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1974JawsExplains the endingCompare with the filmThriller / HorrorPeter Benchley / United StatesRecap: Fast recapFear / Survival1974The DispossessedExplains the endingScience fictionScience fiction / Utopian fictionUrsula K. Le Guin / United StatesRecap: Useful recapFreedom / Politics1974Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyExplains the endingCompare with the filmSpy novel / ThrillerJohn le Carré / United KingdomRecap: Useful recapBetrayal / Loyalty1973The Princess BrideCompare with the filmAdventureFantasy / AdventureWilliam Goldman / United StatesRecap: Fast recapLove / Storytelling1972First BloodExplains the endingCompare with the filmThriller / War fictionDavid Morrell / Based on First BloodRecap: Fast recapVeterans / Violence1971The ExorcistExplains the endingCompare with the filmHorror / Supernatural fictionWilliam Peter Blatty / United StatesRecap: Strong recapFaith / Fear1969Slaughterhouse-FiveExplains the endingTime-bending storyAnti-war novel / Science fictionKurt Vonnegut / United StatesRecap: Useful recapWar / Time1969The French ConnectionExplains the endingCompare with the filmNonfiction crime / Police proceduralRobin Moore / United StatesRecap: Fast recapInvestigation / Obsession1969The French Lieutenant's WomanExplains the endingCompare with the filmHistorical novel / Postmodern novelJohn Fowles / United KingdomRecap: Detailed recapFreedom / Convention
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