I Know This Much Is True. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 1998 book
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I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb, 1998
TV series vs book
Derek Cianfrance, 2020

The show takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut in the early 1990s. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, but occasionally, he has severe episodes of his illness. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand while at a public library.


WandaVision. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1964 comic book, Scarlet Witch
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Scarlet Witch
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1964
TV series vs comic book
Jac Schaeffer, 2021

After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Wanda Maximoff and Vision are living the idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, trying to conceal their powers. As they begin to enter new decades and encounter television tropes, the couple suspects that things are not as they seem.


WandaVision. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1968 comic book, The Vision
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The Vision
Roy Thomas, John Buscema, 1968
TV series vs comic book
Jac Schaeffer, 2021

After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Wanda Maximoff and Vision are living the idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, trying to conceal their powers. As they begin to enter new decades and encounter television tropes, the couple suspects that things are not as they seem.


The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1939 book
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
James Thurber, 1939
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Ben Stiller, 2013

Walter Mitty is a negative assets manager at Life magazine who daydreams of adventures and has a crush on a coworker named Cheryl Melhoff. Walter attempts to contact Cheryl via eHarmony but Todd Maher, an eHarmony representative explains his account lacks enough information to do so. Mitty works with legendary photojournalist Sean O’Connell, although they have never met in person.


Revolutionary Road. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates, 1961
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Sam Mendes, 2008

In 1948, Frank Wheeler meets April at a party. Frank later secures a sales position with Knox Machines, and he and April marry. Meanwhile, Helen has asked April if they will meet her son, John, who had been in an insane asylum. She thinks the younger couple may be able to help her son with his condition.


Mrs. Fletcher. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2017 book
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Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta, 2017
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Tom Perrotta, 2019

Mrs. Fletcher is a coming of age story of Mrs. Eve Fletcher and her son Brendan. Eve is a divorcée and is undergoing a mid-life crisis. She decides she no longer wants to be her old self when her son Brendan goes to college as a freshman. She experiences sexual reawakening and sexual fulfillment that eluded her in her younger years. Brendan also undergoes his own sexual troubles as he navigates college life.


Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hotel Transylvania Transformania Movie Novelization
Patty Michaels, 2021
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Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska, 2021

When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the “Monsterfication Ray”, goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy.


This Is Where I Leave You. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2003 book, This is Where I Leave You
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This is Where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper, 2003
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Shawn Levy, 2014

Judd Altman finds out his wife Quinn has been having an affair with his boss Wade for a year. The Altmans gather for the funeral at their mother’s home where they reconnect with Wendy’s ex-boyfriend Horry Callen, who suffered a brain injury years before, and his mother Linda.


How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1998 comic book
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Michele Alexander, Jeannie Long, 1998
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Donald Petrie, 2003

Andie Anderson is a writer for the women’s magazine Composure as the How to, subject-matter expert. After Andie’s best friend Michelle experiences yet another break-up, Andie is inspired to write a new article titled How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; she will start dating a guy and eventually drive him away using only the classic mistakes women make in relationships.


Tomorrowland. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tomorrowland Junior Novel
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2015
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Brad Bird, 2015

In 1964, a young boy named Frank Walker attends the 1964 New York World’s Fair to sell his prototype jet pack, but is rejected as it does not work. Frank obeys and sneaks onto the ride, where the pin is scanned by a laser, and he is transported to Tomorrowland, a futuristic cityscape, where advanced robots fix his jetpack, allowing him to fly and join the secretive world.


I Love Dick. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1997 book
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I Love Dick
Chris Kraus, 1997
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Joey Soloway, 2016-2017

Set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas, it tells the story of a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their obsession with a charismatic professor named Dick. Told in Rashomon-style shifts of POV, the series charts the unraveling of a marriage, the awakening of an artist and the deification of a reluctant messiah.


Bad Moms. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Bad Moms: The Novel
Nora McInerny Purmort, 2020
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, 2016

Amy Mitchell is a married woman living in the Chicago suburbs with two children, Jane and Dylan, who feels overworked and overcommitted. At a nearby bar, Amy meets Carla, a laid-back, sexually active single mom, and Kiki, a stay-at-home mom of four who adores Amy’s dissent from Gwendolyn.