Lawless. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Wettest County in the World
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The Wettest County in the World
Matt Bondurant, 2008
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John Hillcoat, 2012

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers—middle brother Forrest, eldest brother Howard, and youngest brother Jack—are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for their illegal manufacturing business with the assistance of Jack’s disabled friend and engineer, Cricket.


Jane Eyre. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1847 book
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, 1847
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Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2011

A tearful Jane Eyre runs away from Thornfield Hall, finding herself alone on the moors. She collapses at the doorstep of Moor House, home of St. John Rivers and his sisters Diana and Mary; they take Jane in and nurse her back to health. The film flashes between Jane’s recovery and her grim childhood.


Defiance. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
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Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nechama Tec, 1993
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Edward Zwick, 2008

Nazi Einsatzgruppen are sweeping through Eastern Europe, systematically killing Jews. Among the survivors not killed or restricted to ghettoes are the Belarusian Jewish Bielski brothers: Tuvia, Zus, Asael and Aron. Over the next year, they shelter a growing number of refugees, raiding local farms for food and supplies and moving their camp whenever they are discovered by the collaborationist police.


Tracks. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Tracks
Robyn Davidson, 1980
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John Curran, 2013

In 1977, a young Australian woman named Robyn Davidson set out from Alice Springs to trek across 2,700 kilometres of harsh desert of Western Australia to reach the ocean. Accompanied only by her dog and four camels, Davidson had no other purpose than to reach the ocean and find herself on a journey of self-discovery. National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan documents her journey.


The Devil All the Time. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock, 2011
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Antonio Campos, 2020

During World War II, while serving in the Solomon Islands, Marine Willard Russell finds the barely alive Gunnery Sergeant Miller Jones skinned and crucified by Japanese soldiers. After the war, on his way home to Coal Creek, West Virginia, Willard passes through Meade, Ohio, where he meets Charlotte, a waitress at a diner.


Albert Nobbs. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1918 book, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs
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The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs
George Moore, 1918
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Rodrigo García, 2011

Albert Nobbs is a butler at the Morrison Hotel in late-19th-century Dublin, Ireland; his boss is Mrs Baker. Although biologically female, Albert has spent the last 30 years living as a man. He has also been secretly saving money to buy a tobacconist shop to gain some measure of freedom and independence. Recently unemployed Joe Mackins arrives at the hotel and cons his way into a boilerman job.


Crimson Peak. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Crimson Peak
Nancy Holder, 2015
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Guillermo del Toro, 2015

In Buffalo, New York, 1887, American heiress Edith Cushing is the daughter of wealthy businessman Carter Cushing. In 1901, Edith, now a budding author, meets Sir Thomas Sharpe, an English baronet who has come to the United States with his sister, Lucille. Unimpressed with Sharpe’s previous failures to raise capital, Mr. Cushing rejects Thomas’s proposal.


The Double. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1846 book
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The Double
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1846
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Richard Ayoade, 2013

Downtrodden Simon James has worked at his office for seven years, but he is ignored by his boss, named The Colonel, and colleagues. James asks Simon to take an aptitude test in his place and seduces their boss’s surly, rebellious daughter, Melanie, whom Simon was reluctantly hired to tutor.


Alice in Wonderland. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1865 book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, 1865
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Tim Burton, 2010

In London, 1871, troubled by a strange recurring dream and mourning the loss of her father, 19-year-old Alice Kingsleigh attends a garden party at Lord Ascot’s estate. Alice suggests that it is all a dream while the others argue over whether Alice is the right Alice who must slay the Red Queen’s Jabberwocky on Frabjous Day and restore the White Queen (who is the Red Queen’s sister) to power, as foretold by Absolem the Blue Caterpillar and his Oraculum (a scroll-like calendar which tells Wonderland’s history and future).


Alice in Wonderland. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1871 book, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll, 1871
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Tim Burton, 2010

In London, 1871, troubled by a strange recurring dream and mourning the loss of her father, 19-year-old Alice Kingsleigh attends a garden party at Lord Ascot’s estate. Alice suggests that it is all a dream while the others argue over whether Alice is the right Alice who must slay the Red Queen’s Jabberwocky on Frabjous Day and restore the White Queen (who is the Red Queen’s sister) to power, as foretold by Absolem the Blue Caterpillar and his Oraculum (a scroll-like calendar which tells Wonderland’s history and future).


The Man with the Iron Heart. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book, HHhH
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HHhH
Laurent Binet, 2010
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Cédric Jimenez, 2017

Reinhard Heydrich is serving as an officer in the German Navy. After the Invasion of Poland and World War II breaks out, Heydrich is promoted to Director of the Reich Main Security Office. His Einsatzgruppen follow the German Army, committing genocide across Eastern Europe. He blackmails General Eduard Wagner into sending the Einzatsgruppen information to allow them to exterminate Jews and other “undesirables”.


Alice in Wonderland. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alice in Wonderland
Tui T. Sutherland, 2010
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Tim Burton, 2010

To rejoin with her childhood pals the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, and the Cheshire Cat, Alice travels back to the enchanted realm of her childhood adventure. When Alice teams up with the vibrant inhabitants of Wonderland to topple the evil Red Queen, she realizes her true destiny.