The Morning Show. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2013 book, Top of the Morning
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Top of the Morning
Brian Stelter, 2013
TV series vs book
Jay Carson, Kerry Ehrin, 2019

Alex Levy anchors The Morning Show, a popular breakfast news program broadcast from Manhattan on the UBA network that has excellent viewership ratings and is perceived to have changed the face of American television. After her on-air partner of 15 years, Mitch Kessler, is fired amidst a sexual misconduct scandal.


Big Fish. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Big Fish
Daniel Wallace, 1998
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Tim Burton, 2003

At Will Bloom’s wedding party in 2000, his father Edward recalls the day Will was born, claiming he caught an enormous catfish using his wedding ring as bait. Edward, in spite of his illness, continues to tell the story of his life to Will and Joséphine.


Watchmen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book
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Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, 1987
movie vs comic book
Zack Snyder, 2009

In an alternate United States, beginning in 1939 during the fading Interwar period, a team of costumed crime-fighters is formed – the Minutemen. While most heroes like Daniel Dreiberg ( Nite Owl II ) and Laurie Jupiter ( Silk Spectre II ) retire, Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian become government agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law.


Sleepers. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Sleepers
Lorenzo Carcaterra, 1995
movie vs book
Barry Levinson, 1996

Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan, and John Reilly are childhood friends in Hell’s Kitchen in the mid-1960s. However, they start running small errands for a local gangster, King Benny. There, the boys are physically and sexually abused by guards Sean Nokes, Henry Addison, Ralph Ferguson, and Adam Styler.


Too Big to Fail. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin, 2009
movie vs book
Curtis Hanson, 2011

Too Big to Fail chronicles the 2008 financial meltdown, focusing on the actions of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, to contain the problems during the period of August 2008 to October 13, 2008.


The Stanford Prison Experiment. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Lucifer Effect
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The Lucifer Effect
Philip G. Zimbardo, 2007
movie vs book
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, 2015

Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a psychological experiment to investigate the hypothesis that roles in social situations, rather than individual personality traits, cause participants’ behavior. In the experiment, Zimbardo selects eighteen male students to participate in a 14-day prison simulation to take roles as prisoners or guards.


Jesus' Son. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Jesus' Son Stories
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Jesus' Son Stories
Denis Johnson, 1992
movie vs book
Alison Maclean, 1999

The story of a young man’s circuitous journey from drug dependency and petty crime to a life redeemed by his startling discovery of compassion. Set in the drug subculture of the 1970’s, a young man in his twenties careens through his days getting stoned, stealing, or scamming a quick buck. He is driven by an overwhelming desire to help those around him, to save them from their often sorry fates, but he repeatedly fails. Almost by a miracle, redemption does come to the young man.


Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, 2012
movie vs book
Richard Linklater, 2019

Architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox is settled down with her husband Elgie and their 15-year-old daughter Balakrishna Bee in a dilapidated former schoolhouse in Seattle. Bernadette seldom leaves the house or interacts with others, having become agoraphobic. She does not get along with the other parents at Bee’s school, including their neighbor Audrey Griffin.


Alien: Covenant. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alien: Covenant
Alan Dean Foster, 2017
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Ridley Scott, 2017

Business magnate Peter Weyland speaks with his newly activated android, who chooses the name David after observing Michelangelo’s statue. David comments on his own unlimited lifespan as compared to Weyland’s, which unsettles Weyland. While repairing the ship, the crew picks up a transmission of a human voice from a nearby planet, which appears eminently more habitable than Origae-6.


Eat Pray Love. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2006 book, Eat, Pray, Love
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Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006
movie vs book
Ryan Murphy, 2010

Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house, a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.