The Long Shadow. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2003 book, Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
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Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Michael Bilton, 2003
TV series vs book
Lewis Arnold, 2023-

The series delves into the intense five-year manhunt for the notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, widely recognized as The Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe was found guilty of murdering 13 women and trying to kill seven more between 1975 and 1980.


Frost/Nixon. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan, 2006
movie vs book
Ron Howard, 2008

After the Watergate scandal of 1972 and his subsequent resignation in 1974, 400 million people worldwide tune-in to watch Nixon leave the White House. Nixon’s literary agent, Irving Lazar, believes the interviews would be an opportunity for Nixon to salvage his reputation and profit financially.


The Painted Veil. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1925 book
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The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham, 1925
movie vs book
John Curran, 2006

On a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane is dazzled by Kitty Garstin, a vain London socialite. When Walter discovers his wife’s infidelity, he seeks to punish her by threatening to divorce her on the grounds of adultery, if she doesn’t accompany him to a small village in a remote area of China.


Les Misérables. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1862 book
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Les Misérables
Victor Hugo, 1862
movie vs book
Bille August, 1998

In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.


Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling, 1998
movie vs book
Chris Columbus, 2002

Spending the summer with the Dursleys, Harry Potter meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him it’s too dangerous to return to Hogwarts. Harry and the Weasley family are joined by Rubeus Hagrid and Hermione Granger at a book-signing by Gilderoy Lockhart, who announces he is Hogwarts’ new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.


Wayward Pines. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2012 book, Pines
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Pines
Blake Crouch, 2012
TV series vs book
Chad Hodge, 2015

In the first season, Ethan Burke is a U.S. Secret Service agent investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents in the mysterious small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. In the second season, Dr. Theo Yedlin is a surgeon who is caught in the battle between Jason Higgins, leader of the First Generation that took over Wayward Pines following the Abbie incident, and the underground rebels led by Ethan’s son Ben Burke.


Les Misérables. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Les Miserables: A Novel
Leonore Fleischer, 1862
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Bille August, 1998

In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s son. Stealing his silverware, Valjean is captured by police, but the Bishop claims he gave Valjean the silver, telling him to use it to do something worthwhile with his life. Moved, Valjean breaks his parole to start a new life.


The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1943 comic book, The Secret of the Unicorn
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The Secret of the Unicorn
Hergé, 1943
movie vs comic book
Steven Spielberg, 2011

While browsing in an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, Tintin, a young journalist, purchases a miniature model of a ship known as the Unicorn, but is accosted by two men, who both separately unsuccessfully attempt to acquire the model from Tintin. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Barnaby, the Interpol officer who had tried to buy the model from Tintin, who is then assassinated while attempting to recover the Unicorn.


The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1941 comic book, The Crab with the Golden Claws
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The Crab with the Golden Claws
Hergé, 1941
movie vs comic book
Steven Spielberg, 2011

While browsing in an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, Tintin, a young journalist, purchases a miniature model of a ship known as the Unicorn, but is accosted by two men, who both separately unsuccessfully attempt to acquire the model from Tintin. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Barnaby, the Interpol officer who had tried to buy the model from Tintin, who is then assassinated while attempting to recover the Unicorn.


The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1941 comic book, Red Rackham's Treasure
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Red Rackham's Treasure
Hergé, 1941
movie vs comic book
Steven Spielberg, 2011

While browsing in an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, Tintin, a young journalist, purchases a miniature model of a ship known as the Unicorn, but is accosted by two men, who both separately unsuccessfully attempt to acquire the model from Tintin. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Barnaby, the Interpol officer who had tried to buy the model from Tintin, who is then assassinated while attempting to recover the Unicorn.


The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Adventures of Tintin
Alexander C. Irvine, 2011
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Steven Spielberg, 2011

While browsing in an outdoor market with his pet dog Snowy, Tintin, a young journalist, purchases a miniature model of a ship known as the Unicorn, but is accosted by two men, who both separately unsuccessfully attempt to acquire the model from Tintin. However, they are interrupted by the arrival of Barnaby, the Interpol officer who had tried to buy the model from Tintin, who is then assassinated while attempting to recover the Unicorn.


The Man Who Knew Infinity. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1991 book
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Robert Kanigel, 1991
movie vs book
Matt Brown, 2015

At the turn of the twentieth century, Srinivasa Ramanujan is a struggling and indigent citizen in the city of Madras in India working at menial jobs at the edge of poverty. It becomes equally clear to his employers, who are college-educated, that Ramanujan’s mathematical insights exceed the simple accounting tasks they are assigning to him and soon they encourage him to make his personal writings in mathematics available to the general public.