The Godfather. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1969 book
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo, 1969
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1972

The offspring of the head of New York’s most influential Mafia dynasty returns from war with a resolve to forge his own path, only to find himself drawn into a conflict between his father’s entrenched traditions and the encroaching rivals endangering the family’s enterprise.


The Godfather: Part II. Poster of the 1974 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Sicilian
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The Sicilian
Mario Puzo, 1969
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1974

In 1950, Michael Corleone, the son of American Mafia Don Vito Corleone, is preparing to return home to America after his exile in Sicily. Don Croce and Michael’s father have allied to help the famous bandit Salvatore ‘Turi’ Guiliano escape Sicily and go with Michael to America.


The Godfather: Part III. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Godfather
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo, 1969
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1990

In 1979, Michael Corleone is approaching 60. Michael knows that the head of the Vatican Bank, Archbishop Gilday, has accumulated a massive deficit and offers $ 600 million in exchange for shares in Internazionale Immobiliare, an international real estate company, which would make him its largest single shareholder.


Finding Dory. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Finding Dory: The Junior Novelization
Suzanne Francis, 2016
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Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, 2016

Dory, the regal blue tang, gets separated from her parents, Jenny and Charlie, as a child. As she grows up, Dory attempts to search for them, but gradually forgets them due to her short-term memory loss. Later, she joins Marlin the clownfish, looking for Nemo.


Reds. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1919 book, Ten Days that Shook the World
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Ten Days that Shook the World
John Reed, 1919
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Warren Beatty, 1981

In 1915, married socialite Louise Bryant encounters the radical journalist John Reed for the first time at a lecture in Portland, Oregon, and is intrigued with his idealism. After meeting him for an interview on international politics that lasts an entire night, she realizes that writing has been her only escape from her frustrated high-society existence.


Father of the Bride. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1948 book
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Father of the Bride
Edward Streeter, 1948
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Charles Shyer, 1991

George Banks is the owner of a successful athletic shoe company in San Marino, California. His 22-year-old daughter Annie, freshly graduated from college, returns home from Europe and announces that she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie, despite their only having known each other for three months. George does not want to let go of his daughter.


The First Wives Club. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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The First Wives Club
Olivia Goldsmith, 1992
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Hugh Wilson, 1996

At Middlebury College in 1969, four young friends, Annie MacDuggan, Elise Elliot, Brenda Morelli, and Cynthia Swann, are graduating. In the present time, the four friends have lost touch with one another, as evident when Cynthia is tearfully gazing at the picture of the four of them on that graduation day.


5 Flights Up. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Heroic Measures
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Heroic Measures
Jill Ciment, 2009
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Richard Loncraine, 2014

Alex and Ruth Carver, an older couple, want to move because living in a five-story walk-up is too difficult without an elevator. Their niece Lilly is their broker and believes the apartment is worth up to $1M. In their search for a replacement apartment, Ruth finds one she really likes, and their offer is accepted. However, the sellers’ agent wants a deposit cheque that evening or it will go back out to bid.


The Little Drummer Girl. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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The Little Drummer Girl
John le Carré, 1983
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George Roy Hill, 1984

Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad’s clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To neutralize Khalil, they first kidnap his brother who is on a lecture tour, speaking to audiences in a ski mask about the profound suffering and losses of Palestine under military occupation.


Surrender, Dorothy. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Surrender, Dorothy
Meg Wolitzer, 1999
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Charles McDougall, 2006

After the unexpected passing of her daughter Sara, Natalie seeks solace in the summer home they used to visit together. Spending time with her closest friends and some of Sara’s own companions proves to be a source of support as she grapples with the profound loss.


Hanging Up. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Hanging Up
Delia Ephron, 1995
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Diane Keaton, 2000

Georgia Mozell, Eve Marks and Maddy Mozell are adult sisters. Despite being as busy with her own life as the others, Eve is the only one of the three who deals with the long term hospitalization of their cantankerous seventy-nine-year-old father, Lou Mozell, when he enters the early stages of dementia, and the associated outcomes of that hospitalization.


Maybe I Do. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1982 book, Cheaters: A comedy in two acts
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Cheaters: A comedy in two acts
Michael Jacobs, 1982
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Michael Jacobs, 2023

Michelle and Allen have reached the stage in their relationship where it’s time for their parents to meet each other. However, the meeting quickly takes a turn for the worse as the parents discover that their spouses are cheating on them, leading to a night of comedic pandemonium.