C.B. Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2013 book, The Cuckoo's Calling
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The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), 2013
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Michael Keillor, 2017

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.


C.B. Strike: The Silkworm. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, The Silkworm
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The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, 2014
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Kieron Hawkes, 2017

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.


C.B. Strike: Career of Evil. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2015 book, Career of Evil
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Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith, 2015
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Charles Sturridge, 2018

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.


C.B. Strike: Lethal White. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2018 book, Lethal White
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Lethal White
Robert Galbraith, 2018
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Susan Tully, 2020

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police.


Jane Eyre. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1847 book
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, 1847
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Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2011

A tearful Jane Eyre runs away from Thornfield Hall, finding herself alone on the moors. She collapses at the doorstep of Moor House, home of St. John Rivers and his sisters Diana and Mary; they take Jane in and nurse her back to health. The film flashes between Jane’s recovery and her grim childhood.


Cinderella. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1812 book
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Cinderella
Charles Perrault, 1812
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Kenneth Branagh, 2015

Ella and her parents live happily in a large house with a few servants, until her mother falls ill. Ella promises to follow her mother’s dying wish: to have courage and be kind. Years later, Ella’s father marries recently-widowed Lady Tremaine, who has two unpleasant daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. Ella’s father leaves on business, and Lady Tremaine reveals her cruel and jealous nature.


The Finest Hours. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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The Finest Hours
Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman, 2007
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Craig Gillespie, 2016

Bernard Bernie Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, has fallen in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. Meanwhile, the Pendleton’s engineer, Ray Sybert, as the surviving senior officer, organizes the surviving seamen to steer the sinking stern of the tanker onto a submerged reef, where it can lodge until rescuers arrive.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
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Mike Newell, 2012

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip’s ‘Uncle Pumblechook’ to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.


Lady Chatterley's Lover. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1923 book
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
D.H. Lawrence, 1923
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Jed Mercurio, 2015

Lady Constance Chatterley starts an affair with the estate’s gamekeeper Oliver Mellors when her wealthy husband Sir Clifford, who is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, returns home from the First World War. However, Lady Chatterley must choose between continuing her scandalous affair and reconciling with her husband, who is becoming more and more untrustworthy, in the rigid society of 1920s England.


Tell It to the Bees. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Tell it to the Bees
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Tell it to the Bees
Fiona Shaw, 2009
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Annabel Jankel, 2018

With her failing marriage and young son, Lydia starts to connect with the town’s new doctor Jean, who bonds with Lydia’s son after he takes an interest in her bee colonies. However, in 1950s rural Scotland, the women’s relationship raises questions after the mother and son start to live with her after they get evicted.


Tulip Fever. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Tulip Fever
Deborah Moggach, 1999
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Justin Chadwick, 2017

Tulip Fever, which is set in 17th-century Amsterdam, centers on a married woman who initiates a passionate relationship with an artist who has been hired to paint her portrait. To acquire money to flee together, the lovers wager on the lucrative tulip bulb market.


Animals. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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Animals
Emma Jane Unsworth, 2014
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Sophie Hyde, 2019

Best friends Laura, a struggling writer working as a barista, and her best friend and flatmate Tyler, an American woman who is estranged from her family, are both heavy partiers living in Dublin. Tyler is included in Laura’s family gatherings, with a pregnant sister playing a part in the plot and character development. Circumstances change when Laura meets and then gets engaged to concert pianist Jim.