X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1963 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1963
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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X-Men: Days of Future Past Prose Novel
Alexander C. Irvine, 2014
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


His Dark Materials. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2000 book
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman, 2000
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Jack Thorne, 2019-

His Dark Materials is set in a multi-world reality, with the action moving from one world to another. In her search for a missing friend, Lyra also uncovers a series of kidnappings and its link to a mysterious substance called Dust, which leads her on a journey of epic proportions and will lead to her crossing paths with a boy named Will.


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.


X-Men: First Class. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1987
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Matthew Vaughn, 2011

In 1944, in a Nazi death camp, Nazi officer Klaus Schmidt witnesses young prisoner Erik Lehnsherr bending a metal gate with his mind when he is separated from his parents. In Las Vegas, CIA officer Moira MacTaggert follows U.S. Army Colonel Hendry into the Hellfire Club, where she sees Schmidt with mutant telepath Emma Frost, teleporter Azazel, and cyclone-producing Riptide.


The Last King of Scotland. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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The Last King of Scotland
Giles Foden, 1998
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Kevin Macdonald, 2006

In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan graduates from medical school at the University of Edinburgh. Garrigan becomes attracted to Sarah, who enjoys the attention but refuses to engage in an extramarital affair. Meanwhile, General Idi Amin overthrows incumbent president Milton Obote in a coup d’état. During the incident, Garrigan takes a gun and shoots a mortally wounded cow because no one else has the presence of mind to put it out of its misery. Amin is impressed by his quick action and initiative.


Watership Down. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1972 book
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Watership Down
Richard Adams, 1972
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Peter Dodd, Noam Murro, 2018

Set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern England, the adventure tale follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, toward a promised land and a more perfect society.


Filth. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Filth
Irvine Welsh, 1998
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Jon S. Baird, 2013

Bruce Robertson is a Detective Sergeant in Edinburgh, Scotland, who is a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic bully who spends his free time indulging in drugs, alcohol, abusive sexual relationships, and ‘the games’ — his euphemism for the vindictive plots he hatches to cause trouble for people he dislikes, including many of his colleagues.


Becoming Jane. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Becoming Jane Austen
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Becoming Jane Austen
Jon Spence, 2003
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Julian Jarrold, 2007

Jane Austen is a younger daughter of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, who have yet to find a suitable husband for Jane. She aspires to be a writer, to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father. Thomas Lefroy is a promising lawyer with a bad reputation, which he describes as typical for people in the profession, and is sent to live in the country by his uncle to calm him down.


X-Men: Apocalypse. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1964 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1964
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Bryan Singer, 2016

In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant lord En Sabah Nur, hailed as a god named Apocalypse, rules ancient Egypt until he is entombed alive during a rebellion. In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven frees Kurt Wagner, a teleporting mutant, from an underground cage match with Angel and attempts to organize for black marketeer Caliban to transport him to America.


The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1950 book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis, 1950
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Andrew Adamson, 2005

During World War II, the Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated from a London suburb to Professor Digory Kirke’s country home. When she returns to Professor Kirke’s house, hardly any time has passed, and her siblings disbelieve her story.


Wanted. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2005 comic book
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Wanted
Mark Millar, J. G. Jones, 2005
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Timur Bekmambetov, 2008

In Chicago, Wesley Gibson works at a dead-end desk job with an overbearing boss, takes medication for panic attacks, and has a live-in girlfriend who cheats on him with his co-worker and best friend, Barry. The group’s leader, Sloan, forces Wesley at gunpoint through the Gunsmith to shoot the wings off of several flies, which he does, much to Wesley’s shock.