A Simple Plan. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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A Simple Plan
Scott Smith, 1993
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Sam Raimi, 1998

Hank Mitchell and his pregnant wife Sarah live in rural Minnesota. When Hank, his older, socially challenged brother Jacob and Jacob’s friend Lou Chambers chase a fox into the woods, they stumble upon a crashed airplane. After Sheriff Carl leaves, the three men decide to keep the money a secret, but Hank breaks the pact when he immediately reveals the discovery to Sarah.


Friday Night Lights. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1988 book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.G. Bissinger, 1988
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Peter Berg, 2004

As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the town of Odessa, Texas has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their star running back James Boobie Miles. In the next game during the start of district play, Permian gets blown out as Winchell struggles with consistency in his increased role and the second-string running back gets hurt.


U Turn. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Stray Dogs
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Stray Dogs
John Ridley, 1997
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Oliver Stone, 1997

Bobby Cooper is a drifter in debt to a violent gangster when his car breaks down in Superior, Arizona. Stranded and broke, he meets Jake and Grace McKenna, a father and daughter who are also a married couple. They separately approach Bobby to kill the other for money.


Armageddon. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Armageddon
Cathy Dubowski, 1998
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Michael Bay, 1998

A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis, before entering the atmosphere and bombarding New York City. NASA scientists plan to drill a deep shaft into the asteroid and plant a nuclear weapon which, when detonated, will split the asteroid into two halves that will fly safely past Earth.


Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2011 book, The Taliban Shuffle
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The Taliban Shuffle
Kim Barker, 2011
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Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, 2016

In 2003 New York City, Kim Barker is a television journalist who is dissatisfied with the state of her career covering low-profile stories. She decides to take a short assignment as a war correspondent in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, to the disappointment of her boyfriend Chris, who spends a lot of time traveling. American Marine commander General Hollanek sees her as an inexperienced nuisance.


Puss in Boots. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Puss In Boots Movie Novelization
Lara Bergen, 2011
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Chris Miller, 2011

Puss in Boots is a Spanish anthropomorphic talking cat, who is named for his signature pair of boots. The castle holds valuable golden goose eggs. Puss tells Kitty his origin story and of his feelings of betrayal for a youthful misadventure when Humpty tricked Puss into helping commit a bank robbery in his hometown of San Ricardo; Puss has been on the run ever since.


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.


Puss in Boots. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1697 book
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Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault, 1697
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Chris Miller, 2011

Puss in Boots is a Spanish anthropomorphic talking cat, who is named for his signature pair of boots. The castle holds valuable golden goose eggs. Puss tells Kitty his origin story and of his feelings of betrayal for a youthful misadventure when Humpty tricked Puss into helping commit a bank robbery in his hometown of San Ricardo; Puss has been on the run ever since.


The Gray Man. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Gray Man
Mark Greaney, 2009
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2022

When Court Gentry, the CIA’s most skilled mercenary whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, Lloyd Hansen, a psychopathic former colleague, puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.


Parkland. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Four Days in November
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Four Days in November
Vincent Bugliosi, 2007
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Peter Landesman, 2013

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The movie follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.


Devil's Peak. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2015 book, Where All Light Tends to Go
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Where All Light Tends to Go
David Joy, 2015
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Ben Young, 2023

Eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely finds himself in a dilemma between pleasing his father who is a meth-dealer and kingpin, and leaving the mountains behind forever with the girl he is in love with.


A Million Little Pieces. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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A Million Little Pieces
James Frey, 2003
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Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2018

In 1993, following a drug-induced accidental fall, James Frey is brought home and packed off to a rehab center by his older brother Bob Frey, Jr. It is there where he meets interesting people, with whom he forms relationships and who play an important role in his life both during and after his time in the clinic.