This Is Going to Hurt. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay, 2017
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Adam Kay, 2022-

An obstetrics and gynaecology doctor, Adam works his way up through the ranks of hospital hierarchy. He trains Shruti in the process and procedures. His personal life is affected by the long hours and stressful decisions, and he tries hard to cling on it. Although a medico-legal case creates concern and self-doubt it also gives him some personal time.


The Last Duel. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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The Last Duel
Eric Jager, 2004
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Ridley Scott, 2021

The movie unravels long-held assumptions about France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, two friends turned bitter rivals. When Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite, is viciously assaulted by Le Gris, a charge he denies, she refuses to stay silent, stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy.


Atonement. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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Atonement
Ian McEwan, 2001
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Joe Wright, 2007

Briony Tallis, a 13-year-old English girl with a talent for writing, lives at her family’s country estate with her parents Jack and Emily Tallis. Her older sister Cecilia has recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with Robbie Turner, the Tallis family housekeeper’s son and Cecilia’s childhood friend. Briony’s immaturity, and her inability to grasp certain situations changes the course of the lives of Cecilia and Robbie when she accuses Robbie of a crime he did not commit.


Belgravia. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2016 book
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Belgravia
Julian Fellowes, 2016
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Julian Fellowes, 2020-

A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.


The Assets. Poster of the 2014 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, Circle of Treason
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Circle of Treason
Sandra Grimes, 2012
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Jeff T. Thomas, Rudy Bednar, 2014

Sandy Grimes, a counter-intelligence officer for the CIA, strives to protect Soviet intelligence officers from being uncovered by an internal traitor in her agency.


Archie. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2011 book, Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
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Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
Dyan Cannon, 2011
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Paul Andrew Williams, 2023

A prominent figure of the twentieth century, known for his charm, wit, and grace, he left an indelible mark on the world. However, the real person behind the public persona remained largely unknown. Jason Isaacs takes on the role of Archie Leach, the individual destined to become Hollywood’s illustrious leading man, Cary Grant, in this extraordinary and lesser-known tale crafted by BAFTA-winner Jeff Pope.


Reflections. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1982 book, The Newton Letter
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The Newton Letter
John Banville, 1982
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Kevin Billington, 1984

A stoic historian rents a lodge in the picturesque Irish countryside for the summer in order to finish writing his biography of Sir Isaac Newton, but his focus soon turns to his troubled lower-upper class landlords, the Lawless family.


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
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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.