.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183050

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/611870

The Cider House Rules

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine star in Lasse Hallstrom’s beautiful film of John Irving’s bestseller. A young man leaves the orphanage where he grew up to find himself. He learns about life, love, and home.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183260

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13326102

City Of God

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

A young man uses his artistic talents to get out of a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum. Based on the novel by Paulo Lins.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12188197

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12209757

Cold Mountain

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, and Jude Law star in this popular of Charles Frazier’s bestseller. In the closing days of the Civil War, a wounded soldier begins his perilous journey home. Zellweger won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her performance.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183085

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11783994

Emma

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jane Austen’s heroine plays matchmaker for her friends, and fails miserably-until she falls in love herself. A popular version of the classic love story.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183171

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11829417

Enchanted April

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Von Arnim’s classic about four different women who rent an Italian villa for a month. They form new friendships and make life changes.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12247111

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11860385

The English Patient

  

 

 

 

 

 

The 1996 Best Picture winner, from Michael Ondaatje’s besteller. Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche star in this story of World War II British allies caring for a mysterious stranger, while discovering his identity and dangerous past.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183265

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/537211

A Farewell To Arms

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper star in this classic adaptation of Hemingway’s love story between an American paramedic and a British nurse.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11490620

Audiobook: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/96443

Freedomland

  

 

 

 

 

 

A carjacking involving a missing child tears a neighborhood apart in this film of Richard Price’s bestseller, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183241

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/336002

Great Expectations

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Dickens’ novel about a man looking back on his childhood and the people he knew. This is a London stage production but the book has been filmed several times, most notably by David Lean in 1946.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11075033

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11965803

The Grifters

  

 

 

 

 

 

Three con artists play dangerous games with each other in this critically acclaimed film of Jim Thompson’s novel. It stars John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12236464

Audiobook: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/769843