Memento. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Memento Mori
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Memento Mori
Jonathan Nolan, 2001
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Christopher Nolan, 2000

In the story, a man named Earl has anterograde amnesia. Because of his inability to remember things for more than a few minutes, he uses notes and tattoos to keep track of new information. Earl owes his condition to an attack against him and his wife by an unknown assailant.


The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2017 book
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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Lev Grossman, 2017
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Ian Samuels, 2021

Mark, a teenage boy, has been stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again. At the community pool, he makes repeated attempts to impress a pretty girl by trying to save her from being knocked into the water by a thrown beach ball. Mark tracks her down and discovers that she is also living in the same time loop.


The Kill-Off. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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The Kill-Off
Jim Thompson, 1957
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Maggie Greenwald, 1989

The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. Pete, the owner of the club, can barely make the payroll, so in an effort to bring in more business, hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee.