The Crown. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2013 book, The Audience
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The Audience
Peter Morgan, 2013
TV series vs book
Peter Morgan, 2016-2023

The series follows the political rivalries and romantic entanglements of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, chronicling the events that shaped the latter half of the 20th century.


SAS Rogue Heroes. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2016 book, SAS: Rogue Heroes
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SAS: Rogue Heroes
Ben Macintyre, 2016
TV series vs book
Tom Shankland, 2022

The blockbuster book by Ben Macintyre, which chronicles the formation of the SAS—the world’s premier Special Forces unit—under unusual circumstances during the darkest hours of World War Two—is the basis for SAS Rogue Heroes.


Revolting Rhymes. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1982 book
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Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl, 1982
TV series vs book
Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer, Bin-Han To, 2016

An elderly woman named Miss Hunt is sitting by herself in a booth at an empty restaurant when a wolf in a trenchcoat enters and requests sitting with her. Miss Hunt allows the wolf and learns he is waiting for an old friend, revealing that she is waiting to babysit the children in the house across the street.


Les Misérables. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1862 book
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Les Misérables
Victor Hugo, 1862
TV series vs book
Tom Shankland, 2018-2019

Television adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more.


300. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1999 comic book
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300
Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, 1999
movie vs comic book
Zack Snyder, 2006

In 479 B.C., one year after the Battle of Thermopylae, Dilios, a hoplite in the Spartan army, begins his story by depicting the life of Leonidas I from childhood to kingship via Spartan doctrine. Leonidas then visits the Ephors, proposing a strategy to drive back the numerically superior Persians through the Hot Gates.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
David Hugh Jones, 1999

On Christmas Eve in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender at a counting house for seven years after his business partner Jacob Marley passed away, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the next three nights.


Chicago. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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Chicago
Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, 1981
movie vs book
Rob Marshall, 2002

In 1924, Roxie Hart watches lead role Velma Kelly perform Overture/All That Jazz at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. Roxie furiously admits what really happened and is arrested. Ambitious District Attorney Harrison announces he will seek the death penalty.


Testament of Youth. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1933 book
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Testament of Youth
Vera Brittain, 1933
movie vs book
James Kent, 2014

Amidst the backdrop of World War I, Vera Brittain, a student at Oxford University, decides to pause her academic pursuits and dedicates herself to nursing duties. Meanwhile, her brother, her suitor, and an undisclosed admirer find themselves confronted with mortality on the battlefields.


From Time to Time. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1958 book, Treasure of Green Knowe
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Treasure of Green Knowe
Lucy M. Boston, 1958
movie vs book
Julian Fellowes, 2009

Set in England, this ghostly, haunting story spans two worlds, over a century apart. Near the end of World War II, teen-aged Tolly goes to spend Christmas at his grandmother’s large country estate, Green Knowe. Tolly’s soldier father has been reported missing in action while his mother remains in London awaiting more information.


John Carter. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1912 book, A Princess of Mars
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A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912
movie vs book
Andrew Stanton, 2012

In 1881, Edgar Rice Burroughs attends the funeral of his uncle, John Carter, a former American Civil War Confederate Army captain who died suddenly. A Thern appears in the cave at that moment and, surprised by the two men, attacks them with a knife; Carter kills him but accidentally activates the Thern’s powerful medallion, and is unwittingly transported to a ruined and dying planet, Barsoom.


John Carter. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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John Carter
Stuart Moore, 2012
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Andrew Stanton, 2012

In 1881, Edgar Rice Burroughs attends the funeral of his uncle, John Carter, a former American Civil War Confederate Army captain who died suddenly. A Thern appears in the cave at that moment and, surprised by the two men, attacks them with a knife; Carter kills him but accidentally activates the Thern’s powerful medallion, and is unwittingly transported to a ruined and dying planet, Barsoom.


The Pursuit of Love. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1945 book
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The Pursuit of Love
Nancy Mitford, 1945
TV series vs book
Emily Mortimer, 2021

The series follows two cousins as they navigate their lives and their friendship, as each desires separate things in life. Longing for love, obsessed with sex, Linda is on the hunt for the perfect lover. But finding Mr Right is much harder than she thought.