All the Light We Cannot See. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2014 book
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, 2014
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Steven Knight, Shawn Levy, 2023

This is the story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose lives intersect in occupied France as they struggle to endure the chaos of World War II.


Der Räuber Hotzenplotz. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1962 book, The Robber Hotzenplotz
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The Robber Hotzenplotz
Otfried Preußler, 1962
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Michael Krummenacher, 2022

When Kasperl and his best friend Seppel notice that their grandmother’s coffee grinder has disappeared, they both know immediately who is responsible: robber Hotzenplotz! The friends immediately go in search of the crook and inevitably fall into his clutches and those of the evil magician Petrosilius Zwackelmann. When Kasperl and Seppel are held captive by the magician, they see the fairy Amaryllis, who they also want to save from the magician.


The Forger. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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The Forger
Cioma Schönhaus, 2004
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Maggie Peren, 2022

Jewish aesthete Cioma, age 21, will not allow anyone—especially the Nazis—to steal his passion of living. He has to devise new means of support in Berlin in order to avoid deportation in 1942. In the process, he learns his ability for identity theft, not just with passports.


The Story of My Wife. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1942 book, The Story Of My Wife
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The Story Of My Wife
Milán Füst, 1942
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Ildikó Enyedi, 2021

Storr, a Dutch naval captain, tells the story of his unhappy marriage to his wife, Lizzy, a Frenchwoman he married after a friend dared him to marry the next woman who walked into the café they were sitting in.