Great Books, Great Movies

Many of the best new releases showing at the cinema over the coming Oscar season have their origin as successful books. We've gathered the best of these together here for you to decide: read the book first or see the movie?

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  The Hobbit
  J R R Tolkien

  Paperback · 30 Aug 2012 · €9.99

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  The classic bestseller behind this year's biggest movie, this film tie-in edition features the complete story of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth, with a striking cover image from Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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  The Hobbit (part 1 and 2)
  J R R Tolkien

  Paperback · 30 Aug 2012 · €13.35

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  The unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic now available as a two-part boxed set.

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  Life of Pi
  Yann Martel

  Paperback · 04 Oct 2012 · €11.99
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  Now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee Winner of the Booker Prize

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  Jack Reacher (One Shot)
  Lee Child

  Paperback · 22 Nov 2012 · €9.99

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  Six shots. Five dead. A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except for a single phrase: Get Jack Reacher for me. Reacher lives off the grid. He's not looking for trouble. But sometimes trouble looks for him.

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  Team of Rivals
  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Paperback · 29 Nov 2012 · €17.35
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  Shows how Abraham Lincoln saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. This title offers a study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen.

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  Midnight's Children
  Salman Rushdie

  Paperback · 03 Jan 2013 · €11.99

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  Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts.

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  The Silver Linings Playbook
  Matthew Quick

  Paperback · 25 Oct 2012 · €9.99
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  Now a major film starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro

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  Breaking Dawn Pt. 2
  Stephenie Meyer

  Paperback · 11 Oct 2012 · €9.99

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  The Host
  Stephenie Meyer

  Paperback · 08 Jan 2013 · €9.99
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  Beautiful Creatures
  Kami Garcia

  Paperback · 03 Jan 2013 · €9.99

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  There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan Wate become bound together by a deep, powerful love.

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  Great Expectations
  Charles Dickens

  Paperback · 30 Nov 2002 · €12.95

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  A terrifying encounter with the escaped convict Abel Magwitch in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decrepit Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella at Satis House; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever.

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  I, Anna
  Elsa Lewin

  Paperback · 19 Nov 2012 · €9.99

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  Anna lives with her teenage daughter in a small New York apartment. Trying to meet people after her divorce, she begins attending singles nights, which is how she finds herself late at night, in a strange man's apartment. What happens next is a blank, but it's only the beginning of her nightmare.