But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition: 40 Love Stories That Inspired Our Favorite Films

Review Quotes:
"[E]ntertaining and energetic...plenty of fun moments."-- Publisher's Weekly

Biographical Note:
Kristen Lopez is an author, entertainment journalist, and disability expert. She has worked as an entertainment journalist for over 15 years, with her articles appearing at Variety, MTV, TCM, and Roger Ebert. A California native, Kristen was raised in a small suburb near Sacramento and graduated with a Masters in English from California State University, Sacramento. She is the creator of the classic film podcast, Ticklish Business. Based in Los Angeles, she enjoys reading and finding Old Hollywood connections in her neighborhood in her free time. She is the author of But Have You Read the Book? and Popcorn Disability.

Table of Contents:

Films included in this book:

• The Sheik (1921)
• Camille (1936)
• Anna Karenina (1938)
• Gone With the Wind (1939)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• Jane Eyre (1944)
• Laura (1944)
• Dragonwyck (1946)
• The Bishop's Wife (1947)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
• A Place in the Sun (1951)
• My Cousin Rachel (1952)
• A Farewell to Arms (1957)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• Pierrot le fou (1965)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Women in Love (1969)
• Love Story (1970)
• Tess (1979)
• Somewhere in Time (1980)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
• A Room With a View (1985)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• Maurice (1987)
• Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
• Waiting to Exhale (1995)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• The English Patient (1996)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• Chocolat (2000)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• The Notebook (2004)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• Atonement (2007)
• Twilight (2008)
• Carol (2015)

Review Citations:

• Publishers Weekly 04/06/2026 (EAN 9798894142296, Hardcover)
• Library Journal 05/01/2026 pg. 121 (EAN 9798894142296, Hardcover)