Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man. Poster of the 1951 movie and cover of the 1897 book, The Invisible Man
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The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells, 1897
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Charles Lamont, 1951

Lou Francis and Bud Alexander have just graduated from a private detective school. Tommy Nelson, a middleweight boxer, comes to them with their first case. Tommy recently escaped from jail after being accused of murdering his manager, and asks the duo to accompany him on a visit to his fiancée, Helen Gray.


My Friend Dahmer. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2002 comic book
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My Friend Dahmer
John 'Derf' Backderf, 2002
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Marc Meyers, 2017

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story. Jeff Dahmer is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins.


Then She Found Me. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Then She Found Me
Elinor Lipman, 1990
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Helen Hunt, 2007

Eager to start a family, schoolteacher April Epner is thrust into uncertainty when her husband unexpectedly leaves her. Her world is further shaken when she encounters her unconventional birth mother, a self-centered talk show host far from the ideal mom. Initially resistant to both her birth mother and the advances of a divorced father, April eventually discovers her life unfolding in unexpected ways.