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B-O-T® at the Movies
Below you will find a list of audio books that have been or will soon be made into popular feature-length films. They are currently listed by title. Click here to sort them from newest to oldest.
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The Alamo
By Frank Thompson. Read by Scott Brick (Amer.) - The novelization of the new major motion picture based on the historic face-off at the Alamo.
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Along Came a Spider
By James Patterson. Read by Michael Kramer (Amer.) - Alex Cross must save two children who are kidnapped by their teacher, a psychopathic serial killer.
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Bank Shot 
By Donald E. Westlake. Read by Michael Kramer (Amer.) - When cops close in, Dortmunder must steal an entire bank (on wheels). Where will he hide it? Funny and well-crafted.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
By Tom Wolfe. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - Sherman McCoy, master of the universe, gets his comeuppance. This modern classic is a must-have for every collection.
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The Bourne Identity
By Robert Ludlum. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - Jason Bourne recovers from amnesia, wishes he had not: he remembers he is a trained killer.
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The Bourne Legacy
By Eric Van Lustbader. Read by Scott Brick (Amer.) - Bestselling writer Eric Van Lustbader continues the tradition of Robert Ludlum's beloved Bourne series with THE BOURNE LEGACY.
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The Bourne Supremacy
By Robert Ludlum. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - Someone uses Bourne's name as coverup for a series of murders. Does Bourne get even? You bet!
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The Church of Dead Girls: A Novel
By Stephen Dobyns. Read by Jonathan Marosz (Amer.) - When girls vanish from a small town, pathological suspicion creates chaos and terror. A chilling psychological thriller.
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The Cider House Rules
By John Irving. Read by Grover Gardner (Amer.) - A doctor cares for orphans, terminates pregnancies in 1920s rural Maine. AudioFile Earphones Award.
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Cold Mountain
By Charles Frazier. Read by Charles Frazier (Amer.) - A confederate soldier makes a harrowing journey home. Winner of the National Book Award and now a major motion picture.
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The Deep End of the Ocean
By Jacquelyn Mitchard. Read by Frances Cassidy (Amer.) - A three-year-old boy's family falls apart when he's kidnapped. Nine years later, he shows up. How will the family react?
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
By Rebecca Wells. Read by Judith Ivey (Amer.) - A 40-year-old actress repairs her relationship with her mother by reading about the high-jinks of her mother's circle of friends.
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Extreme Measures
By Michael Palmer. Read by Michael Kramer (Amer.) - A young doctor stumbles onto an evil plot that may destroy him. A genuine nailbiter from a new master of the medical thriller.
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For Love of the Game
By Michael Shaara. Read by Arthur Addison (Amer.) - A baseball legend, almost finished with his career at the age of thirty-seven, has one last chance to prove who he is.
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The Fountainhead
By Ayn Rand. Read by Kate Reading (Amer.) - Maverick genius defies architectural conventions, follows his own star. A great novel of ideas.
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
By Hayden Herrera. Read by Kimberly Schraf (Amer.) - This vivid biography chronicles one of the greatest 20th-century Mexican artists - Frida Kahlo.
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The General's Daughter
By Nelson Demille. Read by John Macdonald (Amer.) - Undercover investigation finds corruption in the army's highest echelons.
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The Glass Key
By Dashiell Hammett. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - Sam Spade is hired out as a gumshoe in a plot that leads from theft to murder. A classic piece of hard-boiled fiction.
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Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War
By Jeff Shaara. Read by Dick Estell (Amer.) - A monumental story of the Civil War's beginning and the lives of its great military leaders. Now a major motion picture.
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The Hotel New Hampshire
By John Irving. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - A hotel-keeping family lives life as if they were on stage.
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The Hours
By Michael Cunningham. Read by Michael Cunningham (Amer.) - Michael Cunningham bring Virginia Woolf to life, intertwining her story with that of two contemporary women. Pulitzer Prize.
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I, Robot
By Isaac Asimov. Read by Scott Brick (Amer.) - The finest robot stories in the history of science fiction.
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King Arthur
By Frank Thompson. Read by John Lee (Brit.) - King Arthur must fight his way into a new age for Britain.
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Kiss the Girls
By James Patterson. Read by Michael Kramer (Amer.) - Two killers are on the loose, and they're messing with the wrong man. Alex Cross, a detective as tough as they are, is on the case.
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L. A. Confidential
By James Ellroy. Read by John Macdonald (Amer.) - Los Angeles, 1953. Gangland violence and cops more vicious than the criminals. Classic fiction noir.
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Master and Commander
By Patrick O'Brian. Read by John Lee (Brit.) - The first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
By Arthur Golden. Read by Bernadette Dunne (Amer.) - The geisha world is seen through the life of one woman who serves as a window to a little known world of incredible beauty and cruelty.
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Message in a Bottle
By Nicholas Sparks. Read by Kimberly Schraf (Amer.) - A single mother finds a message in a bottle that changes her entire life. A wonderful and romantic book of self-discovery.
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Mystic River
By Dennis Lehane. Read by Scott Brick (Amer.) - Conflicts surface among friends when Marcus' daughter is murdered. AudioFile Earphones Award and named Top 10 Audiobook by ABA.
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The Name of the Rose
By Umberto Eco. Read by Alexander Adams (Amer.) - A Medieval English monk deciphers clues to find out who killed seven of his abbey brothers. Entertaining and historical.
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Patriot Games
By Tom Clancy. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - Jack Ryan foils terrorist plot on English Royal Family. Prequel to THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.
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The Pelican Brief
By John Grisham. Read by Alexander Adams (Amer.) - Law student investigates murders of two Supreme Court justices, finds unexpected and compromising leads.
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Presumed Innocent
By Scott Turow. Read by Grover Gardner (Amer.) - Straight arrow prosecutor finds himself on trial for a murder he didn't commit.
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The Right Stuff
By Tom Wolfe. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - A remarkable narrative of the U.S. space program and especially about the people who made it happen.
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The Rosary Murders
By William X. Kienzle. Read by Edward Holland (Amer.) - In this Father Koesler mystery, a serial murderer preys on the nuns and priests of Detroit - and the ever-resourceful priest investigates.
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The Runaway Jury
By John Grisham. Read by Frank Muller (Amer.) - A jury foreman follows his own agenda in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a tobacco giant. Can justice prevail?
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The Sayonara / Bridges at Toko-Ri
By James A. Michener. Read by Larry Mckeever (Amer.) - These early Michener masterpieces explore, with care and compassion, the love for a woman, for a family and for duty in war.
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Seven Years in Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer. Read by David Case (Brit.) - This is the memoir of a young Austrian who escaped from an internment camp in India and made his way to the side of the Dalai Lama.
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Snow Falling on Cedars
By David Guterson. Read by Barrett Whitener (Amer.) - In this story of love and prejudice, old wounds resurface in a small town when a Japanese-American stands trial for murdering a white man.
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STAR WARS®: Episode I The Phantom Menace
By Terry Brooks. Read by Alexander Adams (Amer.) - The saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins - the story of STAR WARS.
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The Sum of All Fears
By Tom Clancy. Read by John Macdonald (Amer.) - Jack Ryan faces the biggest challenge of his career: to save the world from nuclear obliteration. Non-stop excitement.
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The Thin Man
By Dashiell Hammett. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - An inventor disappears during a sensational murder, and Nick and Nora Charles are on the case. The source of the famous Powell-Loy films.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
By Milan Kundera. Read by Christopher Hurt (Amer.) - A remarkable novel that explores the question, is freedom too much to bear? A must-have for every collection.
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Watership Down
By Richard Adams. Read by John Macdonald (Amer.) - For children or adults, this magical tale of a colony of rabbits has become a modern classic.
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The Weight of Water
By Anita Shreve. Read by Frances Cassidy (Amer.) - When a photo-journalist tries to re-visit a century-old murder off the coast of New England, she's seduced by the violent forces of the past.
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The World According to Garp
By John Irving. Read by Michael Prichard (Amer.) - National Book Award winner. Through Garp's eyes, we see a world ruled by lust, extremes, blasphemy, and more importantly, death.
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