Less Than Zero. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis, 1985
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Marek Kanievska, 1987

Clay Easton is a straitlaced college freshman on the East Coast of the United States, who returns home to Los Angeles, California, for Christmas to find things very different from the way he left them. After suffering through a night of overdose and hiding from Rip, Julian decides to quit and begs his father to help him.


The Chamber. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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The Chamber
John Grisham, 1994
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James Foley, 1996

In April 1967, the office of Marvin Kramer, a Jewish civil rights lawyer in Indianola, Mississippi, is bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, killing Kramer’s five-year-old twin boys and leading to the amputation of Kramer’s legs and his later suicide. Adam is motivated to take the case in a search for some understanding of the dark secrets of his family, which prompted the suicide of Adam’s father the year Sam was sentenced to death.


The List. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The List
Robert Whitlow, 2000
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Gary Wheeler, 2007

After his father’s passing, a lawyer unexpectedly becomes a beneficiary of a clandestine secret society. Intriguingly, he finds himself pursued by enigmatic members of this obscure organization, prompting him to delve into its concealed depths. As he unravels the malevolent truths and treachery lurking within, the lawyer uncovers a web of deceit that lies at the very core of the society.