Once Upon a Time in America. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1952 book, The Hoods
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The Hoods
Harry Grey, 1952
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Sergio Leone, 1984

Ex-gangster David Aaronson is drawn back to New York City after years of being in hiding, despite his vow to never return after the deaths of his friends in the lower East Side. As David pieces together his past he discovers new truths about his friends’ deaths.


Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Poster of the 2024 TV series and cover of the 2021 book, Capote's Women
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Capote's Women
Laurence Leamer, 2021
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Gus Van Sant, Max Winkler, Jennifer Lynch, Ryan Murphy, 2024

Acclaimed writer Truman Capote surrounds himself with a circle of women from high society—wealthy and glamorous socialites who defined a bygone era of New York’s high society, affectionately dubbed ‘The Swans.’ Enchanted and captivated by these personalities, Capote immersed himself in their lives, formed friendships, and became their confidant, only to ultimately betray them by writing thinly veiled accounts of their lives, exposing their most intimate secrets.


Once Upon a Time in America. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Once Upon A Time In America
Lee Hays, 1984
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Sergio Leone, 1984

Ex-gangster David Aaronson is drawn back to New York City after years of being in hiding, despite his vow to never return after the deaths of his friends in the lower East Side. As David pieces together his past he discovers new truths about his friends’ deaths.


12 Mighty Orphans. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Twelve Mighty Orphans
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Twelve Mighty Orphans
Jim Dent, 2007
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Ty Roberts, 2021

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.


We Own This City. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2021 book
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We Own This City
Justin Fenton, 2021
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David Simon, George Pelecanos, 2022-

Baltimore, 2015. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. Drug and violent crime are surging, and the city is reaching its highest murder count in more than two decades. Facing pressure from the mayor’s office turn to a rank-and-file hero, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, and his elite plainclothes unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, to help get guns and drugs off the street.


Chesapeake Shores. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2009 book, The Inn at Eagle Point
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The Inn at Eagle Point
Sherryl Woods, 2009
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John Tinker, Nancey Silvers, 2016-2022

Abby O’Brien Winters returns from New York to her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, after receiving a panicked phone call from her youngest sister Jess, who is renovating the Inn at Eagle Point. Abby’s demanding career, divorce, and young daughters have kept her too busy to even think about the town her father built. Saving her sister’s inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her fractured family but also with Trace Riley, her first love whom she abruptly left sixteen years ago.


127 Hours. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston, 2004
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Danny Boyle, 2010

In April 2003, avid mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking at Utah’s Canyonlands National Park; he did not tell anyone where he was going. He shortly begins recording a video diary using his camcorder to maintain morale, as he chips away parts of the boulder with a pocket knife.


The Eagle Has Landed. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Higgins, 1975
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John Sturges, 1976

Admiral Canaris, head of German military intelligence, is ordered by Adolf Hitler to make a feasibility study into capturing the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Although Canaris considers it a meaningless exercise that will soon be forgotten by the Führer, he knows this will not be the case with Heinrich Himmler. He therefore orders one of his staff officers, Oberst Radl, to begin a study to avoid being possibly discredited.


The Deep End of the Ocean. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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The Deep End of the Ocean
Jacquelyn Mitchard, 1996
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Ulu Grosbard, 1999

Like most mothers, Beth Cappadora is kind, devoted, and occasionally overwhelmed by the duties of running a thriving photography business. She arrives at a hotel for her 15th high school reunion weekend with her three young children in tow. She briefly turns her head away in the middle of the crowded lobby, at which point her three-year-old son Ben vanishes.


1941. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the book novelization
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1941: The Year that Will Live in Hilarity!
Bob Gale, 1979
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Steven Spielberg, 1979

Six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine surfaces off the Californian coast. The Commander wants to destroy something honorable in Los Angeles and decides to target Hollywood. Later that morning, a 10th Armored Division M3 Lee tank crew, consisting of Sergeant Frank Tree, Corporal Chuck Sitarski, and Privates Foley, Reese, and Henshaw, are having breakfast at a cafe.


Journey to the Center of the Earth. Poster of the 1999 TV series and cover of the 1864 book
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne, 1864
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George T. Miller, 1999

A retelling of Jules Verne’s classic tale. The series follows a group of adventurers on a quest to find a mysterious hidden land, accompanied by the wife of another man who disappeared during a previous expedition.


Till Death Us Do Part. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1978 book, Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery
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Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery
Vincent Bugliosi, Ken Hurwitz, 1978
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Yves Simoneau, 1992

In a modest section of El Sereno, CA, a homicide takes place on December 11, 1966. In the wee hours of the morning, Henry Stockton is fatally shot three times in the head and twice in the chest, after which his home is set ablaze. The culprit leaves no evidence behind, confounding the authorities, until a year later when a young pregnant woman is discovered bludgeoned to death inside a Jaguar. Surprisingly, these two killings are linked.