Grease. Poster of the 1978 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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Grease
Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, 1972
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Randal Kleiser, 1978

In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. The Pink Ladies, a clique of greaser girls, also arrive, consisting of leader Rizzo, Frenchy, Marty, and Jan. After her parents decide not to return to Australia, Sandy enrolls at Rydell and becomes friends with Frenchy, who is considering dropping out of school to become a beautician.


Grease. Poster of the 1978 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Grease
Ron De Christoforo, 1978
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Randal Kleiser, 1978

In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. The Pink Ladies, a clique of greaser girls, also arrive, consisting of leader Rizzo, Frenchy, Marty, and Jan. After her parents decide not to return to Australia, Sandy enrolls at Rydell and becomes friends with Frenchy, who is considering dropping out of school to become a beautician.


Angry Neighbors. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2006 book, Lapham Rising
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Lapham Rising
Roger Rosenblatt, 2006
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Warren Brock, 2022

Harry March, a cranky retired novelist in the Hamptons, devises a complex plan of retaliation that is bound to fail hilariously when his outrageously affluent neighbor constructs an intrusive mega-mansion next door.


Where the Heart Is. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Where the Heart Is
Billie Letts, 1995
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Matt Williams, 2000

17-year-old and seven-months-pregnant Novalee Nation and her boyfriend Willy Jack Pickens are moving from Tennessee to California. Willy Jack abandons Novalee at the local Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. There, she meets Thelma Husband who presents her with a buckeye tree, and Moses Whitecotton, a local photographer who advises her to give her baby a strong name.


Sundays at Tiffany's. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Sundays at Tiffany's
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, 2008
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Mark Piznarski, 2010

Michael, a guardian angel, appears to children as an imaginary friend until they no longer need his assistance. When he reappears to his current charge, Jane Claremont, a writer who is about to marry a TV star, both are unsure of his mission. Michael falls in love with Jane and tries to seduce her, but she remains committed to her fiancé and ignores the advice of her best friend, a psychotherapist.


Bright Young Things. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1930 book, Vile Bodies
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Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh, 1930
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Stephen Fry, 2003

In this clever depiction of affluent socialites and their extravagant escapades in 1930s England, a writer hustles to secure funds for his upcoming wedding.


The First Wives Club. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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The First Wives Club
Olivia Goldsmith, 1992
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Hugh Wilson, 1996

At Middlebury College in 1969, four young friends, Annie MacDuggan, Elise Elliot, Brenda Morelli, and Cynthia Swann, are graduating. In the present time, the four friends have lost touch with one another, as evident when Cynthia is tearfully gazing at the picture of the four of them on that graduation day.


Practical Magic. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman, 1995
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Griffin Dunne, 1998

Maria Owens, a young witch, is exiled to Maria’s Island in Massachusetts with her unborn child for escaping her execution. The spell becomes a curse for several generations. After witnessing their aunts cast a spell on a man for a woman who seems obsessed with having his love, Gillian decides to fall in love and Sally casts a true love spell to protect herself.


Must Love Dogs. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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Must Love Dogs
Claire Cook, 2002
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Gary David Goldberg, 2005

Sarah Nolan, an attractive 40-year-old divorced preschool teacher, is urged by her family to date more. Although they show her photos of men with whom they want to set her up, Sarah does not seem interested in pursuing any relationships. Jake Anderson, another recent divorcé, finds himself in a similar position.


Le divorce. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Le Divorce
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Le Divorce
Diane Johnson, 1997
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James Ivory, 2003

Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her sister Roxy, a poet who lives with her husband, Frenchman Charles-Henri de Persand, and their young daughter. Roxy is pregnant, but her husband has just walked out on her without explanation. Isabel discovers that he has a mistress, a Russian woman, whom he intends to marry after securing a divorce from Roxy.