12 Years a Slave. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1853 book, Twelve Years a Slave
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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup, 1853
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Steve McQueen, 2013

Solomon Northup is a free African-American man in 1841, working as a violinist and living with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York. Two white men, Brown and Hamilton, offer him short-term employment as a musician if he will travel with them to Washington, D.C.; however, once they have arrived, they drug Northup and deliver him to a slave pen run by a man named Burch.


I Love You Phillip Morris. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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I Love You Phillip Morris
Steve McVicker, 2003
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Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, 2009

Steven Jay Russell is on his deathbed, recalling the events of his life that led him to this point. He plays the organ at church, has unenthusiastic sex with his wife, Debbie, and spends his off-hours searching for his biological mother, who had placed him for adoption as a child.


Hateship Loveship. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Alice Munro, 2001
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Liza Johnson, 2013

A group of friends embark on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island, the famous gay village off the South Shore of Long Island. That night, the group goes to the Blue Whale, the main bar on Fire Island, and meets Charlie and his wealthy friends, including Will and Cooper.