Big Books of 2026

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Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie JamesThe Love Theorem by Camilla IsleyThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterFriends Without Benefits by Penny ReidHeaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Romance with Actors/Actresses/Acting/Film
298 books — 244 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe 39 Steps by John BuchanStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithRear Window by Cornell WoolrichVertigo by Boileau-Narcejac
Books Filmed by Alfred Hitchcock
40 books — 82 voters

The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinFilm Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. KatzWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraActor for Life by Connie de Veer
Acting and Cinema
75 books — 67 voters
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Technique of Acting by Stella AdlerAn Actor Prepares by Constantin StanislavskiRespect for Acting by Uta HagenThe Stanislavski System by Sonia Moore
Best Acting Books
52 books — 67 voters

The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraStory by Robert McKeeAs You Wish by Cary ElwesFrom Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter
Best film related books
64 books — 61 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos KazantzakisWiseguy by Nicholas PileggiCape Fear by John D. MacDonaldRaging Bull by Jake LaMotta
Books Filmed by Martin Scorsese
17 books — 8 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyReady Player One by Ernest ClineCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
Books Filmed by Steven Spielberg
19 books — 8 voters
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerMystic River by Dennis LehaneMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtAbsolute Power by David BaldacciGone to Texas by Forrest Carter
Books Filmed by Clint Eastwood
18 books — 8 voters

Oscar Wars by Michael SchulmanThe Last Action Heroes by Nick de SemlyenSurely You Can't Be Serious by David ZuckerFassbinder by Ian PenmanMy Cousin Maria Schneider by Vanessa Schneider
Film Books of 2023 (NON-FICTION)
165 books — 8 voters
2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Shining by Stephen KingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
Books Filmed by Stanley Kubrick
11 books — 7 voters

The Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonSeven Days in May by Fletcher KnebelBlack Sunday by Thomas Harris52 Pickup by Elmore LeonardThe Gypsy Moths by James Drought
Books Filmed by John Frankenheimer
22 books — 6 voters
The Godfather by Mario PuzoDracula by Bram StokerThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books Filmed by Francis Ford Coppola
15 books — 6 voters

The Jewish Image in American Film by Lester D. FriedmanEl salón de los artistas exiliados en California by Núria AñóJewish Science Fiction and Fantasy of the 1960s and 70s by Valerie Estelle FrankelMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinAmerican Jewish Filmmakers by David Desser
Books on Jewish Films
40 books — 5 voters
I Am Spartacus! by Kirk DouglasMartin Scorsese Presents The Blues by Peter GuralnickTerry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry JonesWall and Piece by BanksyConfessions of an Actor by Laurence Olivier
Books by Eminent Directors/Actors
79 books — 5 voters

A Doll's House by Henrik IbsenThe Servant by Robin MaughamModesty Blaise by Peter O'DonnellAccident by Nicholas MosleyEve by James Hadley Chase
Books Filmed by Joseph Losey
19 books — 5 voters
Two's Company by Sherryl WoodsGypsy in the Night by Sophie WestonDreams of Glass by Brenna ToddTake Two by Tracey Cramer-KellyOn The Air by Mary Burchell
Action: Directors in Romance
28 books — 5 voters

Laura by Vera CasparyAnatomy of a Murder by Robert TraverCentennial Summer by Albert E. IdellForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorFallen Angel by Marty Holland
Books that Inspired Otto Preminger Films
24 books — 3 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Women by Clare Boothe Luce
Books that Inspired George Cukor Films
24 books — 3 voters

Girls in the Picture by Melanie BenjaminThe Lonely Lady by Harold RobbinsHeel by Philip José FarmerDon't Shoot by Robert ZacksNot Without You by Harriet Evans
Movies And Cinema In Works Of Fiction
15 books — 3 voters
The Dead Zone by Stephen KingNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsCrash by J.G. BallardThe Fly by George LangelaanTwins by Bari Wood
Books Filmed by David Cronenberg
10 books — 2 voters

Double Indemnity by James M. CainThe Lost Weekend by Charles JacksonThe Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha ChristieStalag 17. by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trz...Sabrina Fair by Samuel Albert Taylor
Books that Inspired Billy Wilder Films
11 books — 2 voters
Metropolis by Thea von HarbouWestern Union by Zane GreyThe Ministry of Fear by Graham GreeneRogue Male by Geoffrey HouseholdCloak and Dagger by Corey Ford
Books that Inspired Fritz Lang Films
18 books — 2 voters

Red Alert by Peter BryantA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Shining by Stephen KingClean Break by Lionel WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that Inspired Stanley Kubrick Films
10 books — 2 voters
Down There by David GoodisJules et Jim by Henri-Pierre RochéFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLa Mariée était en noir by William IrishWaltz into Darkness by William Irish
Books that Inspired François Truffaut Films
10 books — 1 voter

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XClockers by Richard PriceThe 25th Hour by David BenioffMiracle at St. Anna by James McBrideOld boy, volumen 1 by Garon Tsuchiya
Books Filmed by Spike Lee
10 books — 1 voter
Quentin Tarantino by Ian NathanWes Anderson by Ian NathanGuillermo del Toro by Ian NathanCult Filmmakers by Ian Haydn SmithWell Documented by Ian Haydn Smith
Humble Book Bundle: Directors, Filmmaking, and Hollywood Movies!
16 books — 1 voter

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