Fight Club. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk, 1996
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David Fincher, 1999

Fight Club centers on an anonymous narrator, who works as a product recall specialist for an unnamed car company. When he seeks treatment, his doctor sarcastically tells him to visit a support group for testicular cancer victims to ‘see what real suffering is like’. While on a nude beach, the narrator meets Tyler Durden, a charismatic extremist of mysterious means.


The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1925 book, Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Stefan Zweig, 1925
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1939 book, Beware of Pity
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Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig, 1939
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1942 book, The World of Yesterday
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The World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig, 1942
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


Primal Fear. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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Primal Fear
William Diehl, 1992
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Gregory Hoblit, 1996

Martin Vail is a Chicago defense attorney who loves the spotlight, and does everything that he can to get his high-profile clients acquitted on legal technicalities. Vail jumps at the chance to represent the young man, pro bono. During his meetings at the County jail with Stampler, Vail comes to believe that his client is innocent, much to the chagrin of Vail’s former lover, prosecutor Janet Venable.


The Illusionist. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1998 book, The Knife Thrower
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The Knife Thrower
Steven Millhauser, 1998
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Neil Burger, 2006

In Vienna, Austria-Hungary, 1889, a magician named Eisenheim is arrested by Chief Inspector Walter Uhl of the Vienna Police during a magic show involving necromancy. During one performance, he encounters the adult Sophie and learns that she is expected to marry the Crown Prince Leopold, who, it is rumored, is brutal towards women and in the past even murdered one.


25th Hour. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 2000 book, The 25th Hour
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The 25th Hour
David Benioff, 2000
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Spike Lee, 2002

A car pulls up short on a New York City street, and Montgomery #Monty# Brogan gets out with his buddy Kostya to look at a dog lying in the road. Monty decides to take the dog to a nearby clinic instead. Frank is a hotshot trader on Wall Street; Jacob is an introverted high school teacher with a crush on 17-year-old Mary, one of his students.


The Painted Veil. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1925 book
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The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham, 1925
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John Curran, 2006

On a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane is dazzled by Kitty Garstin, a vain London socialite. When Walter discovers his wife’s infidelity, he seeks to punish her by threatening to divorce her on the grounds of adultery, if she doesn’t accompany him to a small village in a remote area of China.


Frida. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Hayden Herrera, 1983
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Julie Taymor, 2002

Frida begins just before the traumatic accident Frida Kahlo suffered at the age of 18 when the wooden-bodied bus she was riding in collided with a streetcar. Throughout the marriage, Rivera has affairs with a wide array of women, while the bisexual Kahlo takes on male and female lovers, including in one case having an affair with the same woman as Rivera.


Red Dragon. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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Red Dragon
Thomas Harris, 1981
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Brett Ratner, 2002

In 1980, forensic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter is irritated by the performance of a flautist at a recital of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Graham has been working with Lecter on a psychological profile of a serial killer who removes edible body parts from his victims; Graham says he has realized the killer is a cannibal.


Motherless Brooklyn. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem, 1999
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Edward Norton, 2019

In 1950s New York City, Lionel Essrog works at a detective agency alongside Gilbert Coney, Danny Fantl, and Tony Vermonte. Their boss, Frank Minna, rescued them as children from an abusive orphanage. Nicknamed ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ by Frank, Lionel has Tourette syndrome, often alienating him from people, but his strong verbal and photographic memory make him a good detective.


The Incredible Hulk. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1962 comic book, Incredible Hulk
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Incredible Hulk
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1962
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Louis Leterrier, 2008

At Culver University in Virginia, General Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross meets with Dr. Bruce Banner, the colleague and boyfriend of his daughter Betty, regarding an experiment that Ross claims is meant to make humans immune to gamma radiation.