Author The Plot in 3 Words Book Movie Starring...
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin British romantic comedy 1797 2005 Keira Knightley
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Passionate love story 1847 1992 Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes
The Awakening Kate Chopin Wife finds freedom 1899
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane Civil War fear 1895 1951 Audie Murphy
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes A madman’s adventure 1605 2000 John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
The Three Muskateers Alexandre Dumas Historical French adventure 1844 1993 Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Rags to riches 1925 1974 Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Rags to riches 1925 2013
McGuire
Lord of the Flies William Golding Deserted island boys 1954 1990 Balthazar Getty
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Punishment for adultery 1850 1995 Demi Moore, Gary Oldman
Catch-22 Joseph Heller WWII satire 1961 1970 Alan Arkin
Brave New World Aldous Huxley Year 2540 utopia 1932 1998 Peter Gallagher, Leonard Nimoy
The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka Man becomes insect 1915 1987 Steven Berkoff, Tim Roth
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Deep South prejudice 1960 1962 Gregory Peck
The Call of the Wild Jack London Yukon sled dog 1903 1972 Charleton Heston
Beloved Toni Morrison Effects of slavery 1987 1998 Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Kelsey Grammer, Julia Louis-
Animal Farm George Orwell Farm animals revolt 1945 1999
Dreyfus
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath Young woman’s depression 1963 2008 Julia Styles
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger A teenager’s alienation 1951
Great Depression
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 1939 1940 Henry Fonda
sharecroppers
Treasure Island R.L. Stevenson High seas adventure 1883 1990 Charleton Heston
Harriet Beecher
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Cruelty of slavery 1852 1987 Avery Brooks, Bruce Dern
Stowe
Adventures of Huckleberry
Mark Twain A runaway’s story 1885 1993 Elijah Wood
Finn
Candide Voltaire French adventure satire 1759
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut WWII time travel 1969 1972 Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman
The Color Purple Alice Walker Southern women’s difficulties 1982 1985 Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Price of vanity 1890 2004 Josh Duhamel
Native Son Richard Wright Depression-era racism 1940 1986 Victor Love, Matt Dillon
