The Meriden Public Library has composed a list of over 40 books that have become major motion pictures.  We feel these books make for excellent reading enjoyment.

Book Title	Author
Angela’s Ashes	Frank McCourt
A Map of the World	Jane Hamilton
Anna and the King of Siam	Margaret Landon
Bone Collector	Jeff Deaver
Circle of Friends	Maeve Binchy
Dead Man Walking	Helen Prejean
Emma	Jane Austen
Fight Club	Chuck Palahniuk
Forrest Gump	Winston Groom
Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Café)	Fannie Flagg
Girl, Interrupted	Susanna Kaysen
Gone With the Wind	Margaret Mitchell
Green Mile	Stephen King
How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Terry McMillan
I Know What You Did Last Summer	Lois Duncan
In Cold Blood	Truman Capote
Jaws	Patrick Benchly
L. A.  Confidential	James Ellroy
Little Women	Louisa May Alcott
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	John Berendt
Ordinary People	Judith Guest
Portrait of a Lady	Henry James
Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen
Primary Colors	Anonymous
Princess Bride	William Goldman
Schindler’s List	Thomas Keneally
Sense and Sensibility	Jane Austen
Shawshank Redemption	Stephen King
Silence of the Lambs	Thomas Harris
Sleepy Hollow	Washington Irving
Snow Falling on Cedars	David Guterson
The Cider House Rules	John Irving
The Color Purple	Alice Walker
The English Patient	Michael Ondaatje
The Godfather	Mario Puzo
The Talented Mr. Ripley	Patricia Highsmith
The Thin Red Line	James Jones
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee
Waiting to Exhale	Terry McMillan
You Only Live Twice	Ian Flemming