The Joy Luck Club. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan, 1989
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Wayne Wang, 1993

The inspirational story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their friendship reveals a mosaic of startling events that have shaped their lives and affects the hope they hold for their families.


What Dreams May Come. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1978 book
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What Dreams May Come
Richard Matheson, 1978
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Vincent Ward, 1998

While vacationing in Switzerland, pediatrician Chris Nielsen meets artist Annie Collins. Chris awakens in a Heaven that he has created with his imagination; his surroundings are a mountainous landscape that resembles a painting created by his wife, and is similar to a place where the two desired to spend their old age.


Just Like Heaven. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2000 book, If Only It Were True
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If Only It Were True
Marc Levy, 2000
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Mark Waters, 2005

Elizabeth Masterson, a young emergency medicine physician in San Francisco whose work is her whole life, is in a serious car accident while on her way to a blind date. Three months later, David Abbott, a landscape architect recovering from the sudden death of his wife, moves into the apartment that had been Elizabeth’s, after’discovering’ it in what seems to be a fateful happenstance.


Mulan. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1695 book, Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Zhu Renhuo, 1695
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Niki Caro, 2020

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.


Mulan. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Mulan Live Action Novelization
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2020
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Niki Caro, 2020

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.


3 Body Problem. Poster of the 2024 TV series and cover of the 2006 book, The Three-Body Problem
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The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin, 2006
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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, 2024-

A pivotal choice made in 1960s China reverberates through space and time, compelling a group of contemporary scientists to confront humanity’s most formidable threat.