Mystic River. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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Mystic River
Dennis Lehane, 2001
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Clint Eastwood, 2003

Three boys, Jimmy Markum, Sean Devine, and Dave Boyle play hockey in a Boston street in 1975, when Dave is kidnapped by two men and sexually abused for four days before managing to escape. 25 years later, the boys are grown and, while they still live in Boston, have drifted apart. Jimmy is an ex-con running a neighborhood convenience store.


You're Not You. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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You're Not You
Michelle Wildgen, 2006
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George C. Wolfe, 2014

An accomplished pianist who has been diagnosed with the terminal illness ALS hires a young woman without direction to be her full-time caregiver. Despite their differences, the two form a close bond as they help each other live life to the fullest. The challenging circumstances of their situation bring them together in a meaningful way.


The Phantom of the Opera. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1909 book, Le fantôme de l'Opéra
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Le fantôme de l'Opéra
Gaston Leroux, 1909
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Joel Schumacher, 2004

In 1919, a public auction is held to clear an abandoned opera theatre’s vaults in Paris. Viscount Raoul de Chagny bids against the elderly Madame Giry for a papier-mâché music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. The auctioneer presents a shattered chandelier, relating it to ‘the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera’. As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870.


The Day After Tomorrow. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1999 book, The Coming Global Superstorm
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The Coming Global Superstorm
Art Bell, Whitley Strieber, 1999
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Roland Emmerich, 2004

Jack Hall, an American paleoclimatologist, and his colleagues Frank and Jason, drill for ice-core samples in the Larsen Ice Shelf for the NOAA, when the ice shelf suddenly begins to split away. Professor Terry Rapson, an oceanographer of the Hedland Centre in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate shift.


The Day After Tomorrow. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Day After Tomorrow
Whitley Strieber, 2004
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Roland Emmerich, 2004

Jack Hall, an American paleoclimatologist, and his colleagues Frank and Jason, drill for ice-core samples in the Larsen Ice Shelf for the NOAA, when the ice shelf suddenly begins to split away. Professor Terry Rapson, an oceanographer of the Hedland Centre in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate shift.


Beautiful Creatures. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Beautiful Creatures
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, 2009
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Richard LaGravenese, 2013

In Gatlin, South Carolina, teenager Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know. The other students spread gossip about Lena’s reclusive uncle, Macon Ravenwood, and suggest that her family includes devil worshippers.


Poseidon. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Poseidon Adventure
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The Poseidon Adventure
Paul Gallico, 1969
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Wolfgang Petersen, 2006

The RMS Poseidon, a luxury ocean liner, is making a transatlantic crossing. In the ballroom, a badly injured Captain Bradford attempts to restore order and assures the surviving passengers that help is on the way, and tries to persuade them to stay put.