Interstellar. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Interstellar
Greg Keyes, 2014
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Christopher Nolan, 2014

In 2067, crop blights and dust storms threaten humanity’s survival. Corn is the last viable crop. The crew includes scientists Dr. Amelia Brand (Professor Brand ‘s daughter), Dr. Romilly, Dr. Doyle, and robots TARS and CASE. After traversing the wormhole, Romilly studies the black hole while Cooper, Doyle, and Brand descend in a landing craft to investigate Miller’s planet, an ocean world.


The Wolf of Wall Street. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort, 2007
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Martin Scorsese, 2013

In 1987, Jordan Belfort lands a job as a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild, employed under Mark Hanna, who quickly entices him with the sex- and drug-fueled stockbroker culture and passes on his idea that a broker’s only goal is to make money for himself.


Kubo and the Two Strings. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kubo and the Two Strings: The Junior Novel
Sadie Chesterfield, 2016
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Travis Knight, 2016

In feudal Japan, a 12-year-old boy with only one eye named Kubo tends to his ill mother Sariatu in a mountain cave near a village. He earns their living by magically manipulating origami with music from his shamisen for the village folk, telling the tale of his missing father Hanzo, a samurai warrior.


A Time to Kill. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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A Time to Kill
John Grisham, 1989
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Joel Schumacher, 1996

In the town of Clanton, Mississippi, ten-year-old African American Tonya Hailey is abducted, raped, and beaten by two local white men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard. Carl Lee goes to the county courthouse and opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing both rapists and unintentionally injuring Deputy Dwayne Looney, whose leg is later amputated.


Contact. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Contact
Carl Sagan, 1985
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Robert Zemeckis, 1997

Dr. Ellie Arroway works for the SETI program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Four years later, around 1996, with Drumlin seeking to close the SETI program, Arroway discovers a signal repeating a sequence of prime numbers, apparently sent from the star system Vega about 26 light-years away.


Sing 2. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Illumination's Sing 2: The Junior Novelization
David Lewman, 2021
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Garth Jennings, 2021

After the events of the first film, Buster Moon and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But without connections, he and his singers must sneak into the offices of Crystal Entertainment, run by the ruthless mogul Jimmy Crystal, where the gang pitches the ridiculous idea of casting the lion rock legend Clay Calloway in their show.


The Lincoln Lawyer. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly, 2005
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Brad Furman, 2011

Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates around Los Angeles County, California, mostly from the back seat of his black Lincoln Town Car, chauffeured by Earl. Haller and his investigator, Frank Levin analyze photos and evidence and find it similar to one of Haller’s past cases that resulted in a life sentence for his client, Jesus Martinez, for murdering a woman, despite his repeated proclamations of innocence.


Amistad. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1987 book, Mutiny on the Amistad
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Mutiny on the Amistad
Howard Jones, 1987
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Steven Spielberg, 1997

La Amistad is a slave ship transporting captured Africans from Spanish Cuba to the United States in 1839. Joseph Cinqué, a leader of the Africans, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. The mutineers spare the lives of two Spanish navigators to help them sail the ship back to Africa. Instead, the navigators misdirect the Africans and sail directly north to the east coast of the United States, where the ship is stopped by the American Navy, and the surviving Africans imprisoned as runaway slaves.


Amistad. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Amistad
Alexs D. Pate, 1997
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Steven Spielberg, 1997

La Amistad is a slave ship transporting captured Africans from Spanish Cuba to the United States in 1839. Joseph Cinqué, a leader of the Africans, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. The mutineers spare the lives of two Spanish navigators to help them sail the ship back to Africa. Instead, the navigators misdirect the Africans and sail directly north to the east coast of the United States, where the ship is stopped by the American Navy, and the surviving Africans imprisoned as runaway slaves.


Free State of Jones. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book, The State of Jones
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The State of Jones
Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer, 2009
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Gary Ross, 2016

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps.


Free State of Jones. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2001 book, The Free State of Jones
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The Free State of Jones
Victoria E. Bynum, 2001
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Gary Ross, 2016

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps.


Killer Joe. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Killer Joe
Tracy Letts, 1999
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William Friedkin, 2011

In West Dallas, Texas, 22-year-old drug dealer Chris Smith comes to the house of his father Ansel and step-mother Sharla, after his mother, Adele, threw him out of her house. Assuming Dottie would share the money with Chris and their father, Chris manages to rope the dim-witted Ansel into hiring Joe Cooper, a police detective who has a side career as a contract killer, to kill Ansel’s ex-wife to get the money.