Room. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Room
Emma Donoghue, 2010
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Lenny Abrahamson, 2015

In Akron, Ohio, 24-year-old Joy Newsome and her 5-year-old son Jack live in a squalid shed they call Room. They are captives of a man they call Old Nick, Jack’s biological father, who abducted Joy seven years prior and routinely rapes her while Jack sleeps in the closet.


The Bourne Ultimatum. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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The Bourne Ultimatum
Robert Ludlum, 1990
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Paul Greengrass, 2007

Following his pursuit by Kirill, Jason Bourne eludes Moscow police while wounded through a train station and deals with more flashbacks of when he first joined Operation Treadstone. Meanwhile, in Turin, journalist Simon Ross of The Guardian meets an informant to learn about Bourne and Operation Blackbriar, the program succeeding Treadstone.


The Bourne Supremacy. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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The Bourne Supremacy
Robert Ludlum, 1986
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Paul Greengrass, 2004

Two years after their disappearance, Jason Bourne and Marie Kreutz are in Goa, India. Gretkov directs Kirill to Goa to kill Bourne; however, Bourne spots him at the market and on the beach and flees with Marie in a vehicle.


The Ice Storm. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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The Ice Storm
Rick Moody, 1994
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Ang Lee, 1997

The novel takes place over Thanksgiving weekend 1973, during a dangerous ice storm, and centers on two neighboring families, the Hoods and the Williamses, and their difficulties in dealing with the tumultuous political and social climate of the day. The setting is an affluent Connecticut suburb during the height of the sexual revolution.


Searching for Bobby Fischer. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Fred Waitzkin, 1988
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Steven Zaillian, 1993

Josh Waitzkin and his family discover that he possesses a gift for chess and they seek to nurture it. They hire a strict instructor, Bruce Pandolfini, who aims to teach the boy to be as aggressive as chess legend Bobby Fischer.


Manhunter. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1981 book, Red Dragon
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Red Dragon
Thomas Harris, 1981
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Michael Mann, 1986

Will Graham is a former FBI criminal profiler who has retired following a mental breakdown after being attacked by a cannibalistic serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, whom he captured. Graham is approached at his Florida home by his former FBI superior Jack Crawford, who is seeking help with a new serial killer case.


The Crucible. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller, 1953
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Nicholas Hytner, 1996

Early one morning in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, a group of young village girls meet in the woods with a Barbadian slave named Tituba. One of the girls, Abigail Williams, kills a chicken and drinks the blood, wishing for John Proctor’s wife to die. They are discovered by Abigail’s uncle, Reverend Samuel Parris.


Lisey's Story. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2006 book
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Lisey's Story
Stephen King, 2006
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Pablo Larraín, 2021-

Lisey’s Story is a personal and pensive thriller following Lisey Landon two years after the death of her famous novelist husband, Scott Landon. When a series of unsettling events take place, Lisey is forced to remember moments from her marriage that she’d deliberately blocked from her mind.


A Good Marriage. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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A Good Marriage
Stephen King, 2014
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Peter Askin, 2014

Darcy Anderson has been married to Bob, an accountant from Portland, Maine, for 27 years. One day, while Bob is away on business, Darcy goes into the garage to search for batteries. When she rummages through Bob’s belongings, she stumbles across a pornographic magazine showing sadomasochistic images.