Avengers: Infinity War. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1992 comic book, The Infinity War
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The Infinity War
Jim Starlin, Tom Raney, 1992
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2018

Having acquired the Power Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his lieutenants—Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive—intercept the spaceship carrying the survivors of Asgard’s recent destruction. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos’ plan to destroy half of all life in the universe, and they recruit Tony Stark.


Avengers: Endgame. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1963 comic book, The Avengers
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The Avengers
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1963
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2019

Twenty-three days after Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to disintegrate half of all life in the universe, Carol Danvers rescues Tony Stark and Nebula from deep space and returns them to Earth, where they reunite with the remaining Avengers—Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, and James Rhodes—and Rocket.


Poor Things. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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Poor Things
Alasdair Gray, 1992
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Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023

Witness the extraordinary story and remarkable transformation of Bella Baxter, a young woman who is revived from the dead by the brilliant and unconventional scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. Prepare to be captivated by this incredible journey of Bella’s resurrection and subsequent evolution.


Shutter Island. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane, 2003
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Martin Scorsese, 2010

Marshals Edward ‘Teddy’ Daniels and his new partner Chuck Aule travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. Lead psychiatrist John Cawley refuses to turn over records, and they learn that Solando’s doctor Lester Sheehan left the island on vacation immediately after Solando disappeared.


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
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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.


The Avengers. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1963 comic book
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The Avengers
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1963
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Joss Whedon, 2012

The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In Stuttgart, Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract’s power while Loki causes a distraction, leading to a brief confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki’s surrender’s flying aircraft carrier, the Helicarrier.


Thor: Ragnarok. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1965 comic book, The Mighty Thor
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The Mighty Thor
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1965
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Taika Waititi, 2017

Two years after the battle of Sokovia, Thor is imprisoned by the fire demon Surtur, who reveals that Thor’s father Odin is no longer on Asgard. He explains that the realm will soon be destroyed during the prophesied Ragnarök, once Surtur unites his crown with the Eternal Flame that burns in Odin’s vault. Thor frees himself, defeats Surtur and takes his crown, believing he has prevented Ragnarök.


The Normal Heart. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer, 1985
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Ryan Murphy, 2014

It is summer of 1981. Ned Weeks is an openly gay writer from New York City who travels to celebrate the birthday of his friend Craig Donner at a beach house. The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation’s sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.


Thor: Ragnarok. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Thor Ragnarok: The Junior Novel
Jim McCann, 2017
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Taika Waititi, 2017

Two years after the battle of Sokovia, Thor is imprisoned by the fire demon Surtur, who reveals that Thor’s father Odin is no longer on Asgard. He explains that the realm will soon be destroyed during the prophesied Ragnarök, once Surtur unites his crown with the Eternal Flame that burns in Odin’s vault. Thor frees himself, defeats Surtur and takes his crown, believing he has prevented Ragnarök.


Zodiac. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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Zodiac
Robert Graysmith, 1986
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David Fincher, 2007

On July 4, 1969, an unknown man attacks Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau with a handgun at a lovers’ lane in Vallejo, California. One month later, the San Francisco Chronicle receives encrypted letters written by the killer calling himself the Zodiac, who threatens to kill a dozen people unless his coded message containing his identity is published.


Dark Waters. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2019 book, Exposure
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Exposure
Robert Bilott, 2019
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Todd Haynes, 2019

Robert Bilott is a corporate defense lawyer from Cincinnati, Ohio working for law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister. Farmer Wilbur Tennant, who knows Robert’s grandmother, asks Robert to investigate a number of unexplained animal deaths in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Tennant connects the deaths to the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont, and gives Robert a large case of videotapes.


My Life Without Me. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Pretending the Bed is a Raft
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Pretending the Bed is a Raft
Nanci Kincaid, 1997
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Isabel Coixet, 2003

Ann is a hard-working 23-year-old mother with two small daughters, an unemployed husband, a mother who sees her life as a failure, and a jailed father whom she has not seen for ten years. She decides to change her hair, record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they’re 18, and tries to set up her husband with another woman.