Atonement. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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Atonement
Ian McEwan, 2001
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Joe Wright, 2007

Briony Tallis, a 13-year-old English girl with a talent for writing, lives at her family’s country estate with her parents Jack and Emily Tallis. Her older sister Cecilia has recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with Robbie Turner, the Tallis family housekeeper’s son and Cecilia’s childhood friend. Briony’s immaturity, and her inability to grasp certain situations changes the course of the lives of Cecilia and Robbie when she accuses Robbie of a crime he did not commit.


Notes on a Scandal. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2003 book, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Zoë Heller, 2003
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Richard Eyre, 2006

Barbara Covett is a history teacher at a comprehensive school in London. A spinster nearing retirement, she has contempt for her students and fellow teachers. Her only comfort is her diary. When a new art teacher, Sheba Hart, joins the staff, Barbara is immediately attracted to her. Sheba is married to the much older Richard, and is just re-entering the work force after devoting herself to her special needs son.


Far from the Madding Crowd. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1874 book, Far From the Madding Crowd
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy, 1874
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Thomas Vinterberg, 2015

The film is set in about 1870 in Britain. While Bathsheba Everdene is working on her aunt’s farm in Dorset, she meets a neighbouring farmer, Gabriel Oak. As they get to know one another, he proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she is too independent. One night a new sheepdog chases Gabriel’s entire flock off a cliff.


Maleficent. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1697 book, The Sleeping Beauty
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The Sleeping Beauty
Charles Perrault, 1697
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Robert Stromberg, 2014

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. His love is overshadowed by ambition, and as they grow older, the two grow apart and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. Devastated by Stefan’s betrayal, Maleficent turns the Moors into a dark kingdom and transforms a raven named Diaval to serve her after saving his life.


Maleficent. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Maleficent
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2014
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Robert Stromberg, 2014

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. His love is overshadowed by ambition, and as they grow older, the two grow apart and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. Devastated by Stefan’s betrayal, Maleficent turns the Moors into a dark kingdom and transforms a raven named Diaval to serve her after saving his life.


Black Mass. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Black Mass
Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill, 2000
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Scott Cooper, 2015

In 1975, James Whitey Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang, controls most organized crime within South Boston, along with his right-hand man Stephen Flemmi, newcomer Kevin Weeks, and callous hitman Johnny Martorano. Bulger’s supremacy is challenged by the North End-based Angiulo Brothers, a rival gang that is part of the New England Mafia family.


Killer Joe. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Killer Joe
Tracy Letts, 1999
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William Friedkin, 2011

In West Dallas, Texas, 22-year-old drug dealer Chris Smith comes to the house of his father Ansel and step-mother Sharla, after his mother, Adele, threw him out of her house. Assuming Dottie would share the money with Chris and their father, Chris manages to rope the dim-witted Ansel into hiring Joe Cooper, a police detective who has a side career as a contract killer, to kill Ansel’s ex-wife to get the money.


Cracks. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Cracks
Sheila Kohler, 1999
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Jordan Scott, 2009

Upon the arrival of Fiamma, a captivating Spanish girl, at a picturesque British boarding school, the presence of the outsider’s flawless charm immediately unsettles the girls. Even Miss G, who once relished being the most glamorous figure in her students’ lives, finds herself consumed by obsession, feeling both threatened and tantalized by Fiamma.


Horns. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Horns
Joe Hill, 2009
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Alexandre Aja, 2013

Ignatius Ig Perrish is the prime suspect when his girlfriend, Merrin, is raped and murdered. After a vigil led by Merrin’s father, who believes Ig to be guilty, Ig drinks heavily, urinates on Merrin’s memorial, and wakes up with a pair of horns protruding from his head.


Lovelace. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1974 book, The Intimate Diary Of Linda Lovelace
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The Intimate Diary Of Linda Lovelace
Linda Lovelace, Carl Wallin, 1974
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Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 2013

In 1972 Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, featuring a story, some jokes, and an unknown and unlikely star, Linda Lovelace. Escaping a strict religious family, Linda discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor. She became an international sensation. Fully inhabiting her new identity, Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism.


Little Birds. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 1979 book
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Little Birds
Anaïs Nin, 1979
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Stacie Passon, 2020-

Little Birds is set in Tangier in 1955, in the famous ‘international zone’ – one of the last outposts of colonial decadence, and a culture shock in more ways than one for troubled American debutante Lucy Savage. Lucy desires an unconventional life free from the societal cage she’s been kept in and, along with Tangier itself, finds herself on the cusp of achieving a painful yet necessary independence.


The Three Musketeers. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1844 book
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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Paul W.S. Anderson, 2011

In Venice, the musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with the help of Milady de Winter, steal airship blueprints made by Leonardo da Vinci. A year later, d’Artagnan leaves his village in Gascony for Paris in hopes of becoming a musketeer as his father was, only to learn that they were disbanded.