X2: X-Men United. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the book novelization
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X-Men 2
Chris Claremont, 2003
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Bryan Singer, 2003

At the White House, brainwashed teleporting mutant Nightcrawler attacks the President of the United States. Later, Logan returns to Professor Xavier’s school for mutants, and Xavier tracks Nightcrawler using Cerebro. Stryker’s forces invade the school and abduct some of the students.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1993
movie vs book
Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


GoldenEye. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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GoldenEye
John Gardner, 1995
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Martin Campbell, 1995

In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there.


Annie. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1924 comic book, Little Orphan Annie
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Little Orphan Annie
Harold Gray, 1924
movie vs comic book
Rob Marshall, 1999

Eleven-year-old Annie has been living in an orphanage her whole life run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. After unsuccessful escape attempts, Grace Farrell comes to take the child home to live two weeks with billionaire Oliver Warbucks during Christmas. The plucky orphan worms her way into the hearts of the staff and Mr. Warbucks and even the President of the United States.


Emma. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1815 book
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Emma
Jane Austen, 1815
movie vs book
Douglas McGrath, 1996

In early 19th-century England, Emma Woodhouse, is a congenial but naïve young woman. Her father and old family friend, George Knightley, whose brother is married to Emma’s sister, dispute her claim and discourage any further matchmaking attempts. Ignoring their warnings, she schemes to match Mr Elton, the village minister, with her friend, Harriet Smith, a rather unsophisticated young woman on the verges of society.


Instinct. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, Murder Games
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Murder Games
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, 2017
TV series vs book
Michael Rauch, 2018-2019

Author, university professor, and former CIA paramilitary officer Dr. Dylan Reinhart is lured back to his old life by New York police detective Elizabeth Needham when she needs his help to stop a serial killer who is using Reinhart’s book as inspiration for murders.


My Father's Dragon. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1948 book
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My Father's Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett, 1948
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Nora Twomey, 2022

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, a boy runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. He meets wild animals, a mystery island, and a lifelong buddy thanks to his experiences.


Ripley Under Ground. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1970 book
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Ripley Under Ground
Patricia Highsmith, 1970
movie vs book
Roger Spottiswoode, 2005

After his friend, a successful young artist, is killed in a car accident, Tom Ripley and his friends hide his body and concoct a scheme in which they forge his paintings, eventually making a great deal of money. When an art collector complains that a painting he bought from the gallery is a fake, Ripley must use his inimitable talents to defuse the problem by whatever means necessary.


Marlowe. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1939 book, The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler, 1939
movie vs book
Neil Jordan, 2022

Marlowe is charged with locating a gorgeous heiresses’ missing ex-lover in noir-LA of the late 1930s. He soon learns that a labyrinth of corruption lies beneath the missing man’s disappearance, placing him in the sights of some of the city’s wealthiest and most dangerous residents.


Marlowe. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2014 book, The Black-Eyed Blonde
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The Black-Eyed Blonde
Benjamin Black (John Banville), 2014
movie vs book
Neil Jordan, 2022

Marlowe is charged with locating a gorgeous heiresses’ missing ex-lover in noir-LA of the late 1930s. He soon learns that a labyrinth of corruption lies beneath the missing man’s disappearance, placing him in the sights of some of the city’s wealthiest and most dangerous residents.


Get Carter. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1970 book, Jack's Return Home
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Jack's Return Home
Ted Lewis, 1970
movie vs book
Stephen Kay, 2000

Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, returns home to Seattle after hearing that his brother, Ritchie, was killed in a drunk-driving accident. At his brother’s funeral, Jack meets his niece, Doreen, and Eddie, a friend and co-worker of Ritchie. Both tell Jack that Ritchie rarely drank and would never have driven while intoxicated.