One Life. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2014 book, If It's Not Impossible...
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If It's Not Impossible...
Barbara Winton, 2014
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James Hawes, 2023

The movie traces the journey of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who played a pivotal role in rescuing hundreds of Central European children from the Nazis on the brink of World War II.


The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1984 book
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera, 1984
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Philip Kaufman, 1988

Tomas, a successful brain surgeon in communist Czechoslovakia, is pursuing an affair with Sabina, an equally carefree artist in Prague. She continues to be distressed by Tomas’s promiscuity, and though she considers leaving him, she becomes more attached when the Soviet Army invades Czechoslovakia.


Chocolat. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Chocolat
Joanne Harris, 1999
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Lasse Hallström, 2000

Vianne Rocher, an expert chocolatier and her six-year-old daughter Anouk, drift across Europe following the north wind. In 1959, they travel to a quiet French village that closely adheres to tradition, as dominated by the village mayor, the Comte de Reynaud. The Comte will not admit that his wife has left him.


Night Train to Lisbon. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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Night Train to Lisbon
Pascal Mercier, 2004
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Bille August, 2013

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes.


The Ninth Gate. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1993 book, The Club Dumas
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The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, 1993
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Roman Polanski, 1999

Dean Corso is a New York City rare book dealer who is hired by wealthy collector Boris Balkan. Torchia is alleged to have written the book in collaboration with the Devil, and only three copies survived when he and his works were burned for heresy. Corso retrieves the book and travels to Toledo, Spain, to speak to the Ceniza Brothers, book restorers who owned Balkan’s copy before the Telfers.


Spaceman. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2017 book, Spaceman of Bohemia
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Spaceman of Bohemia
Jaroslav Kalfar, 2017
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Johan Renck, 2024

Despite being orphaned as a boy and raised in the Czech countryside by his grandparents, Jakub Procházka defies the odds and achieves the remarkable feat of becoming the nation’s first astronaut.


Queen of the Damned. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1988 book, The Queen of the Damned
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The Queen of the Damned
Anne Rice, 1988
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Michael Rymer, 2002

The vampire Lestat is awakened from decades of slumber by the sound of a hard rock band, and proceeds to take over as their lead singer. Unsatisfied with what she read, Jesse tracks Lestat down to a London vampire club called The Admiral’s Arms, where he saves her from three vampires and confronts her about Marius.