This page highlights the 'books on film' DVDs that can be loaned from the library. To find specific titles, search the catalog by title, actor/director, or keyword.
Angels & Demons A Harvard professor discovers evidence of the Illuminati. Original author: Dan Brown. Call Number: UMDVD 5319 Baggage Claim A flight attendant has only 30 days to find Mr. Right. Original author: David E. Talbert. Call Number: UMDVD 8837 Beloved Sethe & Denver take in an odd girl named "Beloved," and strange things begin. Original author: Toni Morrison. Call Number: UMDVD 329 Brick Lane Nazneen arrives in 1980s London to an arranged marriage and a new life. Original author: Monica Ali. Call Number: UMDVD 5100 The Chosen Two Jewish teenagers become friends and struggle with religious differences. Original author: Chaim Potok. Call Number: UMDVD 3968 The Crucible A group of teenage girls is accused of witchcraft, and the town falls to hysteria. Original author: Arthur Miller. Call Number: UMDVD 6503 Ghost World Two teens' rambunctious ways threaten to undermine their friendship. Original author: Daniel Glowes. Call Number: UMDVD 7821 The Great Gatsby (2013) Nick Carraway chases his American dream and finds Jay Gatsby. Original author: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Call Number: UMDVD 8855 Hogfather An unlikely hero must protect the Hogfather of Discworld. Original author: Terry Pratchett. Call Number: UMDVD 7063 Horns Ig Perrish wakes up with horns and a strange new power. Original author: Joe Hill. Call Number: UMDVD 9366 How to Train Your Dragon The Viking teen Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he makes a new friend. Original author: Cressida Cowell. Call Number: UMDVD 5994 Howl's Moving Castle A young woman moves into a magic castle after being cursed. Original author: Diana Wynne Jones. Call Number: UMDVD 2973 The Hunger Games Set in a future where the Capitol selects children to compete in a deadly game. Original author: Suzanne Collins. Call Number: UMDVD 7129 Julie & Julia Julie decides to cook (and blog) her way through Julia Child's cookbook. Original author: Julie Powell. Call Number: UMDVD 5336 The Kite Runner Amir and Hassan were inseparable friends before fate tore them apart. Original author: Khaled Hosseini. Call Number: UMDVD 4027 Letters from Iwo Jima Stories of the men who fought on Iwo Jima, and the general that led them. Original author: Tadamichi Kuribayashi. Call Number: UMDVD 3205 Life of Pi A young Pi Patel is stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Original author: Yann Martel. Call Number: UMDVD 7817 Love in the Time of Cholera Florentino refuses to give up on his romantic love. Original author: Gabriel García Marquez. Call Number: UMDVD 6017 Moneyball The Oakland A's manager employs a computer-generated analysis to draft his players. Original author: Michael Lewis. Call Number: UMDVD 6902 No Country for Old Men A tale of greed, violence, and payback. Original author: Cormac McCarthy. Call Number: UMDVD 4007 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Tell the adventures of a mental ward inmate's struggles with the head nurse. Original author: Ken Kesey. Call Number: UMDVD 266 Orlando Orlando undergoes a series of transformations that illustrate the war between sexes. Original author: Virginia Woolf. Call Number: UMDVD 2657 Precious Precious Jones lives a dysfunctional life in Harlem in 1987. Original author: Sapphire. Call Number: UMDVD 5549 Race to Witch Mountain A Las Vegas cab driver helps some special kids on their mission. Original author: Alexander Key. Call Number: UMDVD 8034 The Reader A law student re-encounters his former lover at a war-crime trials. Original author: Bernhard Schlink. Call Number: UMDVD 4956 Revolutionary Road Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears perfect. Original author: Richard Yates. Call Number: UMDVD 5027 Secret Window A famous mystery writer is confronted by a stranger claiming plagiarism. Original author: Stephen King. Call Number: UMDVD 3807 The Shining A young boy and his parents spend the winter in a resort hotel possessed by ghosts. Original author: Stephen King. Call Number: UMDVD 226 The Silence of the Lambs JBI agent Clarice talks to the psychopath Hannibal Lecter while working a case. Original author: Thomas Harris. Call Number: UMDVD 209 A Single Man A British professor in L.A. contemplates suicide after his partner's death. Original author: Christopher Isherwood. Call Number: UMDVD 7792 Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik is one question away from winning big on a quiz show. Original author: Vikas Swarup. Call Number: UMDVD 4912 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold A British spy defects to East Germany as a ruse to feed them false information. Original author: John Le Carre. Call Number: UMDVD 790 Stardust Tristan sets forth on a journey that begins with a fallen star. Original author: Neil Gaiman. Call Number: UMDVD 6845 Still Alice A renowned linguistics professor struggles with early-onset-Alzheimer's. Original author: Lisa Genova. Call Number: UMDVD 9411 The Talented Mr. Ripley Tom Ripley believes it better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Original author: Patricia Highsmith. Call Number: UMDVD 2127 Their Eyes Were Watching God A free-spirited Janie Crawford searches for happiness in a 1920s small town. Original author: Zora Neale Hurston. Call Number: UMDVD 5324 The Time Traveler's Wife A gene causes a librarian to involuntarily time travel, which complicates his marriage. Original author: Audrey Niffenegger. Call Number: UMDVD 5491 To Kill a Mockingbird Two children are thrust into the adult world of racial bigotry. Original author: Harper Lee. Call Number: UMDVD 603 Whale Rider A young Maori girl named Pai fights to fulfill her destiny. Original author: Witi Ihimaera. Call Number: UMDVD 218 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory A reclusive candy manufacturer holds a contest for a tour of his facility. Original author: Roald Dahl. Call Number: UMDVD 612
