Being There. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the 1970 book
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Being There
Jerzy Kosiński, 1970
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Hal Ashby, 1979

Middle-aged, simple-minded Chance lives in the townhouse of a wealthy old man in Washington, D.C.. He has spent his whole life tending the garden and has never left the property. Passing by a TV shop, he sees himself captured by a camera in the shop window. In the car is Rand’s much younger wife Eve, who mishears ‘Chance, the gardener’ in reply to the question who he is, as ‘Chauncey Gardiner’.


Terms of Endearment. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Terms of Endearment
Larry McMurtry, 1975
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James L. Brooks, 1983

Widowed Aurora Greenway keeps several suitors at arm’s length in Houston, focusing instead on her close, but controlling, relationship with daughter Emma. Anxious to escape her mother, Emma marries callow young college professor Flap Horton over her mother’s objections, moves away, and has three children.


Steel Magnolias. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling, 1988
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Herbert Ross, 1989

Annelle Dupuy, a shy, awkward beauty school graduate, moves to a northwestern Louisiana town where Truvy Jones hires her to work in her home-based beauty salon. Grouchy and sarcastic Louisa Ouiser Boudreaux arrives at the salon and immediately begins interrogating Annelle about her background.


The Trouble with Harry. Poster of the 1955 movie and cover of the 1949 book
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The Trouble with Harry
Jack Trevor Story, 1949
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1955

The quirky but down-to-earth residents of the small hamlet of Highwater, Vermont, are faced with the freshly dead body of Harry Worp, which has inconveniently appeared on the hillside above the town. The problem of who the person is, who was responsible for his sudden death, and what should be done with the body is #the trouble with Harry.


Around the World in 80 Days. Poster of the 1956 movie and cover of the 1872 book, Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne, 1872
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Michael Anderson, John Farrow, 1956

In 1872, an English gentleman Phileas Fogg claims he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days. He makes a £20,000 wager with four skeptical fellow members of the Reform Club that he can arrive back eighty days from exactly 8:45 pm that evening. Together with his resourceful valet, Passepartout, they set out on the journey from Paris by a gas balloon.


Postcards from the Edge. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Postcards from the Edge
Carrie Fisher, 1987
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Mike Nichols, 1990

After completing rehab, a troubled actress hesitantly agrees to reside with her movie-star mother, who will oversee her during the filming of her next movie. As they are compelled to spend time together, they begin to mend their strained relationship.


A Heavenly Christmas. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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A Heavenly Christmas
Rhonda Merwarth, 2017
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Paul Shapiro, 2016

Eve Morgan, a workaholic, finds herself tethered to her guardian angel, Pearl, as she learns to become a Christmas angel in Heaven. Despite being the worst recruit in the history of Christmas, Eve is assigned the difficult task of helping a struggling singer, Max, use his musical gifts to heal old family wounds. As Max begins to overcome his issues, Eve begins to embrace the meaning of Christmas, heal wounds of her own, and perhaps find love along the way.


In Her Shoes. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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In Her Shoes
Jennifer Weiner, 2002
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Curtis Hanson, 2005

Maggie and Rose Feller are very different sisters, raised by their father Michael and stepmother Sydelle after their mother Caroline died in a car accident. Rose is the elder; an ostensibly plain and serious lawyer who is protective of Maggie despite her flaws. Maggie is a free spirit who is unable to hold a steady job and turns to alcohol and men for emotional and financial support.


The Evening Star. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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The Evening Star
Larry McMurtry, 1992
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Robert Harling, 1996

Following the story of Aurora Greenway during her later years, the challenges mount following the death of her daughter. Aurora grapples with keeping her family united, contending with a grandson in jail, a defiant granddaughter, and another grandson residing just above the poverty line.


The Little Mermaid. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1837 book
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The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen, 1837
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Blake Harris, Chris Bouchard, 2018

A grandmother tells her two granddaughters a version of The Little Mermaid in which a mermaid princess is tricked by a wizard who steals her soul, and forced to live a life away from her ocean home enslaved to the wizard for eternity. The next day, Cam questions several people who have taken Locke’s mermaid water; none of them have actually been cured of their ailments.