a book that is inspiring and along the same tone/theme of the movie Good Will Hunting?
And I've already read Ordinary People.
2006-11-17 12:58:38 · 9 answers · asked by Toronto 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Also, I'm not looking for a movie or movie script.
2006-11-17 13:05:19 · update #1
Dead Poets Society
2006-11-17 13:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by Moxie Crimefighter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book you're looking for is "Finding Forrester" by James Ellison. Although this is a movie, it is a fantastic book. You want something along the same lines as "Good Will Hunting"-this movie is by the same director(Gus Van Sant)-Matt Damon even makes a small appearance.
The synopsis is:
"In order to be one of the guys, Jamal Wallace, a fatherless 16-year-old South Bronx African-American basketball phenom, has been keeping his literary ambitions under heavy wraps. Curious about the regular visits of a well-dressed courier in a fancy car to a shadowy figure living in a tenement across from the basketball court, on a dare Jamal climbs in a window to investigate, only to leave his backpack after he is scared into a hasty retreat. When the backpack is tossed back to him a few days later, he finds the writing in his notebooks has been edited. Jamal confronts the recluse and soon discovers he is the legendary 70-year-old William Forrester, who vanished after winning a Pulitzer for his only novel, written while he was still in his 20s. Now mentored by Forrester, Jamal is recruited by a snobby Manhattan prep school for his high SAT scores and basketball moves. Befriended by the pretty daughter of a WASP millionaire, he is riding high when a teacher who failed as a novelist accuses him of plagiarism and his friends desert him."
If you liked "Good Will Hunting", you'll like this-book or movie.
2006-11-17 14:52:14 · answer #2 · answered by writerkell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Girl Interuppted by Susanna Kaysen
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Those two I've read and found to be wonderful. Yes they are movies, but the books were first.
Some older books that I've enjoyed:
Dying Young by Marti Leimbach
I'm Dancing as Fast As I can by Charol Messenger
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
2006-11-17 14:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by neona807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe these aren't along the lines of Good will Hunting, but they're good..Anything by John Grisham, he writes legal thrillers, such as The Firm, The Client, Runaway Jury, The Pelican Brief, and some of his books are also movies, like the 1st, 3rd, and 4th one I mentioned, not sure about the 2nd but it might be a movie as well.
2006-11-17 13:11:16 · answer #4 · answered by Kiara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts) by Alan Ball
Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) by Frank Darabont
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) by Charlie Kaufman
When Harry Met Sally. . . by Nora Ephron
2006-11-17 13:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by Cister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Soup for Soul
Or you can look for Scott Peck's Books.. they're good!!
Another is THe Count Of Monte Cristo!!! Classic!!!
2006-11-17 13:08:24 · answer #6 · answered by bugi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but Davinci Code and Holy Grail were recently recommended to me. They seem pretty interesting.
2006-11-17 13:00:43 · answer #7 · answered by Scorpio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a book but the movie pay it forward.... great movie everybody should watch it
2006-11-17 13:06:13 · answer #8 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Bible
2006-11-17 13:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by wil_t52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋