The Great. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2008 book
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The Great
Tony McNamara, 2008
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Tony McNamara, 2020-

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. The series is fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III, focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.


X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1963 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1963
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


X-Men: Days of Future Past. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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X-Men: Days of Future Past Prose Novel
Alexander C. Irvine, 2014
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Bryan Singer, 2014

In a dystopian 2023, Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and any humans who help them. In Moscow, a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot are attacked by the Sentinels, but Kitty sends Bishop’s consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival.


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.


Watership Down. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1972 book
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Watership Down
Richard Adams, 1972
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Peter Dodd, Noam Murro, 2018

Set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern England, the adventure tale follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, toward a promised land and a more perfect society.


About a Boy. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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About a Boy
Nick Hornby, 1998
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Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, 2002

Will Freeman lives a serene and luxurious lifestyle devoid of responsibility in London thanks to substantial royalties left to him from a successful Christmas song composed by his father. Marcus’s influence leads Will to mature and he seeks out a relationship with Rachel, a self-assured career woman, bonding over their experiences raising teenage sons, though Will neglects to explain his relationship to Marcus.


X-Men: Apocalypse. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1964 comic book, X-Men
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X-Men
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1964
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Bryan Singer, 2016

In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant lord En Sabah Nur, hailed as a god named Apocalypse, rules ancient Egypt until he is entombed alive during a rebellion. In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven frees Kurt Wagner, a teleporting mutant, from an underground cage match with Angel and attempts to organize for black marketeer Caliban to transport him to America.


Warm Bodies. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Warm Bodies
Isaac Marion, 2010
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Jonathan Levine, 2013

About eight years after a zombie apocalypse, R, a zombie, spends his days wandering around an airport which is now filled with his fellow undead, including his best friend M. R and M achieve rudimentary communication with grunts and moans and occasional near-words.


Rebel in the Rye. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book, J.D. Salinger: A Life
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J.D. Salinger: A Life
Kenneth Slawenski, 2010
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Danny Strong, 2017

Nicholas Hoult stars in the tale of the literary genius behind the masterpiece Catcher in the Rye and the mentor who helped change American culture forever. The movie follows the life of J. D. Salinger from his youth to the World War II era, including his romantic life and the publication of his debut novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ in 1951.


Dark Places. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, 2009
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Gilles Paquet-Brenner, 2015

Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She’s been living on donations and lectures ever since. With donations drying up, she is hard up for cash when she is approached by Lyle Wirth to make a personal appearance at his True Crime club.


Renfield. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1897 book, Dracula
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
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Chris McKay, 2023

After serving as a henchman and familiar to Count Dracula for centuries, R.M. Renfield decides to start a new life in modern-day New Orleans. There, he meets a tough and aggressive traffic cop named Rebecca Quincy and falls in love with her, which opens up a new world of possibilities for him.


Kill Your Friends. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Kill Your Friends
John Niven, 2008
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Owen Harris, 2015

London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Psychopathic twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public.