The Fight Machine. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2006 book, The Fighter
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The Fighter
Craig Davidson, 2006
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Andrew Thomas Hunt, 2022

Two young men from different backgrounds find their destinies linked when they meet up in the world of illegal bare-knuckle fighting.


The Book of Negroes. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2007 book
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The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill, 2007
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Clement Virgo, 2015

In 1761, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is abducted and taken captive from her village in West Africa by a Dutch trading company. She meets another boy from her region, Chekura, who is working for the slavers but reveals he was sold into slavery by his uncle. She and Chekura are transported by ship to be sold into slavery in South Carolina, where the two are separated and she is forced to work on an indigo plantation.


A History of Violence. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1997 comic book
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A History of Violence
John Wagner, Vince Locke, 1997
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David Cronenberg, 2005

Tom Stall is a diner owner who lives in the small (fictional) town of Millbrook, Indiana, with a loving wife Edie, teenage son Jack, and daughter Sarah. He is caught by Carl, who, with Jack as his hostage, goes with his men to the Stall house and demands that Joey return to Philadelphia with them.


Bitten. Poster of the 2014 TV series and cover of the 2001 book
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Bitten
Kelley Armstrong, 2001
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Brad Turner, James Dunnison, Paul Fox, Andy Mikita, John Fawcett, 2014-2016

The story follows Elena Michaels, a female werewolf who struggles to balance her normal life in Toronto with her human boyfriend, Philip, and her responsibilities to her werewolf family in upstate New York. Her ex-fiancé Clayton, who turned her into a werewolf, is also a member of her pack.


V-Wars. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, V-Wars: Chronicles of the Vampire Wars
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V-Wars: Chronicles of the Vampire Wars
Jonathan Maberry, 2012
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William Laurin, Glenn Davis, 2019

V Wars follows the story of the physician Dr. Luther Swann, and his best friend Michael Fayne, as they face the evolving crisis of a deadly outbreak that fractures society into opposing factions, potentially escalating to a future war between humans and vampires. The outbreak is caused by an ancient biological infectious agent, a prion, that turns humans into vampires, released from ice by climate change.


Dolan's Cadillac. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Dolan's Cadillac
Stephen King, 1989
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Jeff Beesley, 2009

Middle school history teacher Tom Robinson lives in Las Vegas with beloved wife Elizabeth. On a horse riding trip out in the desert one day, Elizabeth comes across a human trafficking deal gone bad, with gangster Jimmy Dolan executing the two Coyotes and one of the illegal aliens. Elizabeth is seen, however, and narrowly escapes Dolan’s thugs firing at her.


Screamers: The Hunting. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1953 book, Second Variety
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Second Variety
Philip K. Dick, 1953
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Sheldon Wilson, 2009

A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as screamers. Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they’re able to morph into human form.