Drive. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Drive
James Sallis, 2005
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Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011

An unnamed Driver works as a mechanic, a stunt double, a stunt driver, and a criminal-for-hire getaway car driver in Los Angeles, California. His jobs are all managed by auto shop owner Shannon, who persuades Jewish mobsters Bernie Rose and Nino to purchase a car for the Driver to race.


Toy Story 4. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Toy Story 4: The Junior Novelization
Suzanne Francis, 2019
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Josh Cooley, 2019

Nine years previously, following the events of Toy Story 2, Woody and Bo Peep attempt to rescue RC, Andy’s remote-controlled car, from a rainstorm. While the toys are grateful to have a new child, Woody struggles to adapt to an environment where he is not the favorite as he was with Andy, apparent when Bonnie takes Woody’s sheriff badge and puts it on Jessie instead, not even bothering to give him a role during her playtime.


Hap and Leonard. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1990 book, Savage Season
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Savage Season
Joe R. Lansdale, 1990
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Nick Damici, Jim Mickle, 2016

A darkly comic swamp noir story of two best friends set in the late 1980s. Based on the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, the series follows Hap Collins, an East Texas white boy with a weakness for Southern women, and Leonard Pine, a gay, black Vietnam vet with a hot temper.


The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, 2014
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Hans Canosa, 2022

A.J. Fikry, the proprietor of a bookstore, is experiencing emotional and financial difficulties, and his life is not going as he had anticipated. He feels lost and left behind in the quickly changing world of today after the untimely death of his wife.


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.


God's Pocket. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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God's Pocket
Pete Dexter, 1983
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John Slattery, 2014

When a blue collar worker’s stepson is killed in a mysterious accident, he tries to cope, but things become difficult as the characters continue to intertwine in unexpected ways.


I Don't Know How She Does It. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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I Don't Know How She Does It
Allison Pearson, 2001
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Douglas McGrath, 2011

Kate Reddy devotes her days to her job with a Boston-based financial management firm. At night she goes home to her adoring, recently-downsized architect husband Richard and their two young children. It’s a non-stop balancing act, the same one that Kate’s acerbic best friend and fellow working mother Allison performs on a daily basis, and that Kate’s super-brainy, child-phobic young junior associate Momo fully intends to avoid.