Kubo and the Two Strings. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kubo and the Two Strings: The Junior Novel
Sadie Chesterfield, 2016
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Travis Knight, 2016

In feudal Japan, a 12-year-old boy with only one eye named Kubo tends to his ill mother Sariatu in a mountain cave near a village. He earns their living by magically manipulating origami with music from his shamisen for the village folk, telling the tale of his missing father Hanzo, a samurai warrior.


The Devil's Advocate. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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The Devil's Advocate
Andrew Neiderman, 1990
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Taylor Hackford, 1997

Kevin Lomax, a defense attorney from Gainesville, Florida, has never lost a case. After the jury delivers a not guilty verdict, the head of the firm, John Milton, offers Kevin a large salary and an upscale apartment if he joins the firm.


The Cider House Rules. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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The Cider House Rules
John Irving, 1985
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Lasse Hallström, 1999

Homer Wells, an orphan, grows up in a Maine orphanage directed by kindly, avuncular Dr. Wilbur Larch. Homer, the oldest among the orphans, is very bright, helpful and even-tempered, so Larch trains him in obstetrics and abortions as an apprentice, despite Homer’s never having attended high school.


North Country. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Class Action
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Class Action
Clara Bingham, 2002
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Niki Caro, 2005

In 1989, Josey Aimes flees from her abusive husband back to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sammy and Karen, and moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank. Josey’s pursuit of and securing the job further strains her relationship with Hank, who also works at the mine and believes women shouldn’t be working there, so she and her children move in with Glory and her husband, Kyle.


The Road. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy, 2006
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John Hillcoat, 2009

A man and his young son struggle to survive after a global cataclysm has caused an extinction event. They scavenge for supplies and avoid roaming gangs as they travel on a road to the coast in the hope that it will be warmer. Years earlier, the man’s wife gives birth to their son shortly after the catastrophe and she gradually loses hope. Removing her coat and hat, she walks into the woods, never to be seen again.


Men of Honor. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Men of Honor
David Robbins, 2000
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George Tillman Jr., 2000

A biographical drama film. The true story of Carl Brashear, the first African American U.S. Navy diver, and his remarkable journey to overcome racial discrimination and physical challenges to achieve his dreams.


Atomic Blonde. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book, The Coldest City
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The Coldest City
Antony Johnston, Sam Hart, 2012
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David Leitch, 2017

In November 1989, just days prior to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, MI6 agent James Gascoigne is shot and killed by KGB agent Yuri Bakhtin, who steals The List, a microfilm document concealed in Gascoigne’s wristwatch that contains the names of every intelligence agent (on both sides) active in Berlin. The plot jumps between the debrief room and flashbacks to Lorraine’s time in Berlin.


The Legend of Bagger Vance. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
Steven Pressfield, 1995
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Robert Redford, 2000

During the Great Depression of 1931, two legends of golf, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, compete in a 36-hole showdown. Another golfer also competes, a troubled local war hero named R. Junuh with a mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance.


The Old Guard. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2017 comic book
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The Old Guard
Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernández, 2017
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Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2020

Andromache Andy of Scythia, Booker, Joe, and Nicky are centuries-old warriors with regenerative healing abilities who use their vast experience to help people. After healing their wounds and killing their attackers, they realize that Copley set them up and filmed their regeneration.


Astro Boy. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1952 comic book
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Astro Boy
Osamu Tezuka, 1952
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David Bowers, 2009

Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state of Metro City, that floats above the polluted surface on Earth. His father, Dr. Tenma, meets President Stone to show the Peacekeeper, an advanced defensive robot that will activate using the Blue and Red cores, two energy cores that emit respective opposing positive and negative energy created by Dr. Elefun.


Astro Boy. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Astro Boy: The Movie
Scott Tipton, 2009
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David Bowers, 2009

Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state of Metro City, that floats above the polluted surface on Earth. His father, Dr. Tenma, meets President Stone to show the Peacekeeper, an advanced defensive robot that will activate using the Blue and Red cores, two energy cores that emit respective opposing positive and negative energy created by Dr. Elefun.


Dark Places. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, 2009
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Gilles Paquet-Brenner, 2015

Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She’s been living on donations and lectures ever since. With donations drying up, she is hard up for cash when she is approached by Lyle Wirth to make a personal appearance at his True Crime club.