Episode 3 – Page to Screen

This week we discuss our favorite books that have made the leap to the screen. As always, we close with what we’re currently reading.

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Books and screen adaptations mentioned in this episode:

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

• Wolf Hall (TV)

• Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman 

• Orange is the New Black (TV)

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (play)

• Fun Home by Alison Beschdel

• Fun Home (musical)

• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter series (film)

• Still Alice by Lisa Genova

• Still Alice (film)

• Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking

• The Theory of Everything (film)

• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

• Wild (film)

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• Gone Girl (film)

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

• Unbroken (film)

• The Firm by John Grisham

• The Firm (film)

• A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin

• Game of Thrones (TV)

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (film)

• The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

• The Hunger Games series (film)

• The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (film)

• Shadowhunters (TV)

• The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

• Enchanted April (1935 film)

• Enchanted April (play)

• Enchanted April (1991 film)

• Foyle’s War (TV)

• The Martian by Andy Weir

• The Martian (film)

• Apollo 13 (film)

• The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

• Cast Away (film)

• Written in Blood by Caroline Graham

• Midsomer Murders (TV)

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Americanah (film)

• Selma (film)

• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

• City of Ember (film)

• Hanna (film)

• Atonement (film)

• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

• Big Little Lies (TV)

• The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

• Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

• Luckiest Girl Alive (film)

• The Slap (TV-Australia)

• The Slap (TV-US)

• The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

• The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

• The Arabian Nights: Tales from A Thousand and One Nights

• Suddenly One Summer by Julie James

• Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan

• Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen

Episode 2 – What to Read After The Girl on the Train

This week we discuss what books would make good picks if you enjoyed Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train. We close with what we’re currently reading.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

• Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

• Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

• The Kind Worth Killing by Peter SwansonLuckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

• The Furies by Natalie Haynes

• Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon

• War of the Encyclopaedists by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite