A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
TV series vs book
Steven Knight, 2019

In this version, Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley are asset-strippers with extensive industrial interests as well as being moneylenders. Claiming not to care about Marley’s soul or fate, the Ghost explains he will not find rest unless he helps put Scrooge on the road to redemption.


Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Last Jedi
Jason Fry, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Rian Johnson, 2017

Shortly after the destruction of Starkiller Base, General Leia Organa leads the evacuation of Resistance forces when a First Order fleet arrives. Kylo Ren hesitates to fire on the lead Resistance ship after sensing his mother Leia’s presence on board, but his wingmen destroy the bridge, killing most of the Resistance’s leaders. On Ahch-To, Rey attempts to recruit Luke Skywalker to the Resistance.


Flushed Away. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Flushed Away: Movie Novel
Penny Worms, Glen Vecchione, 2006
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
David Bowers, Sam Fell, 2006

Roddy St. James is an upper class pet rat who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat. During Roddy’s stay, he overhears a conversation that causes him to think that Rita is selling him to the Toad, so he reneges on the deal and steals the Jammy Dodger.


Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1894 book, All the Mowgli Stories
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All the Mowgli Stories
Rudyard Kipling, 1894
movie vs book
Andy Serkis, 2018

In a jungle in colonial India, the giant Indian python seer Kaa watches as Shere Khan, a treacherous Bengal tiger, breaks’jungle law’ by killing a family of humans. Bagheera urges Mowgli to leave the jungle for the village, where he will be safe from Shere Khan; watching the village from afar, Mowgli learns of the existence of fire.


Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book, Venom
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Venom
Todd McFarlane, David Michelinie, 2012
movie vs comic book
Andy Serkis, 2021

Over a year after the events of Venom, investigative journalist Eddie Brock struggles to adjust to life as the host of the alien symbiote Venom, which grants him super-human abilities in order to be a lethal vigilante. Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.


13 Going on 30. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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13 Going on 30
Christa Roberts, 2004
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Gary Winick, 2004

In 1987, young and geeky Jenna Rink yearns to be popular, but can only persuade the Six Chicks to attend her 13th-birthday party by doing their homework. While Jenna waits blindfolded in a closet, expecting to kiss one of the boys, the Six Chicks and the boys leave with her completed homework, and Matty finds Jenna alone.


Inkheart. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Inkheart
Cornelia Funke, 2003
movie vs book
Iain Softley, 2008

Parents Mortimer Mo Folchart and his wife Teresa Resa Folchart read the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood to their baby daughter Meggie, as a red velvet hood appears out of nowhere. Twelve years later, Meggie visits an old book shop in Europe with her father, unaware that he is secretly looking for a copy of the book Inkheart.


Inkheart. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Inkheart: Movie Novelization
Jane B. Mason, 2009
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Iain Softley, 2008

Parents Mortimer Mo Folchart and his wife Teresa Resa Folchart read the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood to their baby daughter Meggie, as a red velvet hood appears out of nowhere. Twelve years later, Meggie visits an old book shop in Europe with her father, unaware that he is secretly looking for a copy of the book Inkheart.


Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2000 book, Stormbreaker
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Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz, 2000
movie vs book
Geoffrey Sax, 2006

Alex Rider is a 14-year-old schoolboy who lives with his uncle Ian and their housekeeper Jack Starbright. Ian is supposedly a bank manager and is, much to Alex’s regret, often away from home. One day, Alex is told that his uncle has died in a car crash, but quickly discovers that his uncle was actually a spy working for MI6 and was murdered.


SAS: Red Notice. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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SAS: Red Notice
Andy McNab, 2012
movie vs book
Magnus Martens, 2021

A Special Forces operator, Tom Buckingham, takes his girlfriend, Dr. Sophie Hart, on a romantic train journey from London to Paris where he intends to propose to her. But an army of mercenaries lead by Grace Lewis hijack their train while it is en route in the Channel Tunnel, seizing all of the passengers on board it at gunpoint.