A Walk to Remember. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks, 1999
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Adam Shankman, 2002

In Beaufort, North Carolina, popular and rebellious high school senior Landon Carter and his friends have partaken in underage drinking on school grounds. They lure a new student, Clay Gephardt, to a factory in the hopes of pranking him, with the façade that this is an initiation task into their elite friendship group.


Wristcutters: A Love Story. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Kneller's Happy Campers
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Kneller's Happy Campers
Etgar Keret, 1998
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Goran Dukic, 2006

After Zia takes his own life, he finds himself in an afterlife limbo much the same as life, but slightly worse. Early on, it is revealed that Eugene’s car has two idiosyncrasies, a black hole underneath the passenger seat where items that are dropped disappear forever, and broken headlights that cannot be fixed by even the most adept mechanics.


A Love Song for Bobby Long. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Off Magazine Street
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Off Magazine Street
Ronald Everett Capps, 2004
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Shainee Gabel, 2004

After her mother’s death, Pursy Will returns to New Orleans to claim her inheritance, only to find two troubled men, Bobby Long and Lawson Pines, living in her mother’s house. Bobby, a once-promising literature professor, and Lawson, his young protégé, have succumbed to alcoholism and despair. As tensions and secrets unravel, the three form an unlikely bond, confronting their past traumas and finding redemption through forgiveness and human connection in the heartwarming and soulful city of New Orleans.