Dracula. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Fred Saberhagen, J.V. Hart, 1992
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Francis Ford Coppola, 1992

In 1462, Vlad Dracula returns from a victory against the Turks to find his wife Elisabeta committed suicide after his enemies reported his death. Enraged, Dracula desecrates the chapel and renounces God, declaring he will rise from the grave to avenge Elisabeta with all the powers of darkness. In 1897, solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague Renfield who has gone insane.


Lawless. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Wettest County in the World
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The Wettest County in the World
Matt Bondurant, 2008
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John Hillcoat, 2012

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers—middle brother Forrest, eldest brother Howard, and youngest brother Jack—are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for their illegal manufacturing business with the assistance of Jack’s disabled friend and engineer, Cricket.


Murder in the First. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Murder in the First
Dan Gordon, 1994
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Marc Rocco, 1995

A passionate and optimistic young lawyer advocates for an Alcatraz inmate charged with killing another prisoner. The unique aspect of the case lies in the fact that the defendant had endured more than three years in solitary confinement prior to the incident.


Kung Fu Panda 2. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kung Fu Panda 2: The Novel
Tracey West, 2011
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2011

The Peacock rulers of Gongmen City invent fireworks, but their son Lord Shen puts the gunpowder to evil use. Overhearing a prophecy that a warrior of black and white will defeat him if he continues, Shen kills all the giant pandas he can find, and is banished by his parents. Some decades later, Shen and his wolf army start to raid villages for scrap metal.


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré, 1974
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Tomas Alfredson, 2011

In 1973, Control, head of British intelligence (The Circus), sends agent Jim Prideaux to Budapest to meet a prospective defector, a Hungarian Army general who has the name of a mole at the top of British Intelligence. Alleline and Bland request budget approval from civil servant Oliver Lacon for Operation Witchcraft, including a safe house for their high-level Soviet source.


Hannibal. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Hannibal
Thomas Harris, 1999
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Ridley Scott, 2001

Ten years after tracking down serial killer Jame Gumb, FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling is blamed for a botched drug raid. Using his wealth and political influence, Verger has Starling reassigned to Lecter’s case, hoping her involvement will draw Lecter out. In one city, Florence, Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi is investigating the disappearance of a library curator.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Robert Zemeckis, 2009

In 1843, on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old businessman, 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, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greediness.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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A Christmas Carol: The Junior Novel
James Ponti, 2009
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Robert Zemeckis, 2009

In 1843, on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old businessman, 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, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greediness.


Hunter Killer. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2011 book, Firing Point
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Firing Point
George Wallace, Don Keith, 2011
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Donovan Marsh, 2018

The U.S. Los Angeles class submarine USS Tampa Bay vanishes while shadowing the Russian Akula-class submarine Konek in the Arctic. At the same time, a Navy SEAL team under the command of Lieutenant Bill Beaman is sent in to discreetly observe the Russian naval base in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, but their mission is swiftly complicated when Martinelli, the team’s new designated marksman recruit, is rendered injured during the HALO drop.


Air Force One. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Air Force One
Max Allan Collins, 1997
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1997

A combined Russian-American special forces operation captures General Ivan Radek, the dictator of Kazakhstan. After takeoff, Secret Service agent Gibbs, who is secretly a mole and Radek agent, enables Korshunov and his accomplices to obtain weapons and storm the plane, killing many of the other agents and military personnel before taking the civilians hostage.


Child 44. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith, 2008
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Daniel Espinosa, 2015

In 1933, a child orphaned during the Ukrainian Holodomor runs away from his orphanage and is taken in by a Red Army unit and adopted by its kindly commander, who gives him the name Leo Demidov. In 1953, Leo, now married to Raisa and living in Moscow, is a captain in the Ministry of State Security (MGB), commanding a unit tasked with tracking down and arresting dissidents.


The Laundromat. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2017 book, Secrecy World
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Secrecy World
Jake Bernstein, 2017
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Steven Soderbergh, 2019

Ellen Martin and her husband Joe are on a pleasure boat at Lake George, New York when it capsizes, drowning Joe. When Ellen tries to get compensation from the boating company for Joe’s death, she cannot because the reinsurance company that the boat company’s owner and son Matthew bought their policy from was sold to another company based out of Nevis.