Literature Meets Film
Saoirse Ronan, widely known for her lead role in Ladybird, plays this character in Little Women.
Jo March
In The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk writes about how this manifests physically in the body.
Trauma
This famous author was exposed as having stolen his wife’s ideas and writing in the 1900s.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
These are the names of the two main characters in Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie. (Oct 2023 BOTM)
Gregor Samsa is the human transformed into a giant pest in this 1915 novella.
Metamorphosis
Name the two love interests in Normal People by Sally Rooney.
This Brontë sister wrote Jane Eyre.
Charlotte
This memoir was Slug Book Club's BOTM in January 2023.
The Glass Castle
Kidnapped & sold into slavery, Solomon Northup told of his experiences in this memoir that became a movie.
12 Years a Slave
This American author has written many best selling romance novels, “Happy Place” being her newest one
Emily Henry
The servants who work downstairs for this "Pride & Prejudice" family are the focus of [the novel] "Longbourn."
The Bennet family
This is the location that “The Other” (a.k.a. Ketterley) lives in, which he uses as a memory test in Piranesi. (Nov 2023 BOTM)
Battersea
Emma Stone played aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this ’60s-set film based on the novel of the same name.
The Help
The music artist Japanese Breakfast wrote this memoir about her life and upbringing.
Crying in H Mart
This classic book by J.M. Barrie opens with the famous line, “All children, except one grew up.”
Peter Pan
This previous BOTM has been translated into over 180 languages, trailing behind the Bible as the second most translated work ever.
The Little Prince
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” was adapted into this science fiction film.
Blade Runner
This is a fantasy book series that takes place in the faerie lands of Prythian.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in this city and state.
Maycomb, Alabama
This is what the “Golden Country” actually is, referred to by Winston in our December BOTM 1984.
His dreams