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20 Great Novels About the Movie Business

Just some of the terrific novels written against the backdrop of the film industry. How many have you read? And of those that have been adapted, how many of the adaptations have you seen?
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Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
1
Joyce Carol Oates
Blue Movie (Terry Southern)
Blue Movie
2
Terry Southern
Boy Wonder (James Robert Baker)
Boy Wonder
3
James Robert Baker
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
4
Nathanael West
The Disenchanted (Budd Schulberg)
The Disenchanted
5
Budd Schulberg
Flicker (Theodore Roszak)
Flicker
6
Theodore Roszak
Force Majeure (Bruce Wagner)
Force Majeure
7
Bruce Wagner
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
8
Elmore Leonard
Hollywood (Charles Bukowski)
Hollywood
9
Charles Bukowski
I, Fatty (Jerry Stahl)
I, Fatty
10
Jerry Stahl
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Laughing Gas (P. G. Wodehouse)
Laughing Gas
12
P. G. Wodehouse
The Loved One (Evelyn Waugh)
The Loved One
13
Evelyn Waugh
Me Cheeta (James Lever)
Me Cheeta
14
James Lever
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
15
Martin Amis
The Player (Michael Tolkien)
The Player
16
Michael Tolkien
Postcards From the Edge (Screenplay) (Carrie Fisher)
Postcards From the Edge (Screenplay)
17
Carrie Fisher
Slow Fade (Rudolph Wurlitzer)
Slow Fade
18
Rudolph Wurlitzer
Their Finest Hour and a Half (Lissa Evans)
Their Finest Hour and a Half
19
Lissa Evans
What Makes Sammy Run? (Budd Schulberg)
What Makes Sammy Run?
20
Budd Schulberg
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