Patriot Games. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Patriot Games
Tom Clancy, 1987
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Phillip Noyce, 1992

Retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan is on vacation with his family in London. While being transferred to HM Prison Albany on the Isle of Wight, Miller’s escort convoy is ambushed by his comrades, including O’Donnell, who execute the police officers and coordinate an escape.


Finding You. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2011 book, There You'll Find Me
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There You'll Find Me
Jenny B. Jones, 2011
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Brian Baugh, 2021

After an ill-fated audition at a prestigious New York music conservatory, Finley Sinclair travels to a coastal village in Ireland to begin a semester studying abroad. There she meets heartthrob movie star Beckett Rush, who is shooting the latest installment of his medieval fantasy-adventure franchise. They begin an unlikely romance.


Ella Enchanted. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine, 1997
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Tommy O'Haver, 2004

In the kingdom of Lamia, baby Ella of Frell is given the gift of obedience by misguided and obnoxious fairy godmother, Lucinda Perriweather; Ella is magically compelled to instantly obey any command she is given. On her deathbed, Ella’s mother, Lady Eleanor, warns her not to tell anyone about the gift, for fear someone might use it to exploit Ella.


Sleeping with the Enemy. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Sleeping with the Enemy
Nancy Price, 1987
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Joseph Ruben, 1991

Laura Burney has a seemingly idyllic life and perfect marriage to Martin, a successful Boston investment counselor. On one occasion, Martin jealously claims that Laura has flirted with their new Cape Cod neighbor, an attractive doctor she has only glimpsed distantly, before physically assaulting her, and then later, in a recurring pattern, apologetically showers her with flowers and gifts.


Icon. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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Icon
Frederick Forsyth, 1996
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Charles Martin Smith, 2005

A former U.S. Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian police woman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide.


The Apocalypse Watch. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Apocalypse Watch
Robert Ludlum, 1995
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Kevin Connor, 1997

In the Hausruck Hills in Austria, CIA agent Harry Latham attempts infiltrating a secret training airfield belonging to the Brüderschaft der Wacht, a Neo-nazi movement gradually building a renaissance of the Nazi ideology across Europe. However, he’s exposed and captured, and the Brotherhood’s chief surgeon, Dr. Gerhardt Kroeger, performs a microchip implant experiment on Harry in an attempt to make him a controllable double-agent.


Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1975 book, The Lawnmower Man
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The Lawnmower Man
Stephen King, 1975
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Farhad Mann, 1996

The founder of virtual reality, Dr. Benjamin Trace, has lost a legal battle to secure a patent on the most powerful worldwide communications chip ever invented. Enraged, Jobe hacks into the subway’s system computer to send another train crashing into the one Trace and the teenagers are in, but Trace causes the runaway car to crash into a construction site instead.