The Maze Runner. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Maze Runner
James Dashner, 2009
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Wes Ball, 2014

A teenager wakes up inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity. Their leader, Alby, says that every boy eventually recalls his name but not his past. The next day, he is attacked by Ben, a Runner who has been stung and left delirious by a Griever, one of the deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Alby and Minho, the lead Runner, later retrace Ben’s steps inside the Maze.


The Porter. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2019 book, They Call Me George
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They Call Me George
Cecil Foster, 2019
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Aubrey Nealon, Bruce Ramsay, 2022-

The series depict the history of Black Canadian and African-American men who worked as Pullman porters in the period following World War I, leading to the 1925 creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters as the first Black-led labour union.


Yardie. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Yardie
Victor Headley, 1990
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Idris Elba, 2018

Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, the movie revolves around the life of a young Jamaican man named D, haunted by the childhood murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. Under the guidance of Kingston Don and music producer King Fox, D is sent to London. There, he reunites with his childhood sweetheart Yvonne and their daughter, whom he hasn’t seen since she was a baby.


Dead Shot. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Road to Balcombe Street
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The Road to Balcombe Street
Steven P. Moysey, 2007
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Charles Guard, Thomas Guard, 2023

After his pregnant wife is fatally shot by an SAS officer, a retired Irish paramilitary becomes a wounded and presumed dead fugitive who outwits the SAS before seeking revenge on the dark and paranoid streets of 1970’s London.