Silver Linings Playbook. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Silver Linings Playbook
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The Silver Linings Playbook
Matthew Quick, 2008
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David O. Russell, 2012

After eight months’ treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder, Patrizio Pat Solitano Jr. is released into the care of his father Patrizio. At dinner with his friend Ronnie and Ronnie’s wife, Pat meets Veronica’s sister, Tiffany Maxwell, a young widow with an unnamed disorder.


Picnic at Hanging Rock. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1967 book
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay, 1967
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Peter Weir, 1975

At Appleyard College, a girls’ private school near the town of Woodend, Victoria, the students are dressing on the morning of Valentine’s Day, 1900. The group prepares for a picnic to a local geological formation known as Hanging Rock, accompanied by the mathematics mistress Miss Greta McCraw and the young and beautiful Mlle. de Poitiers.


The Disaster Artist. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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The Disaster Artist
Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell, 2013
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James Franco, 2017

In San Francisco in 1998, 19-year-old Greg Sestero befriends Tommy Wiseau in acting classes with Jean Shelton after Tommy gives a protracted and bizarre performance of a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire. As Greg’s auditions also dry up, he shares his frustrations with Tommy, who decides to make a film for them to star in.


Secret City. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, The Mandarin Code
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The Mandarin Code
Steve Lewis, Chris Uhlmann, 2014
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Emma Freeman, 2016-2019

Beneath the seemingly calm exterior of Canberra, amidst escalating tensions between China and the United States, Harriet Dunkley, a journalist working for the Canberra press gallery, persistently works her way towards uncovering the truth. She discovers a covert city filled with interconnected conspiracies which put her career, life, and the freedom of all Australians in jeopardy.


Secret City. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, The Marmalade Files
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The Marmalade Files
Steve Lewis, Chris Uhlmann, 2012
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Emma Freeman, 2016-2019

Beneath the seemingly calm exterior of Canberra, amidst escalating tensions between China and the United States, Harriet Dunkley, a journalist working for the Canberra press gallery, persistently works her way towards uncovering the truth. She discovers a covert city filled with interconnected conspiracies which put her career, life, and the freedom of all Australians in jeopardy.


Secret City. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2016 book, The Shadow Game
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The Shadow Game
Steve Lewis, Chris Uhlmann, 2016
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Emma Freeman, 2016-2019

Beneath the seemingly calm exterior of Canberra, amidst escalating tensions between China and the United States, Harriet Dunkley, a journalist working for the Canberra press gallery, persistently works her way towards uncovering the truth. She discovers a covert city filled with interconnected conspiracies which put her career, life, and the freedom of all Australians in jeopardy.


Penguin Bloom. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2016 book, Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family
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Penguin the Magpie
Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive, 2016
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Glendyn Ivin, 2020

During a family vacation in Thailand, Sam Bloom accidentally falls off a high balcony and breaks her T6 thoracic vertebrae resulting in partial paralysis. Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair supported by her husband, three sons, and mother. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.


Penguin Bloom. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguin Bloom
Chris Kunz, Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps, 2021
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Glendyn Ivin, 2020

During a family vacation in Thailand, Sam Bloom accidentally falls off a high balcony and breaks her T6 thoracic vertebrae resulting in partial paralysis. Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair supported by her husband, three sons, and mother. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.


Bird Box. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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Bird Box
Josh Malerman, 2014
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Susanne Bier, 2018

In a post-apocalyptic world, Malorie Hayes advises two young, unnamed children that they will be going downstream on a river in a rowboat. From this point, the film alternates between two stages of Malorie’s story, separated by five years, until they conjoin: An injured Malorie then watches Jessica walk into the path of an oncoming truck, killing herself.


Parkland. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Four Days in November
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Four Days in November
Vincent Bugliosi, 2007
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Peter Landesman, 2013

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The movie follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.


Small Crimes. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Small Crimes
Dave Zeltserman, 2008
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E.L. Katz, 2017

Joe Denton, a corrupt ex-cop, is released from jail after serving a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder. Denton returns home looking for redemption, but passes a bar on his way back home. Although a recovering alcoholic, he enters and orders a drink. Denton will end up trapped in the mess he left behind.


Out of Blue. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Night Train
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Night Train
Martin Amis, 1997
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Carol Morley, 2018

Detective Mike Hoolihan is assigned to investigate the shooting of Jennifer Rockwell, a renowned astrophysicist and expert on black holes, and finds herself grappling with unexpected emotions and reactions to the case.