Shutter Island. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, 2003
movie vs book
Martin Scorsese, 2010

Marshals Edward ‘Teddy’ Daniels and his new partner Chuck Aule travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. Lead psychiatrist John Cawley refuses to turn over records, and they learn that Solando’s doctor Lester Sheehan left the island on vacation immediately after Solando disappeared.


Hugo. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, 2007
movie vs book
Martin Scorsese, 2011

In 1931 Paris, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives with his widowed, clockmaker father, who works at a museum. Hugo attempts to repair the automaton with stolen parts, believing it contains a message from his father, but the machine requires a heart-shaped key. Hugo is caught stealing parts from a toy store, and the owner, Georges, takes his notebook, threatening to destroy it.


The Ghost and the Darkness. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1907 book, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
John Henry Patterson, 1907
movie vs book
Stephen Hopkins, 1996

In 1898, Sir Robert Beaumont, the primary financier of a railroad project in Tsavo, Kenya, is furious because the project is running behind schedule. Patterson travels from England to Tsavo, telling his wife, Helena, he will complete the project and be back in London for the birth of their son.


The Ghost and the Darkness. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Ghost and the Darkness
Dewey Gram, 1996
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Stephen Hopkins, 1996

In 1898, Sir Robert Beaumont, the primary financier of a railroad project in Tsavo, Kenya, is furious because the project is running behind schedule. Patterson travels from England to Tsavo, telling his wife, Helena, he will complete the project and be back in London for the birth of their son.


Mary Poppins Returns. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Mary Poppins Returns
Kathy McCullough, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Rob Marshall, 2018

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.


Mary Poppins Returns. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1934 book, Mary Poppins
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Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers, 1934
movie vs book
Rob Marshall, 2018

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.


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.


Bright Young Things. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1930 book, Vile Bodies
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Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh, 1930
movie vs book
Stephen Fry, 2003

In this clever depiction of affluent socialites and their extravagant escapades in 1930s England, a writer hustles to secure funds for his upcoming wedding.


The Bookshop. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1978 book
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The Bookshop
Penelope Fitzgerald, 1978
movie vs book
Isabel Coixet, 2017

Florence Green, a widow, has decided to open a bookshop in the small coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk, acquiring as her premises the Old House, a damp and abandoned property that has been standing empty for many years. After refurbishing it and moving in, she learns that Violet Gamart, an influential and ambitious local resident, had privately earmarked the Old House for her own pet project, a local arts centre.


The Sense of an Ending. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, 2011
movie vs book
Ritesh Batra, 2017

Tony Webster, a retired and divorced man, leads a quiet and lonely life. One day he discovers that Veronica’s mother, her college sweetheart, left him in her will a diary kept by her best friend, who dated Veronica after Tony. In order to recover the diary, now in the hands of an elderly and very mysterious Verónica, Tony will be forced to delve into his past, remember the failed moments of his former friendships and relationships, and recreate feelings that he thought were forgotten.


The Saint. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Saint
Burl Barer, 1997
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Phillip Noyce, 1997

At the Saint Ignatius Orphanage, a rebellious boy named John Rossi refers to himself as Simon Templar and leads a group of fellow orphans as they attempt to run away to escape their harsh treatment. Just as Simon is caught by the head priest, he witnesses the tragic death of a girl, to whom he had taken a liking, when she accidentally falls from a balcony.


The Saint. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1928 book, The Saint Meets the Tiger
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The Saint Meets the Tiger
Leslie Charteris, 1928
movie vs book
Phillip Noyce, 1997

At the Saint Ignatius Orphanage, a rebellious boy named John Rossi refers to himself as Simon Templar and leads a group of fellow orphans as they attempt to run away to escape their harsh treatment. Just as Simon is caught by the head priest, he witnesses the tragic death of a girl, to whom he had taken a liking, when she accidentally falls from a balcony.