Notes on a Scandal. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2003 book, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Zoë Heller, 2003
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Richard Eyre, 2006

Barbara Covett is a history teacher at a comprehensive school in London. A spinster nearing retirement, she has contempt for her students and fellow teachers. Her only comfort is her diary. When a new art teacher, Sheba Hart, joins the staff, Barbara is immediately attracted to her. Sheba is married to the much older Richard, and is just re-entering the work force after devoting herself to her special needs son.


Carol. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1952 book, The Price of Salt
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The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith, 1952
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Todd Haynes, 2015

During the Christmas season of 1952, aspiring photographer Therese Belivet is working in Frankenberg’s department store in Manhattan. A mutual friend, Dannie, invites Therese to his workplace, The New York Times, and offers to introduce her to a photo editor friend.


Cinderella. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1812 book
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Cinderella
Charles Perrault, 1812
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Kenneth Branagh, 2015

Ella and her parents live happily in a large house with a few servants, until her mother falls ill. Ella promises to follow her mother’s dying wish: to have courage and be kind. Years later, Ella’s father marries recently-widowed Lady Tremaine, who has two unpleasant daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. Ella’s father leaves on business, and Lady Tremaine reveals her cruel and jealous nature.


Truth. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Truth And Duty
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Truth And Duty
Mary Mapes, 2005
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James Vanderbilt, 2015

In the months before the US 2004 presidential election, Mary Mapes and her crew are seeking evidence to verify whether or not George W. Bush received any preferential treatment during his time in the military. Newsroom drama detailing the case and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.


The Shipping News. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Shipping News
Annie Proulx, 1993
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Lasse Hallström, 2001

When Quoyle was a young boy, his father tossed him into a lake, expecting him to swim naturally. Images of flailing in water and nearly drowning often resurface in Quoyle’s memory when he is under stress. Quoyle, now an ink setter at a small newspaper in Poughkeepsie, New York, lives a lonely life. He becomes infatuated with and marries a vivacious local woman named Petal.


Robin Hood. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Robin Hood: The Story Behind the Legend
David B. Coe, 2010
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Ridley Scott, 2010

In the year 1199, Robin Longstride serves as a common archer in the army of King Richard the Lionheart. After chasing Godfrey away, Robin decides to take advantage of the situation by having his men impersonate the dead English knights to return to England. Before they depart to sail across the Channel, Robin promises one of the dying knights, Sir Robert Loxley, to return his sword to his father in Nottingham.


Robin Hood. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1883 book, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle, 1883
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Ridley Scott, 2010

In the year 1199, Robin Longstride serves as a common archer in the army of King Richard the Lionheart. After chasing Godfrey away, Robin decides to take advantage of the situation by having his men impersonate the dead English knights to return to England. Before they depart to sail across the Channel, Robin promises one of the dying knights, Sir Robert Loxley, to return his sword to his father in Nottingham.


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
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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.


The Missing. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Last Ride
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The Last Ride
Thomas Eidson, 1995
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Ron Howard, 2003

In late 19th-century New Mexico, Samuel Jones reappears hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Magdalena Maggie Gilkeson. She is unable to forgive him for abandoning the family and leaving her mother to a hard life and early death. This situation changes when renegade Apache Pesh-Chidin and a dozen of his followers pass through the area, ritualistically killing settlers and taking their daughters to be sold into sex slavery in Mexico.


Charlotte Gray. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Charlotte Gray
Sebastian Faulks, 1998
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Gillian Armstrong, 2001

A World War II drama that follows the story of a young Scottish woman named Charlotte Gray, who becomes a spy for the British government after her lover, a Royal Air Force pilot, goes missing during a mission in France.


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
James Rollins, 2008
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Steven Spielberg, 2008

In New York City’s Central Park, people begin dying by mass suicide. When Julian learns that his wife has left Boston for Princeton, he decides to go look for her, and entrusts Jess to the Moores.


The Monuments Men. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter, 2009
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George Clooney, 2014

In 1943, the Allies are making good progress driving back the Axis powers in Italy. In July 1944, Claire Simone, a curator in occupied France, is forced to assist Nazi officer Viktor Stahl in overseeing the theft of art for either Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum or as personal property of senior commanders such as Hermann Göring.