What to Read After Understanding movies
Readers who loved Understanding movies by Louis D. Giannetti keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Understanding movies is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Understanding movies
Film art
How to read a film
More than night
The Complete Book of M*A*S*H
A theory of adaptation
The Film Book, New Edition
A theory of adapation
The dark side of the screen
Directing
A history of narrative film
Pygmy
The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, Book 1: Second Edition)
Black house
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Le petit Nicolas
Ghost World
Batman
The Dark Knight returns
Battle royale
Invisible Monsters
Dubliners
Survivor
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
The talisman