The Outrun. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2015 book, The Outrun: A Memoir
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The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot, 2015
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Nora Fingscheidt, 2024

Having lived on the edge in London, Rona endeavors to reconcile with her tumultuous past. Seeking solace, she returns to the untamed beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, her childhood home, in the hope of finding healing.


Atonement. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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Atonement
Ian McEwan, 2001
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Joe Wright, 2007

Briony Tallis, a 13-year-old English girl with a talent for writing, lives at her family’s country estate with her parents Jack and Emily Tallis. Her older sister Cecilia has recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with Robbie Turner, the Tallis family housekeeper’s son and Cecilia’s childhood friend. Briony’s immaturity, and her inability to grasp certain situations changes the course of the lives of Cecilia and Robbie when she accuses Robbie of a crime he did not commit.


Little Women. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1868 book
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
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Greta Gerwig, 2019

In 1868, Jo March, a teacher in New York City, goes to Mr. Dashwood, an editor who agrees to publish a story she has written. In New York, Jo becomes hurt when Friedrich Bhaer, a professor infatuated with her, constructively criticizes her writing, causing her to end their friendship.


Brooklyn. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín, 2009
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John Crowley, 2015

In 1951, Eilis Lacey is a young woman from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, a small town in southeast Ireland, where she lives with her mother and sister, Rose. Father Flood gets her enrolled in Brooklyn College bookkeeping classes, as Eilis wants to become an accountant.


The Way Back. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1956 book, The Long Walk
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The Long Walk
Slavomir Rawicz, 1956
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Peter Weir, 2010

During World War II, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, young Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held as a POW and interrogated by the NKVD. Smith cautions Janusz that it is Khabarov’s way to discuss escape plans with newcomers, to maintain his morale, but nothing will come of it.


The Lovely Bones. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, 2002
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Peter Jackson, 2009

In 1973, 14-year-old high school freshman Susie Salmon dreams of becoming a photographer. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an underground kid’s hideout he has built. In town, Susie sees Jack, who does not respond to her when she calls.


City of Ember. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2003 book, The City of Ember
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The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau, 2003
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Gil Kenan, 2008

An unspecified global catastrophe looms, an underground city known as Ember is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors. In addition, a small metal box intended for a future generation of Emberites is timed to open after 200 years. When the seventh Mayor dies suddenly, the succession is broken, and over time, the significance of the box is forgotten.


How I Live Now. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff, 2004
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Kevin Macdonald, 2013

Daisy, a neurotic American teenager, is sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with her Aunt and her cousins. A few days after her arrival, her aunt flies to Geneva to attend an emergency conference because she is an expert in terrorist extremist groups, and the group takes advantage of her absence to explore their local woodlands.


Mary Queen of Scots. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
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Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
John Guy, 2004
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Josie Rourke, 2018

In 1561, nineteen-year-old Mary Stuart, Catholic Queen of Scotland, returns to her home country from France following the death of her husband, Francis II, to take up her throne, where she is received by her half brother, the Earl of Moray. Seeking to weaken her cousin’s threat to her sovereignty, Elizabeth arranges for Mary, whom English Catholics recognize as their rightful Queen, to be married to an Englishman.


On Chesil Beach. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan, 2007
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Dominic Cooke, 2017

In 1962, Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting first meet after graduating from their respective universities. He is a historian and rock-and-roll lover; she a classical violinist with her own quartet. They fall in love quickly, meet each other’s families, and eventually decide to get married, despite their differences in background and social status.


The Host. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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The Host
Stephenie Meyer, 2008
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Andrew Niccol, 2013

The human race has been taken over by small parasitic aliens called Souls. With Melanie’s guidance, Wanderer escapes and makes her way to the desert, where she is found by Jeb, who takes her to a series of caves inside a mountain where the humans (including Jared and Jamie) are hiding.


Foe. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2018 book
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Foe
Iain Reid, 2018
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Garth Davis, 2023

Hen and Junior cultivate an isolated plot of land that has remained in Junior’s family for generations. However, their peaceful existence is disrupted when an unexpected visitor arrives at their doorstep with a surprising proposition.