The Outsider. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2018 book
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The Outsider
Stephen King, 2018
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Richard Price, 2020-

In Cherokee City, Georgia, the mutilated corpse of a young boy, Frank Peterson, is found covered in saliva and human bite marks. A hooded figure with a grotesquely deformed face lingers outside the Maitlands’ house, and Glory finds her younger daughter suffering from apparent nightmares of a man in her room telling her bad things.


American Gangster. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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American Gangster
Max Allan Collins, 2007
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Ridley Scott, 2007

In 1968, Frank Lucas is the right-hand man of Harlem mob boss Ellsworth ‘Bumpy’ Johnson. After his outcasted and addicted partner overdoses on Blue Magic, Captain Lou Toback puts Roberts in charge of a special task force that targets major local drug suppliers. Roberts is also depicted having a bitter divorce battle with his ex-wife over his infidelity.


Midnight, Texas. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, Midnight Crossroad
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Midnight Crossroad
Charlaine Harris, 2014
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Monica Owusu-Breen, Eric C. Charmelo, Nicole Snyder, 2017-2018

On the run from his past, young psychic Manfred Bernardo is told by the ghost of his grandmother to seek out refuge in Midnight, Texas. There, he will find a community that can help him. Full of diverse characters—including a vampire, a witch, a fallen angel, a half-demon and a werecreature—Midnight faces numerous threats from the outside world as it welcomes the newcomer.


Che: The Argentine. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1963 book, Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
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Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Ernesto Che Guevara, 1963
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Steven Soderbergh, 2008

Part one of the biographical film about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Argentine begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.


Last Flag Flying. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Last Flag Flying
Darryl Ponicsan, 2005
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Richard Linklater, 2017

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc’s son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire.


War of the Worlds. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1898 book, The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells, 1898
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Steven Spielberg, 2005

The plot begins with an opening narration explaining that Earth was being observed by extraterrestrials with immense intelligence and no compassion. Divorced longshoreman Ray Ferrier works at a dock in Brooklyn, New York, and is estranged from his children: Ray collects his children, steals a van that had just been repaired, and drives to Mary Ann’s empty home in suburban New Jersey to take refuge.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1984 book, The Book of Blood
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The Book of Blood
Clive Barker, 1984
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1985 book, On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
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On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
Clive Barker, 1985
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.