How to Train Your Dragon. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
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Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010

The Viking village of Berk, located on a remote island, is attacked frequently by dragons, which take livestock, damage property and endanger lives. During one attack, Hiccup uses a bolas launcher to shoot down a Night Fury, a dangerous and rare dragon of which little is known, but no one believes him, so he searches for the fallen dragon on his own.


The Martian. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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The Martian
Andy Weir, 2012
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Ridley Scott, 2015

In 2035, the crew of the Ares III mission to Mars is exploring Acidalia Planitia on Martian solar day ( sol ) 18 of their 31-sol expedition. The mission is scrubbed, but as the crew evacuates, astronaut Mark Watney is struck by debris and lost in the storm.


How to Train Your Dragon 2. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2003 book, How to Train Your Dragon
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How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
movie vs book
Dean DeBlois, 2014

Five years after the Viking villagers of Berk and the dragons made peace, they live together in harmony. One of the trappers, Eret, blames the two for his fort’s destruction and attempts to capture their dragons for the trappers’ leader, Drago Bludvist, who plots to capture and brainwash all of the dragons and make them his soldiers.


Despicable Me. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Despicable Me: The Junior Novel
Annie Auerbach, 2010
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Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2010

A supervillain named Felonius Gru has his pride injured when an unknown rival steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. With the assistance of his scientist sidekick, Dr. Nefario, and his Minions, Gru resolves to one-up this mysterious rival by shrinking and stealing the Moon.


Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2003 book, How to Train Your Dragon
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How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
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Tom Owens, 2011

Right before Berk’s traditional winter holiday of Snoggletog, all the dragons of Berk unexpectedly depart, leaving everyone distraught – except for Toothless, who cannot fly by himself. Out of compassion, Hiccup builds him a new automatic prosthesis allowing him independent flight, thus gifting him his freedom; he then flies off too.


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.


Despicable Me 2. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Despicable Me 2: The Junior Novel
Annie Auerbach, 2013
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Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2013

A mysterious aircraft, using a giant magnet, steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Director Silas Ramsbottom of the Anti-Villain League (AVL) sends one of his agents, Lucy Wilde, to recruit Gru, a former supervillain. The pair are stationed at the Paradise Shopping Mall, with a cupcake store as their front.


Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book, How to Train Your Dragon
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How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
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John Puglisi, 2010

The film opens with Gobber’s house on fire and the Vikings and resident dragons getting it under control. Gobber is convinced that his old nemesis The Boneknapper Dragon, a giant, yet perfectly silent dragon that clothes itself in bones for armor, is responsible. However no one else believes that the Boneknapper even exists.


Whip It. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Derby Girl
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Derby Girl
Shauna Cross, 2007
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Drew Barrymore, 2009

Bliss Cavendar is a misfit in the small town of Bodeen, Texas, with no sense of direction in her life. Intrigued, she and her friend Pash attend a roller derby bout under the pretense of going to a football game, where they see the Holy Rollers defeat the Hurl Scouts, a perennially unsuccessful derby team.


The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2002 comic book, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Phoebe Gloeckner, 2002
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Marielle Heller, 2015

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend.


Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, 2012
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Richard Linklater, 2019

Architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox is settled down with her husband Elgie and their 15-year-old daughter Balakrishna Bee in a dilapidated former schoolhouse in Seattle. Bernadette seldom leaves the house or interacts with others, having become agoraphobic. She does not get along with the other parents at Bee’s school, including their neighbor Audrey Griffin.


Ghostbusters. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Ghostbusters
Nancy Holder, 2016
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Paul Feig, 2016

Physicists Abby Yates and Erin Gilbert are authors of a research book which posits the existence of paranormal phenomena, such as ghosts. While Abby continued to study the paranormal at a technical college with eccentric engineer Jillian Holtzmann, Erin, now a professor at Columbia University, disowned the work, fearing it might jeopardize her tenure.