The Tribes of Palos Verdes. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Joy Nicholson, 1997
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Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy, 2017

When teenage Medina moves with her family to the picture-perfect paradise of Palos Verdes, California, they seem headed for a happy new chapter in their lives. But old troubles soon catch up to them, as her parents’ marriage disintegrates, her mother spirals into an emotional freefall, and her twin brother turns to drugs.


Walking Out. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Walking Out
David Quammen, 1980
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Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith, 2017

A city-dwelling teenager ventures to Montana for a big game hunting expedition with his estranged father. The duo grapples with establishing a connection, but everything takes a transformative turn after a harrowing encounter in the heart of the wilderness.


Things Heard & Seen. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2016 book, All Things Cease to Appear
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All Things Cease to Appear
Elizabeth Brundage, 2016
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Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, 2021

In 1980, Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, when her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, she finds herself increasingly isolated and alone. She soon senses a sinister darkness lurking in the old house, and in her marriage to George.


It Ends with Us. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2016 book
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It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, 2016
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Justin Baldoni, 2024

Lily thinks she has discovered true love with Ryle, but when a painful incident reawakens past trauma, she faces the challenging decision of whether love alone can sustain her marriage. The situation becomes more complex when her first love reenters her life.