Temple Grandin. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1986 book, Emergence: Labeled Autistic
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic
Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano, 1986
movie vs book
Mick Jackson, 2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling. The film focuses on Grandin’s life as a gifted but socially isolated student who has been expelled from numerous high schools for fighting. The film also highlights the discrimination and harassment Grandin endured on the feedlots as a female graduate student in a male-dominated, working-class industry.


Temple Grandin. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1995 book, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
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Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Temple Grandin, 1995
movie vs book
Mick Jackson, 2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling. The film focuses on Grandin’s life as a gifted but socially isolated student who has been expelled from numerous high schools for fighting. The film also highlights the discrimination and harassment Grandin endured on the feedlots as a female graduate student in a male-dominated, working-class industry.


Stardust. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Stardust
Neil Gaiman, 1997
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Matthew Vaughn, 2007

The English village of Wall lies near a stone wall that borders the magical kingdom of Stormhold. Dunstan Thorne tricks the guard and crosses over the wall to a marketplace. Eighteen years later, the dying King of Stormhold throws a ruby into the sky, decreeing that his successor will be the first of his fratricidal sons to recover it.


The Hours. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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The Hours
Michael Cunningham, 1998
movie vs book
Stephen Daldry, 2002

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.


Les Misérables. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1862 book
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Les Misérables
Victor Hugo, 1862
movie vs book
Bille August, 1998

In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.


Les Misérables. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Les Miserables: A Novel
Leonore Fleischer, 1862
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Bille August, 1998

In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.


Little Women. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1868 book
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
movie vs book
Gillian Armstrong, 1994

In 1868, Jo March, a teacher in New York City, goes to Mr. Dashwood, an editor who agrees to publish a story she has written. In New York, Jo becomes hurt when Friedrich Bhaer, a professor infatuated with her, constructively criticizes her writing, causing her to end their friendship.


Little Women. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Little Women
Laurie Lawlor, 2012
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Gillian Armstrong, 1994

In 1868, Jo March, a teacher in New York City, goes to Mr. Dashwood, an editor who agrees to publish a story she has written. In New York, Jo becomes hurt when Friedrich Bhaer, a professor infatuated with her, constructively criticizes her writing, causing her to end their friendship.


The Rainmaker. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Rainmaker
John Grisham, 1995
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1997

Rudy Baylor is a graduate of the University of Memphis Law School. Unlike most of his fellow grads, he has no high-paying job lined up and is forced to apply for part-time positions while serving drinks at a Memphis bar. However, Deck is resourceful in gathering information and is an expert on insurance lawsuits.


Fleishman Is in Trouble. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2019 book, Fleishman is in Trouble
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Fleishman is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, 2019
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Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2022-

When Toby Fleishman and his wife of over fifteen years divorced, he knew what to expect: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some lingering resentment, and the occasional tense moment in their co-parenting discussions.


U Turn. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Stray Dogs
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Stray Dogs
John Ridley, 1997
movie vs book
Oliver Stone, 1997

Bobby Cooper is a drifter in debt to a violent gangster when his car breaks down in Superior, Arizona. Stranded and broke, he meets Jake and Grace McKenna, a father and daughter who are also a married couple. They separately approach Bobby to kill the other for money.


The Essex Serpent. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2016 book
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The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry, 2016
TV series vs book
Clio Barnard, 2022-

Cora is a recently widowed woman who, having been released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex. There she becomes intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.