Dopesick. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2018 book
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Dopesick
Beth Macy, 2018
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Danny Strong, 2021-

The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of “one percenter” Big Pharma Manhattan.


The Looming Tower. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2006 book, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright, 2006
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Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, 2018

The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. It follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal.


Arrival. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Stories of Your Life
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Stories of Your Life
Ted Chiang, 2002
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Denis Villeneuve, 2016

Linguist Louise Banks’s daughter Hannah dies at the age of twelve from an incurable illness. Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touchdown in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.


Call Me by Your Name. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Call Me By Your Name
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Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman, 2007
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Luca Guadagnino, 2017

Elio, a 17-year-old Jewish Italian, lives with his parents in rural Northern Italy. Elio’s father, a professor of archaeology, invites a 24-year-old graduate student, Oliver, who is also Jewish, to live with the family over the summer and help with his academic paperwork. However, Elio later finds himself jealous upon seeing Oliver pursue Chiara.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1978 comic book, Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
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Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, 1978
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Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


Hugo. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, 2007
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Martin Scorsese, 2011

In 1931 Paris, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives with his widowed, clockmaker father, who works at a museum. Hugo attempts to repair the automaton with stolen parts, believing it contains a message from his father, but the machine requires a heart-shaped key. Hugo is caught stealing parts from a toy store, and the owner, Georges, takes his notebook, threatening to destroy it.


Trumbo. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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Trumbo
Bruce Alexander Cook, 1977
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Jay Roach, 2015

Dalton Trumbo is a screenwriter whose talent places him among the elite of Hollywood. However, his active membership in the Communist Party of the USA draws the contempt of staunchly anti-Soviet entertainment-industry figures such as columnist Hedda Hopper and actor John Wayne.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Doctor Strange: The Junior Novel
Steve Behling, 2016
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Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1978 comic book, Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
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Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, 1978
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Sam Raimi, 2022

Following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and the first season of Loki, Dr. Stephen Strange, with the help of both old and new mystical allies, travels into the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary.


The Shape of Water. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, 2018
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Guillermo del Toro, 2017

Elisa Esposito, who was found abandoned as an infant with wounds on her neck by the side of a river, is mute and communicates through sign language. She lives a very routine life, even masturbating at the same time every day which she times with an egg timer. The facility receives a mysterious creature captured from a South American river by Colonel Richard Strickland, who is in charge of the project, to study it.


Steve Jobs. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, 2011
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Danny Boyle, 2015

In 1984, the Apple Macintosh 128K’s voice demo fails less than an hour before its unveiling at Flint Center. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs demands engineer Andy Hertzfeld to fix it, threatening to publicly implicate him in the presentation’s credits if he does not. Jobs bonds with Lisa over her MacPaint art and agrees to provide more money and a house.


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