Bullet Train. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Bullet Train
Kōtarō Isaka, 2010
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David Leitch, 2022

Trained killer Ladybug wants to give up the life but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.


Oz The Great and Powerful. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, 1900
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Sam Raimi, 2013

In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs is a magician and con artist in a traveling circus. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. They encounter the flying monkey, Finley, who pledges a life debt to Oscar when he saves him from a lion. Oscar reveals his deception to Finley and forces him to maintain the idea that he is the wizard.


Oz The Great and Powerful. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Oz The Great and Powerful
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2013
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Sam Raimi, 2013

In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs is a magician and con artist in a traveling circus. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. They encounter the flying monkey, Finley, who pledges a life debt to Oscar when he saves him from a lion. Oscar reveals his deception to Finley and forces him to maintain the idea that he is the wizard.


The Kissing Booth. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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The Kissing Booth
Beth Reekles, 2011
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Vince Marcello, 2018

Elle Evans and Lee Flynn have been best friends all their lives due to their mothers growing up together and having a deep bond. When Elle is 11, her mother becomes terminally ill and, three years later, passes away. As she grows up, Elle’s crush on Lee’s older brother, Noah, deepens, but she tries her hardest to ignore it.


The In Between. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2021 book
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The In Between
Marc Klein, 2021
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Arie Posin, 2022

This otherworldly romance revolves around Tessa, an adolescent girl who, having been shuffled among foster homes for much of her youth, struggles to envision herself in a tale of love that is exclusively hers.


The Kissing Booth 2. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2020 book, The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance
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The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance
Beth Reekles, 2020
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Vince Marcello, 2020

Elle Evans just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn. But now Noah’s off to Harvard, and Elle’s headed back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee, and a new friendship with handsome classmate Marco.


The Kissing Booth 3. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2011 book, The Kissing Booth
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The Kissing Booth
Beth Reekles, 2011
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Vince Marcello, 2021

After going on a road trip post-graduation, Elle still hasn’t made her mind up about whether to go to Berkeley or Harvard – although Noah is already planning to get an apartment off-campus for the two of them. When Noah and Lee’s parents announce they’re selling their beach house where they all spent their childhoods, Elle, Noah, Lee and Lee’s girlfriend Rachel offer to spend the summer there to help out with the sale.


Zeroville. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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Zeroville
Steve Erickson, 2007
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James Franco, 2019

On the same August day in 1969 that a crazed hippie ”family” led by Charles Manson commits five savage murders in the canyons above Los Angeles, a young ex-communicated seminarian, Ike “Vikar” Jerome, arrives with images of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift – ”the two most beautiful people in the history of the movies” – tattooed on his head.