The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1999 book, Vulgar Favors
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Vulgar Favors
Maureen Orth, 1999
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Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Tom Rob Smith, 2018

The second season of American Crime Story explores the murder of Gianni Versace, who was killed on the steps of his home in Miami Beach in 1997 by serial murderer Andrew Cunanan, who killed five people that year and then killed himself on a house boat, eight days after killing Versace.


Blow. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Blow
Bruce Porter, 1993
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Ted Demme, 2001

A young George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. As an adult, George moves to Los Angeles with his friend Tuna; they meet Barbara, an airline stewardess, who introduces them to Derek Foreal, a marijuana dealer.


Elegy. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2001 book, The Dying Animal
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The Dying Animal
Philip Roth, 2001
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Isabel Coixet, 2008

David Kepesh is a cultural critic and professor, in a state of ’emancipated manhood’: His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature. David will find his life thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.


Framed. Poster of the 1992 TV series and cover of the 1992 book
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Framed
Lynda La Plante, 1992
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Geoffrey Sax, 1992-

Dan Starkey is an unassuming house painter, but he becomes the target of both the police and the criminals when he stumbles upon a group of counterfeiters. As the series unfolds, Dan must navigate the dangerous and complex world of espionage, deceit, and crime, all while trying to clear his name and protect his loved ones.


Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1987 book, On Stranger Tides
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On Stranger Tides
Tim Powers, 1987
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Rob Marshall, 2011

After a failed attempt to rescue his first mate, Joshamee Gibbs, from execution in London, Captain Jack Sparrow is brought before King George II. Jack escapes, meeting his father, Captain Teague, who tells Jack that the Fountain requires a ritual to use.


Ferrari. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1991 book, Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
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Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
Brock Yates, 1991
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Michael Mann, 2023

Set in the summer of 1957, amidst the glamour of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari faces a profound crisis. The looming threat of bankruptcy jeopardizes the factory he and his wife, Laura, painstakingly built from scratch a decade ago. Their turbulent marriage is further strained by the grief of losing their son, Dino. As Ferrari grapples with his emotions and the complexities of a relationship with Lina Lardi, his drivers’ fervent desire to triumph propels them to the brink during the perilous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.


Murder on the Orient Express. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1934 book
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, 1934
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Kenneth Branagh, 2017

In 1934, renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solves a theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Businessman Edward Ratchett offers to hire Poirot to be his bodyguard during the three-day journey, having received anonymous threatening letters.


Loving Pablo. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2018 book, Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar
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Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar
Virginia Vallejo, 2018
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Fernando León de Aranoa, 2017

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world’s most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia’s most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.


Sahara. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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Sahara
Clive Cussler, 1992
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Breck Eisner, 2005

The story begins in 1865, at the end of the American Civil War. The ironclad CSS Texas, captained by Mason Tombs, is loaded with the last of the Confederacy’s treasury gold in a final effort to prevent it from being captured by Union forces.


Wasp Network. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2011 book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
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The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
Fernando Morais, 2011
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Olivier Assayas, 2019

In Havana in the early 1990s, pilot René González leaves his wife Olga and daughter Irma in Cuba to start a new life in the United States. González soon joins a group of Cuban exiles and Castro opponents, Brothers to the Rescue, who operate from Florida and act against the Cuban government through military operations and also aim to disintegrate the Cuban tourism industry.


Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernières, 1994
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John Madden, 2001

Greece’s Ionian Islands are occupied by the Italian Army when it brings a large garrison along with a few Germans to the tranquil island of Cephalonia, whose inhabitants surrender immediately. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, has a jovial personality and a passion for the mandolin, and trains his battery of men to choral sing.


All the Pretty Horses. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy, 1992
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Billy Bob Thornton, 2000

In 1949, young cowboy John Grady Cole’s maternal grandfather dies. After Alejandra’s father takes her away, Cole and Rawlins are arrested by Mexican police and taken to jail, where they again encounter Blevins, who has been accused of stealing a horse and of murder, and is killed by a corrupt police captain.