A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Steven Knight, 2019

In this version, Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley are asset-strippers with extensive industrial interests as well as being moneylenders. Claiming not to care about Marley’s soul or fate, the Ghost explains he will not find rest unless he helps put Scrooge on the road to redemption.


Conversations with Friends. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2017 book
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Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, 2017
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Leanne Welham, Lenny Abrahamson, 2022-

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they begin a complex ménage-à-quatre.


The Last Letter from Your Lover. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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The Last Letter from Your Lover
Jojo Moyes, 2008
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Augustine Frizzell, 2021

A young female journalist in contemporary London uncovers a series of love letters telling the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the 1960s, and becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends.


Operation Finale. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Eichmann in My Hands
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Eichmann in My Hands
Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein, 1990
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Chris Weitz, 2018

The movie follows the 1960 mission of Peter Malkin as he sneaks into Argentina and apprehends Adolf Eichmann, the mastermind behind the deadly transportation of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.


Operation Finale. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1975 book, The House on Garibaldi Street
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The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel, 1975
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Chris Weitz, 2018

The movie follows the 1960 mission of Peter Malkin as he sneaks into Argentina and apprehends Adolf Eichmann, the mastermind behind the deadly transportation of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.


Catherine Called Birdy. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1994 book, Catherine, Called Birdy
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman, 1994
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Lena Dunham, 2022

In the medieval English town of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine is the daughter of the nobles Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn. With a precarious economy, Rollo sees in her daughter the solution to get out of bankruptcy by marrying her to a rich man in exchange for money and land. But Birdy is energetic, smart and adventurous, and she’s willing to turn down any suitor in increasingly unlikely ways.


The Sense of an Ending. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, 2011
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Ritesh Batra, 2017

Tony Webster, a retired and divorced man, leads a quiet and lonely life. One day he discovers that Veronica’s mother, her college sweetheart, left him in her will a diary kept by her best friend, who dated Veronica after Tony. In order to recover the diary, now in the hands of an elderly and very mysterious Verónica, Tony will be forced to delve into his past, remember the failed moments of his former friendships and relationships, and recreate feelings that he thought were forgotten.


Mary Queen of Scots. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
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Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
John Guy, 2004
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Josie Rourke, 2018

In 1561, nineteen-year-old Mary Stuart, Catholic Queen of Scotland, returns to her home country from France following the death of her husband, Francis II, to take up her throne, where she is received by her half brother, the Earl of Moray. Seeking to weaken her cousin’s threat to her sovereignty, Elizabeth arranges for Mary, whom English Catholics recognize as their rightful Queen, to be married to an Englishman.


Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain, 2012
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Ang Lee, 2016

Billy Lynn, a 19-year-old US Army specialist from Texas, is caught on camera dragging wounded Sergeant Virgil “Shroom” Breem to safety during an intense firefight in Iraq on October 23, 2004. David Dime, the members of Bravo Squad are driven in a limousine to the stadium with the Cowboys’ PR representative Josh and film producer Albert Brown, who is in the process of securing a film deal for the squad.


The Stars at Noon. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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The Stars at Noon
Denis Johnson, 1986
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Claire Denis, 2022

In 1984’s Nicaragua, a mysterious English businessman and a headstrong American journalist strike up a passionate romance as they soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.