Serpico. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Serpico
Peter Maas, 1973
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Sidney Lumet, 1973

In 1971, NYPD Officer Frank Serpico is rushed to the hospital, having been shot in the face. Years earlier, Frank graduates from the police academy and becomes frustrated with his fellow officers’ laxness. Frank breaks protocol to arrest the suspect himself, but is coerced not to take credit.


You've Got Mail. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Parfumerie
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Parfumerie
Miklós László, 1937
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Nora Ephron, 1998

Kathleen Kelly is in a relationship with Frank Navasky, a left-leaning newspaper writer for The New York Observer who is always in search of an opportunity to root for the underdog. Using the screen name Shopgirl, she reads an email from NY152, the screen name of Joe Fox, whom she first met in an over-30s chatroom.


Prizzi's Honor. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon, 1982
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John Huston, 1985

Charley Partanna is a hit man for a New York Mafia clan headed by the elderly Don Corrado Prizzi, whose business is generally handled by his sons Dominic and Eduardo and by his longtime right-hand man, Angelo, who is Charley’s father. At a family wedding, Charley is quickly infatuated with a beautiful woman he doesn’t recognize.