Fury. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Death Traps
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Death Traps
Belton Y. Cooper, 1998
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David Ayer, 2014

In April 1945, during the Allies’ decisive advance in the European Theatre, Wardaddy, a seasoned army sergeant, leads a Sherman tank and its five-man crew on a perilous mission deep behind enemy lines.


The Greatest Game Ever Played. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Mark Frost, 2002
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Bill Paxton, 2005

Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win the U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. In the 1913 US Open, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.


Lawless. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Wettest County in the World
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The Wettest County in the World
Matt Bondurant, 2008
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John Hillcoat, 2012

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers—middle brother Forrest, eldest brother Howard, and youngest brother Jack—are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for their illegal manufacturing business with the assistance of Jack’s disabled friend and engineer, Cricket.


Transformers. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers
Alan Dean Foster, 2007
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Michael Bay, 2007

Several thousand years ago, the planet Cybertron was consumed by a civil war between the two Transformer factions, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons led by Megatron. They fight Scorponok off, aided by aerial reinforcements, and travel home with Scorponok’s stinger, discovering sabot rounds damaged its armor.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1988 comic book, Hellblazer
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John Constantine: Hellblazer
Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcalá, 1988
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


Holes. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Holes
Louis Sachar, 1998
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Andrew Davis, 2003

In Texas, the Yelnats family has been cursed to be unlucky. One day, Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers that were donated to charity by baseball player Clyde Sweet Feet Livingston, and is sentenced to 18 months at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp, in lieu of jail time.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the comic book novelization
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Constantine
John Shirley, 2005
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito Montiel, 2002
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Dito Montiel, 2006

Caught in a dilemma involving his ailing father, his overbearing friend and guardian Antonio, the conflicts in the neighborhood, and the seductive allure of youthful desires, Dito grapples with the urge to break free, ultimately choosing to flee from all that is familiar to him.


The Company You Keep. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Company You Keep
Neil Gordon, 2003
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Robert Redford, 2012

A recently widowed single father, Jim Grant, is a former Weather Underground militant wanted for a 1980 Michigan bank robbery and the murder of the bank’s security guard. He has been hiding from the FBI for over thirty years, establishing an identity as a defense attorney near Albany, New York.


Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers Dark of the Moon
Peter David, 2011
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Michael Bay, 2011

In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the benevolent Autobots and the malevolent Decepticons, crash lands on the dark side of Earth’s Moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft.


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
James Rollins, 2008
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Steven Spielberg, 2008

In New York City’s Central Park, people begin dying by mass suicide. When Julian learns that his wife has left Boston for Princeton, he decides to go look for her, and entrusts Jess to the Moores.


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Alan Dean Foster, 2009
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Michael Bay, 2009

In the year 17,000 B.C., the original Transformers leaders, the Seven Primes, travel across the universe to create Energon with star-absorbing machines called Sun Harvesters, which destroy stars in order to collect their raw material. The Fallen is confronted by the other Primes, who imprison him before he can harvest the Sun using the Matrix of Leadership.