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The following is Sokratiko’s list of inspirational books with philosophical aspects. In the entries there is also the indication of the cinematic adaptation (if any).
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A BEAUTIFUL MIND – Sylvia Nasar (1998). Look for the film directed by Ron Howard in the MOVIES A section of this site.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE – Anthony Burgess (1962). Look for the film directed by Stanley Kubrick in the MOVIES A section of this site.
A SINGLE MAN – Cristopher Isherwood (1964). Look for the film directed by Tom Ford in the MOVIES A section of this site.
Christopher Isherwood (“Don Bachardy” by rocor is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0).
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BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO (THE BURMESE HARP also known as HARP OF BURMA) – Michio Takeyama (1946). Look for the film directed by Kon Ichikawa in the MOVIES B section of this site.
BLACK HAWK DOWN: A STORY OF MODERN WAR – Mark Bowden (1999). Look for the film directed by Ridley Scott in the MOVIES B section of this site.
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD – Joe Connelly (1998). Look for the film directed by Martin Scorsese in the MOVIES B section of this site.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Annie Proulx (1997). Look for the film directed by Ang Lee in the MOVIES B section of this site.
Annie Proulx (“File:2018-us-nationalbookfestival-annie-proulx.jpg” by Fuzheado is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN – Frank Abagnale Jr. (1980). Look for the film directed by Steven Spielberg in the MOVIES C section of this site.
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DANCES WITH WOLVES – Michael Blake (1988). Look for the film directed by Kevin Costner in the MOVIES D section of this site.
D’ENTRE LES MORTS (THE LIVING AND THE DEAD also known as VERTIGO) – Thomas Narcejac and Pierre Boileau (1954). Look for the film VERTIGO directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the MOVIES V section of this site.
DER VORLESER (THE READER) – Bernhard Schlink (1995). Look for the film directed by Stephen Daldry in the MOVIES T section of this site.
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? – Philip K. Dick (1968; in some later printings the book was retitled BLADE RUNNERS: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?). Look for the film BLADE RUNNER, directed by Ridley Scott, in the MOVIES B section of this site.
DON JUAN – Lord Byron (1819). Look for the film DON JUAN DE MARCO directed by Jeremy Leven in the MOVIES D section of this site.
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Lord Byron (“180px-Lord_Byron_coloured_drawing” by ASAIFIB is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
DREAM STORY – also published as RHAPSODY (Traumnovelle) – Arthur Schnitzler (1925). Look for the film EYES WIDE SHUT, directed by Stanley Kubrick, in the MOVIES E section of this site.
DRIVE – James Sallis (2005). Look for the film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn in the MOVIES D section of this site.
E
EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM (MORAL LETTERS TO LUCILIUS) – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (I century).
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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD – Thomas Hardy (1874). Look for the film directed by Thomas Vinterberg in the MOVIES F section of this site.
FORREST GUMP – Winston Groom (1986). Look for the film directed by Robert Zemeckis in the MOVIES F section of this site.
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GHOST WALKER – Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Look for the film THE GREY, directed by Joe Carnahan, in the MOVIES T section of this site.
GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn (2012). Look for the film directed by David Fincher in the MOVIES G section of this site.
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HEART OF DARKNESS – Joseph Conrad (1899). Look for the film APOCALYPSE NOW, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in the MOVIES A section of this site.
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IL NOME DELLA ROSA (THE NAME OF THE ROSE) – Umberto Eco (1980). Look for the film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in the MOVIES T section of this site.
Umberto Eco (“Umberto Eco” by giveawayboy is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
IL SANGUE E L’ANIMA (THE BLOOD AND THE SOUL) – Carlo de Blasio (2019). Look for the notes about The Author of this site.
INTO THE WILD – Jon Krakauer (1996). Look for the film directed by Sean Penn in the MOVIES I section of this site.
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LES RIVIERES POURPRES (BLOOD RED RIVERS or THE CRIMSON RIVERS) – Jean-Christophe Grangé (1998). Look for the film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz in the MOVIES L section of this site.
LE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE (THE VICOMTE OF BRAGELONNE: TEN YEARS LATER or THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK) – Alexandre Dumas (1847). Look for the film directed by Randal Wallace in the MOVIES T section of this site.
LIFE OF PI – Yann Martel (2001). Look for the film directed by Ang Lee in the MOVIES L section of this site.
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MARLEY & ME – John Joseph Grogan (2005). Look for the film directed by David Frankel in the MOVIES M section of this site.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Arthur Golden (1997). Look for the film directed by Rob Marshall in the MOVIES M section of this site.
MYGALE (also published as TARANTULA or THE SKIN I LIVE IN) – Thierry Jonquet (1984). Look for the film LA PIEL QUE HABITO, directed by Pedro Almodovar, in the MOVIES L section of this site.
MYSTIC RIVER – Dennis Lehane (2001). Look for the film directed by Clint Eastwood in the MOVIES M section of this site.
Dennis Lehane (“The Drop 16” by GabboT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0).
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Cormac McCarthy (2005). Look for the film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen in the MOVIES N section of this site.
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OFF MAGAZINE STREET – Ronald Everett Capps (2004). Look for the film A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG, directed by Shainee Gabel, in the MOVIES A section of this site.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST – Ken Kesey (1962). Look for the film directed by Milos Forman in the MOVIES O section of this site.
OTELEFTEOS PIRASMOS (THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST or THE LAST TEMPTATION) – Nikos Kazantzakis (1955). Look for the film directed by Martin Scorsese in the MOVIES L section of this site.
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REAR WINDOW (or IT HAD TO BE MURDER) – Cornell Woolrich (1942). Look for the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the MOVIES R section of this site.
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SCHINDLER’S ARK – Thomas Keneally (1982). Look for the film SCHINDLER’S LIST, directed by Steven Spielberg, in the MOVIES S section of this site.
SECRET WINDOW, SECRET GARDEN – Stephen King (1990). Look for the film directed by David Koepp in the MOVIES S section of this site.
SHUTTER ISLAND – Dennis Lehane (2003). Look for the film directed by Martin Scorsese in the MOVIES S section of this site.
SIEBEN JAHRE IN TIBET (SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET: MY LIFE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER) – Heinrich Harrer (1953) Look for the film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in the MOVIES S section of this site.
SUITE FRANCAISE – Irene Nemirovsky (2004; written in 1942). Look for the film directed by Saul Dibb in the MOVIES S section of this site.
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TA EIS HEAUTON (MEDITATIONS) – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (II century).
TEN LITTLE NIGGERS (also published as AND THEN THERE WERE NONE) – Agatha Christie (1939). Look for the film IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, in the MOVIES I section of this site.
THE CRIMINAL LU YANSHI – Geling Yan. Look for the film COMING HOME, directed by Zhang Yimou, in the MOVIES C section of this site.
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1922). Look for the film directed by David Fincher in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE GENERAL’S DAUGHTER – Nelson DeMille (1992). Look for the film directed by Simon West in the MOVIES T section of this site.
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Nelson DeMille (“File:Nelson DeMille Headshot.jpg” by Sandy DeMille (spouse) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0).
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – Paula Hawkins (2015). Look for the film directed by Tate Taylor in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE GRADUATE – Charles Webb (1963). Look for the film directed by Mike Nichols in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE GREAT GATSBY – Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1925). Look for the film directed by Baz Luhrmann in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE GREEN MILE – Stephen King (1996). Look for the film directed by Frank Darabont in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER – Tom Clancy (1984). Look for the film directed by John McTiernan in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE – Isabelle Holland (1928). Look for the film directed by Mel Gibson in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE PALACE THIEF – Ethan Canin (1994). Look for the film THE EMPEROR’S CLUB, directed by Michael Hoffman, in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE PHYSICIAN – Noah Gordon (1986). Look for the film DER MEDICUS, directed by Philipp Stolzl, in the MOVIES D section of this site.
THE RAINMAKER – John Grisham (1995). Look for the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the MOVIES T section of this site.
THE ROAD – Cormac McCarthy (2006). Look for the film directed by John Hillcoat in the MOVIES T section of this site.
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Cormac McCarthy (“Cormac mccarthy” by Wei Tchou is licensed under CC BY 2.0).
THE SHORT-TIMERS – Gustav Hasford (1979). Look for the film FULL METAL JACKET, directed by Stanley Kubrick, in the MOVIES F section of this site.
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY – Patricia Highsmith (1955). Look for the film directed by Anthony Minghella in the MOVIES T section of this site.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Harper Lee (1962). Look for the film directed by Robert Mulligan in the MOVIES T section of this site.
TRASH – Andy Mulligan (2010). Look for the film directed by Stephen Daldry in the MOVIES T section of this site.
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WHAT MAISIE KNEW – Henry James (1897). Look for the film directed by Scott McGehee in the MOVIES W section of this site.
TITLES WITH NUMBERS
1408 – Stephen King (2002). Look for the film directed by Mikael Hafstrom in the MOVIES # section of this site.
2001: A SPACE ODISSEY – Arthur C. Clarke (1968). Look for the film directed by Stanley Kubrick in the MOVIES # section of this site.