Finding Nemo. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Finding Nemo: The Junior Novelization
Gail Herman, 2003
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Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, 2003

Nemo is a young clownfish who lives with his father Marlin in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef. On Nemo’s first day of school, Marlin unintentionally embarrasses him, and while Marlin is distracted with the teacher, Mr. Ray, Nemo defiantly sneaks away from the reef toward a speedboat, where he is captured by a pair of scuba divers.


The Help. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Help
Kathryn Stockett, 2009
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Tate Taylor, 2011

In 1963, Aibileen Clark is an African-American maid in Jackson, Mississippi. Aibileen’s best friend and fellow maid Minny Jackson works for Mrs. Walters, whose daughter Hilly Holbrook leads the women’s socialite group and is president of the city’s Junior League chapter.


The Hours. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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The Hours
Michael Cunningham, 1998
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Stephen Daldry, 2002

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.


Private Parts. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Private Parts
Howard Stern, 1993
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Betty Thomas, 1997

Following his appearance at the MTV Music Video Awards as his superhero character Fartman, radio personality Howard Stern boards his flight home and is seated next to Gloria who is visibly repelled by him. One of their antics, in which Howard assists a female caller to reach orgasm, almost gets him fired until a ratings boost forces Dee Dee to keep him and hire Fred to the team.


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, 2011
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Tim Burton, 2016

Abe Portman has told stories to his grandson Jake about battling monsters and spending his childhood at Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children at Cairnholm, Wales. Abe tells Jake to go to #the loop of September 3, 1943. Miss Peregrine greets him and explains that she belongs to a class of female Peculiars named Ymbrynes, who can transform into birds and manipulate time.


Over the Hedge. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Over The Hedge
Louise Gikow, 2006
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Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick, 2006

RJ the raccoon fails to get a stuck bag of Doritos to fall from a vending machine. He decides to raid the food stash of Vincent, a hibernating bear. However, Vincent awakens and the food is accidentally destroyed during the ensuing chase. RJ promises, on pain of death, to replace it in a week’s time. The bag of chips falls moments later, to RJ’s intense frustration.


Primary Colors. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1996 book, Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics
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Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics
Joe Klein, 1996
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Mike Nichols, 1998

Young political idealist, and grandson of civil rights leader, Henry Burton, is recruited to join the campaign of Jack Stanton, a charismatic Southern governor who is trying to win the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. The campaign is then rocked by a fresh allegation when Jack’s old friend, Fat Willie McCollister approaches Henry to tell him that his 17-year-old daughter Loretta, who worked for the Stantons as a babysitter, is pregnant and that Jack is the father.


The Girl on the Train. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, 2015
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Tate Taylor, 2016

Rachel Watson is an on-off recovering alcoholic who aimlessly rides a train into New York City every day after losing her job and her marriage. Now, while drunk, she often harasses Tom and Anna, calling them multiple times throughout the day, though she has little memory of this once she sobers up.


The DUFF. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
Kody Keplinger, 2010
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Ari Sandel, 2015

Bianca is enjoying her senior year of high school in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, with her two best friends, Jess and Casey, both of whom are significantly more popular than she is. The party turns out to be a disaster for her, as it’s there that Wesley unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the DUFF of her friend group; the Designated Ugly Fat Friend.


The Addams Family. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1938 comic book
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The Addams Family
Charles Addams, 1938
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Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon, 2019

Gomez and Morticia are chased away with the rest of the Addams clan during their wedding ceremony by an angry mob that disapproves of their macabre nature. Morticia struggles to keep their daughter, Wednesday, from wanting to experience the world outside the mansion after a balloon and confetti appear on their property, and as the fog surrounding it begins to lift.


The People We Hate at the Wedding. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2017 book
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
Grant Ginder, 2017
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Claire Scanlon, 2022

In this brilliantly bawdy comedy, dysfunctional American siblings Alice and Paul, together with their perpetually upbeat mother, are invited to their estranged half-sister Eloise’s wedding in Britain as a chance to reunite as – more or less – adults and rediscover their old love for one another.


How to Deal. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1996 book, That Summer
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That Summer
Sarah Dessen, 1996
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Clare Kilner, 2003

Halley Martin is a 17-year-old high school student who is disillusioned with love after seeing many dysfunctional relationships around her. When Halley walks in on her best friend Scarlett having sex with her boyfriend, the high school soccer champ, Michael Sherwood, Halley tries to warn her of the complications that lie ahead.