Friday Night Lights. Poster of the 2006 TV series and cover of the 1988 book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.G. Bissinger, 1988
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Peter Berg, 2006-2011

In the small town of Dillon, Texas, one night matters: Friday Night. Eric Taylor has recently been hired as the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town’s pride and joy. The series displays the stress that the town gives the high school players to win, and the hope that the team gives to a small town.


Lone Survivor. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, 2006
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Peter Berg, 2013

In 2005, Afghanistan, Taliban leader Ahmad Shah is responsible for killing over twenty United States Marines, as well as villagers and refugees who were aiding American forces. As part of the mission, a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team is given the task of locating Shah. The four SEALs include team leader Michael Murphy, Marksmen and medic Marcus Luttrell, Matthew Axelson and communications specialist Danny Dietz.


Painkiller. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2021 book, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe, 2021
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Peter Berg, 2023-

This drama unravels the origins and aftermath of America’s opioid epidemic, delving into the lives of its culprits, victims, and a determined investigator in pursuit of the truth.


Painkiller. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2003 book, Pain Killer
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Pain Killer
Barry Meier, 2003
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Peter Berg, 2023-

This drama unravels the origins and aftermath of America’s opioid epidemic, delving into the lives of its culprits, victims, and a determined investigator in pursuit of the truth.


Patriots Day. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2014 book, Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy
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Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy
Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge, 2014
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Peter Berg, 2016

On April 14, 2013, Sergeant Tommy Saunders captures a suspect and fails to convince Commissioner Davis to let him off from a punishment duty the next day, working the Boston Marathon. After Dzhokhar enters the Shell Gas station convenience store, Meng escapes from the vehicle and takes refuge at the Mobil gas station across the street, where he alerts the police.


Friday Night Lights. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1988 book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.G. Bissinger, 1988
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Peter Berg, 2004

As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the town of Odessa, Texas has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their star running back James Boobie Miles. In the next game during the start of district play, Permian gets blown out as Winchell struggles with consistency in his increased role and the second-string running back gets hurt.


Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2012 book, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden
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Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden
Peter L. Bergen, 2012
movie vs book
Greg Barker, 2013

The CIA’s long and secret conflict against Al Qaeda and their mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. The documentary features interviews with key figures involved in the hunt, including CIA operatives, analysts, and military personnel, and provides an in-depth look at the intelligence gathering and decision-making that led to the successful operation in which bin Laden was finally located and killed.


Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2015 book, United States of Jihad
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United States of Jihad
Peter L. Bergen, 2015
movie vs book
Greg Barker, 2016

This is a timely investigation into one of today’s most divisive and urgent issues – the menace posed by domestic Islamic extremism and the difficulties of detecting and preventing it.


Fire in the Sky. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1978 book, The Walton Experience
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The Walton Experience
Travis Walton, 1978
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Robert Lieberman, 1993

On November 5, 1975 in Snowflake, Arizona, logger Travis Walton, and his co-workers head to work in the White Mountains. Driving home from work, the loggers come across an unidentified flying object. Curious to learn more, Walton gets out of the truck and is struck by a bright beam of light from the object and is sent flying several feet backwards as if pushed by an unseen force.


Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Rise and Walk
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Rise and Walk
Dennis Byrd, 1993
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Michael Dinner, 1994

The true story of Dennis Byrd, based on the book chronicling the recovery of New York Jets linebacker following his vertebrae-crushing encounter on the playing field, the perfectly paced story traces the lineman’s journey from small-town beginnings to rising NFL star.


Spenser Confidential. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2013 book, Robert B. Parker's Wonderland
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Robert B. Parker's Wonderland
Ace Atkins, 2013
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Peter Berg, 2020

Boston police detective Spenser arrives with his partner, Driscoll, to the home of Captain John Boylan. While questioning Boylan, Spenser catches sight of Mrs. Boylan’s bloody face and beats Boylan senseless. Spenser is brought up on charges as a result, pleads guilty, and is sentenced to prison. Shortly before his release, Spenser is assaulted in the library by three inmates, to warn him to leave Boston and never return.


Battleship. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Battleship
Peter David, 2012
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Peter Berg, 2012

In 2005, a planet designated Planet G is discovered to be a potentially habitable planet with conditions similar to Earth and a communications array is built by NASA in Hawaii a year later, designed to send transmissions to the planet to establish contact with any intelligent life.