Child 44. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith, 2008
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Daniel Espinosa, 2015

In 1933, a child orphaned during the Ukrainian Holodomor runs away from his orphanage and is taken in by a Red Army unit and adopted by its kindly commander, who gives him the name Leo Demidov. In 1953, Leo, now married to Raisa and living in Moscow, is a captain in the Ministry of State Security (MGB), commanding a unit tasked with tracking down and arresting dissidents.


The Man with the Iron Heart. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book, HHhH
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HHhH
Laurent Binet, 2010
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Cédric Jimenez, 2017

Reinhard Heydrich is serving as an officer in the German Navy. After the Invasion of Poland and World War II breaks out, Heydrich is promoted to Director of the Reich Main Security Office. His Einsatzgruppen follow the German Army, committing genocide across Eastern Europe. He blackmails General Eduard Wagner into sending the Einzatsgruppen information to allow them to exterminate Jews and other “undesirables”.


The Aftermath. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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The Aftermath
Rhidian Brook, 2013
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James Kent, 2019

In 1945 Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg to be reunited with her husband, a colonel of British Forces charged with rebuilding the shattered city and dealing with violent insurgent Werwolf activities. The couple, whose relationship is tense due to their son Michael being killed during the Blitz, will be staying in the requisitioned house of German architect Stefan Lubert and his teenage daughter Freda Lubert.


Pet Sematary. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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Pet Sematary
Stephen King, 1983
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Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, 2019

Louis Creed, an emergency physician from Boston, Massachusetts, moves to the small town of Ludlow, Maine with his wife, Rachel, their two young children, Ellie and Gage, and Ellie’s cat, Church. Jud Crandall, their neighbor who has a soft spot for Ellie, takes Louis past the pet cemetery to an ancient burial ground to bury Church.