Wolf Hall. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, Bring Up the Bodies
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, 2012
TV series vs book
Peter Kosminsky, 2015

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition.


Wolf Hall. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2009 book
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, 2009
TV series vs book
Peter Kosminsky, 2015

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition.


Bridge of Spies. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
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Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
Giles Whittell, 2010
movie vs book
Steven Spielberg, 2015

In 1957 New York City, Rudolf Abel is arrested and charged with spying for the Soviet Union. Abel is convicted, but Donovan convinces the judge to spare Abel the death penalty because Abel had been serving his country honorably, and he might prove useful for a future prisoner exchange.


Ready Player One. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, 2011
movie vs book
Steven Spielberg, 2018

In 2045, people seek to escape from reality through the virtual reality entertainment universe called the OASIS, created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games. Wade Watts’s avatar Parzival, an avid Gunter, participates in the first challenge, an unbeatable race, alongside his best friend Aech, and Art3mis, a female avatar who Parzival has a crush on.


The Phantom of the Open. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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The Phantom of the Open
Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby, 2010
movie vs book
Craig Roberts, 2021

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.


Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1909 book, Jakob von Gunten
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Jakob von Gunten
Robert Walser, 1909
movie vs book
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Weiser Quay, 1995

Jakob is a young man who enters a school, run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta, which trains servants. The teachers emphasize to the students that they are unimportant people. Jakob finds the school to be an oppressive environment, and does not enjoy the lessons in subservience that he receives. He proceeds to challenge the Benjamentas and attempts to shift their perspectives.


Bones & All. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis, 2015
movie vs book
Luca Guadagnino, 2022

Maren and Lee, two mysterious outsiders, embark on a 1,000-mile odyssey through Ronald Reagan’s America. But when they discover they cannot outrun their terrifying pasts, the pair takes a final stand to determine whether their love can survive their otherness.


Angels and Insects. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Morpho Eugenia
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Morpho Eugenia
A.S. Byatt, 1992
movie vs book
Philip Haas, 1995

Taken in by a wealthy family after a failed expedition to the Amazon, biologist William Adamson wins the hand of his benefactor’s daughter and believes his dreamsof fame and fortune may finally come true. But a servant has secret knowledge about his new family, and his visions of grandeur tarnish in light of an erotic decadence and illicit passion beyond his darkest fears.


The Other Boleyn Girl. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory, 2001
movie vs book
Justin Chadwick, 2008

King Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon is troubled as she has not produced a living male heir to the throne, having only one surviving child, Mary. Fearing Anne will ruin their family by marrying such a prominent earl without the king’s consent, Mary alerts her father and uncle.


The BFG. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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The BFG
Roald Dahl, 1982
movie vs book
Steven Spielberg, 2016

Sophie, a 10-year-old girl living in a London orphanage, is often awake at the witching hour. One night, she sees an elderly giant outside her window, who captures her and takes her to his home in Giant Country. In his workshop of dreams, the giant fashions a nightmare to convince the sleeping Sophie to stay with him in safety.


Blitz. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Blitz
Ken Bruen, 2003
movie vs book
Elliott Lester, 2011

A serial killer is targeting police officers in South East London. Sergeant Porter Nash is transferred to the South East London branch of the police to head the investigation, even though Nash is an outsider and widely ridiculed by his fellow officers for being openly gay.


Waiting for the Barbarians. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Waiting for the Barbarians
J.M. Coetzee, 1980
movie vs book
Ciro Guerra, 2019

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate who manages an outpost on the frontiers of an unnamed Empire, suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.