5 must-read film books like The Truman Show: The Shooting Script by Andrew Niccol

Cover of The Truman Show: The Shooting Script by Andrew Niccol

The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

By: Andrew Niccol

3.90

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank, the most famous face on television, only he doesn't know it. He is th…

"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented"

-Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented"

-Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

If you liked the film plot in The Truman Show: The Shooting Script by Andrew Niccol , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham, Chance Bone

1. Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

By: Bo Burnham , Chance Bone

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one … read more

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  • humor
"I put a chameleon on a red dildo... He blushed"

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Mmmmmm I like that thing you do with your tongue. What do you call it? Speaking? Yeah, I dig it"

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Forever and An Instant met up one day, Had a short, but lovely talk, then each went on it's way."

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

"Forever and an Instant Forever and an instant met up one day, had a short but lovely talk, then each went on its way."

-Bo Burnham, Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

Cover of The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley

2. The Good Woman of Setzuan

By: Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley

3.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In 1952, Hannah Arendt hailed Bertolt Brecht as "beyond a doubt the greatest living German poet and… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Carpenter: "Call Shen Te, someone! She's good!" Shui Ta: "Certainly. She's ruined."

-Bertolt Brecht, The Good Woman of Setzuan

Cover of Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner, R.J. Hollingdale

3. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • classics
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

Cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney

4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, William Archer

5. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Trust Again (Again, #2) by Mona Kasten

6. Trust Again (Again, #2)

By: Mona Kasten

4.16

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

Happy End? Das gibt es doch nur im Film! Da ist sich Dawn Edwards ganz sicher. Seit sie ihren Exfre… read more

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  • fiction
"Ich will ein siebenundzwanzigstes Kapitel, Dawn."

-Mona Kasten, Trust Again (Again, #2)

"Jeder Tag gibt mir die Chance, neu anzufangen und ein guter Mensch zu sein."

-Mona Kasten, Trust Again (Again, #2)

"Trotz seiner Haltng konnte ich sehen, wie sehr sein gesamter Körper bebte. Der Anblick brach mir das Herz. Er brach mir das Herz."

-Mona Kasten, Trust Again (Again, #2)

"Spencer atmete ruckartig aus. "Ich unterdrücke gerade mit aller Kraft den Impuls, dich zu erwürgen" Swayer lachte auf "Ja, genau. Du mich. Weil ich ja auch diejenige bin, die sie wie eine Aussätzige …"

-Mona Kasten, Trust Again (Again, #2)

Cover of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods

7. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

By: Patrick Süskind , John E. Woods

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a ter… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Inception: The Shooting Script by Christopher      Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

8. Inception: The Shooting Script

By: Christopher Nolan , Jonathan Nolan

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Inception, writer-director Christopher Nolan's seventh feature film, joins the epic scope of The Da… read more

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  • film
  • media tie in
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • plays
Cover of Saphirblau (Edelstein-Trilogie, #2) by Kerstin Gier

9. Saphirblau (Edelstein-Trilogie, #2)

By: Kerstin Gier

3.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Frisch verliebt in die Vergangenheit, das ist vielleicht keine gute Idee. Das zumindest findet Gwen… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

10. Der Besuch der alten Dame

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

>>Claire Zachanassian, eine amerikanische Multimillionarin, kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf Gullen zuruck, … read more

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  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of American Beauty: The Shooting Script by Alan Ball, Sam Mendes

11. American Beauty: The Shooting Script

By: Alan Ball , Sam Mendes

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Six Golden Globe Nominations ......Best Picture! ......Best Director! ......Best Actor! ......Best … read more

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  • film
  • humor
  • media tie in
  • fiction
  • plays

12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

By: Michel Gondry , Charlie Kaufman , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this illuminating script book, Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award(r)-nominated screenwriter of B… read more

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13. Rubinrot (Edelstein-Trilogie, #1)

By: Kerstin Gier

3.69

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Manchmal ist es ein echtes Kreuz, in einer Familie zu leben, die jede Menge Geheimnisse hat. Der Ub… read more

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14. Woyzeck

By: Georg Büchner

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kaum ein bedeutendes Werk der deutschen Literatur ist in seiner Textfassung so problematisch wie Bu… read more

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15. Emilia Galotti: Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mit dem 1772 erschienenen und uraufgefuhrten Drama Emilia Galotti schuf Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ei… read more

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16. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

By: Blake Snyder

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more

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17. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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18. When Harry Met Sally

By: Nora Ephron

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

A romantic comedy about the difficult, frustrating, awful, funny search for happiness in an America… read more

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19. Making Movies

By: Sidney Lumet

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more

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20. Adventures in the Screen Trade

By: William Goldman

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more

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21. The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script

By: Stephen King , Frank Darabont

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

This modern film classic, an extraordinary tale of hope and survival inside a maximum security pris… read more

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22. Hitchcock

By: Alfred Hitchcock , François Truffaut

4.29

Format: 144 pages,

Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's int… read more

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23. Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay

By: Quentin Tarantino , None

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Paperback

Quentin Tarantino - director of "Reservoir Dogs" and writer of "True Romance" - won the Palme d'Or … read more

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24. Twelve Angry Men

By: David Mamet , Reginald Rose

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival--featuring an introdu… read more

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Cover of Komplett Gänsehaut by Sophie Passmann

25. Komplett Gänsehaut

By: Sophie Passmann

3.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nach ihrem vieldiskutierten Bestseller »Alte, weiße Männer« entlarvt Sophie Passmann in ihrem neuen… read more

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Cover of Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman

26. Acts of Service

By: Lillian Fishman

3.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A provocative debut of sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom t… read more

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  • fiction
"We love what disturbs us if it chooses us and tell us how we matter."

-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service

"How can a body be safe when it's only a body? How can we expect that no stranger will be tempted to torch an empty house?"

-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service

"Somehow, [...] I grew up talking about sex as this thing women should have however they wanted. Sexual freedom as this great sort of penacle beyond morality, or anything provincial. So I am supposed …"

-Lillian Fishman, Acts of Service

Cover of La Vraie Vie by Adeline Dieudonné

27. La Vraie Vie

By: Adeline Dieudonné

4.04

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Un roman initiatique drôle et acide. Le manuel de survie d'une guerrière en milieu hostile. La fure… read more

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  • fiction
"La vie est une grande soupe dans un mixer au milieu de laquelle il faut essayer de ne pas finir déchiqueté par les lames qui vous attirent vers le fond."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"In the main, my mother’s function was to prepare the meals, which she did like an amoeba might, with neither creativity nor taste, but lots of mayonnaise."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"Sicer nisem vedela, ali je v življenju mogoče uspeti, niti kaj bi to lahko pomenilo. Toda vedela sem, da je življenje brez smeha, brez izbire in brez ljubezni zapravljeno."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

"C’était un homme immense, avec des épaules larges, une carrure d’équarrisseur. Des mains de géant. Des mains qui auraient pu décapiter un poussin comme on décapsule une bouteille de Coca."

-Adeline Dieudonné, La Vraie Vie

Cover of Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele

28. Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay

By: Jordan Peele

4.78

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Jordan Peele’s celebrated screenplay combines horror and dark humor to reveal the terrifying realit… read more

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  • science fiction
  • plays
  • fiction
  • film
Cover of The Truman Show: The Shooting Script by Andrew Niccol

29. The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

By: Andrew Niccol

3.90

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank, the most famous face on television, only he doesn't know it. He is th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Niccol's The Truman Show: The Shooting Script book and Andrew Niccol's The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

  • classics
  • film
  • school
  • humor
  • media tie in
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • plays
  • science fiction
"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented"

-Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show: The Shooting Script

Cover of Whiplash by Damien Chazelle

30. Whiplash

By: Damien Chazelle

4.56

Format: 118 pages, ebook

Script of Whiplash. A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where h… read more

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  • fiction
  • film
Cover of Frances Ha: A Noah Baumbach Picture by Noah Baumbach

31. Frances Ha: A Noah Baumbach Picture

By: Noah Baumbach

4.20

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha is a modern comic fable that captures the trials and tribulations of a young woman tryin… read more

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"It's that thing when you are with someone, and you love them and they know it and they love you, you know it. But it's a party, you're both talking to other people and you're laughing and shining ...…"

-Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha: A Noah Baumbach Picture

"It's that thing when you're with someone, and you love them and they know it, and they love you and you know it... but it's a party... and you're both talking to other people, and you're laughing and…"

-Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha: A Noah Baumbach Picture

14 Top fiction books like The Truman Show: The Shooting Script by Andrew Niccol

Transform Your Habits

The Good Woman of Setzuan

Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Trust Again (Again, #2)

Mona Kasten

4.16

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6 Best plays books like American Beauty: The Shooting Script by Alan Ball, Sam Mendes

Transform Your Habits

Juno: The Shooting Script

Diablo Cody , Ivan Reitman

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Slumdog Millionaire: The Shooting Script

Gina Mayer

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Inception: The Shooting Script

Christopher Nolan , Jonathan Nolan

3.43

Transform Your Habits

American Beauty: The Shooting Script

Alan Ball , Sam Mendes

4.03

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