Gone Baby Gone. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Gone, Baby, Gone
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Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane, 1998
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Ben Affleck, 2007

In a run-down neighborhood in Dorchester, Boston, three-year-old Amanda McCready has been abducted along with her favorite doll, Mirabelle. Patrick Kenzie and his partner and girlfriend Angie Gennaro witness a televised plea for Amanda’s return by her mother, Helene, amid a media frenzy.


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ron Hansen, 1983
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Andrew Dominik, 2007

In 1881, young starstruck Robert Ford seeks out Jesse James when the James gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley, already a member. Bob becomes more admiring of Jesse before being sent away, where he stays at the farmhouse of his widowed sister, Martha Bolton, where he rejoins his brother Charley, Hite, and Liddil.


The Kennedys of Massachusetts. Poster of the 1990 TV series and cover of the 1987 book, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1987
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Lamont Johnson, 1990

A mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. It chronicles 55 years in the lives of the family opening in 1906 with the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, to Rose Fitzgerald, the daughter of Boston’s Mayor.


The Finest Hours. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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The Finest Hours
Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman, 2007
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Craig Gillespie, 2016

Bernard Bernie Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, has fallen in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. Meanwhile, the Pendleton’s engineer, Ray Sybert, as the surviving senior officer, organizes the surviving seamen to steer the sinking stern of the tanker onto a submerged reef, where it can lodge until rescuers arrive.


To Die For. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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To Die For
Joyce Maynard, 1992
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Gus Van Sant, 1995

Suzanne Stone has always been obsessed with being on television, aspiring to become a world-famous broadcast journalist. She marries Larry Maretto, using his family restaurant business to keep herself financially stable, and takes a job as a part-time weather girl at a local cable station, WWEN, in the hopes of climbing the network ladder.


The Old Man & the Gun. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2003 book, The Old Man and the Gun
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The Old Man and the Gun
David Grann, 2003
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David Lowery, 2018

Career criminal Forrest Tucker, a wanted man for two years since his daring escape from San Quentin State Prison in 1978, has just robbed another bank. While evading police, the 74-year-old charmer comes across a woman on the side of the road with car trouble and stops to give the appearance of assisting.


Dreamin' Wild. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2016 book, Fruitland
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Fruitland
Steven Kurutz, 2016
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Bill Pohlad, 2022

Based on a true story, this film follows the journey of two teenage brothers whose obscure album gains unexpected recognition and success three decades later. However, as their dreams are reborn, haunting ghosts from their past threaten to overshadow their newfound success.


The World to Come. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2017 book
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The World to Come
Jim Shepard, 2017
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Mona Fastvold, 2020

In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail, a farmer’s wife, and her new neighbor Tallie find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer as free spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney. Together, their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other’s lives they never knew existed.


The Killer Inside Me. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1952 book
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The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson, 1952
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Michael Winterbottom, 2010

In 1952, Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of his small west Texas community; secretly, he is a sociopath with violent sexual tastes. As a teenager, Lou was caught raping a five-year-old girl by his adopted brother Mike, who pleaded guilty to the crime to protect Lou. Released from prison, Mike was hired by Chester Conway, and died in a construction accident Lou believes was staged by Conway.