The Imitation Game. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Alan Turing: The Enigma
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
Andrew Hodges, 1983
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Morten Tyldum, 2014

In 1951, two policemen, Nock and Staehl, investigate the mathematician Alan Turing after an apparent break-in at his home. During his interrogation by Nock, Turing tells of his time working at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.


A Discovery of Witches. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2011 book
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A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, 2011
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Kate Brooke, 2018

Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires, they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world.


A Discovery of Witches. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, Shadow of Night
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Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, 2012
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Kate Brooke, 2018

Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires, they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world.


A Discovery of Witches. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, The Book of Life
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The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, 2014
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Kate Brooke, 2018

Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires, they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world.


Roots. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1976 book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley, 1976
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Bruce Beresford, Thomas Carter, Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, 2016

A historical portrait of one family’s journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their legacy in the face of unimaginable hardship. The series starts in 1760s, and follows the story of Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka warrior from Jufureh in The Gambia, in West Africa, who will be captured and sold to slavery in America.


Watchmen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book
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Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, 1987
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Zack Snyder, 2009

In an alternate United States, beginning in 1939 during the fading Interwar period, a team of costumed crime-fighters is formed – the Minutemen. While most heroes like Daniel Dreiberg ( Nite Owl II ) and Laurie Jupiter ( Silk Spectre II ) retire, Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian become government agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law.


A Single Man. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1964 book
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A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood, 1964
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Tom Ford, 2009

On November 30, 1962, a month after the Cuban Missile Crisis, George Falconer is a middle-aged English college professor living in Los Angeles. George dreams that he encounters the body of his longtime partner, Jim, at the scene of the car accident that took Jim’s life eight months earlier.


My Family and Other Animals. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1956 book
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My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell, 1956
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Sheree Folkson, 2005

The story of the Durrell family as they spend five years (1935-1939) on the Greek island of Corfu. Gerald develops his passion for wildlife, his mother spends her time cooking and worrying about everyone else; Larry writes and annoys the entire family with high-brow guests and unhelpful suggestions; Leslie develops his passion for ballistics and sailing. Margo enchants the local young men.


The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, 2008
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Mike Newell, 2018

Shortly after World War II, free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during the war


Official Secrets. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War
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The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War
Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell, 2008
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Gavin Hood, 2019

In early 2003, GCHQ analyst Katharine Gun obtains a memo detailing a joint United States and British operation to spy on diplomats from several non-permanent United Nations Security Council member states Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea in order to dig dirt on them and influence the Security Council into passing a resolution supporting an invasion of Iraq.


Ordeal by Innocence. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1958 book
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Ordeal by Innocence
Agatha Christie, 1958
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Sandra Goldbacher, 2018

Wealthy heiress Rachel Argyll is found bludgeoned to death in her palatial home where she lives with her husband, Leo; their five adopted children and their maid, Kirsten Lindquist. Jack is arrested for the crime as his fingerprints are found on the presumed murder weapon, but is killed in jail before he can stand trial.


Birdsong. Poster of the 2012 TV series and cover of the 1993 book, Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
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Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Sebastian Faulks, 1993
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Philip Martin, 2012

Stephen, a youthful Englishman, arrives in Amiens in 1910, and the story follows his path through a string of harrowing experiences, ranging from a secretive romantic affair that leads to the collapse of the family he resides with, to the unparalleled trials of the war.