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The Once-Future King
Everyone knows about books that were turned into movies or even movies that were turned into novels, but what about books that simply appeared in movies. Sometimes these books merely appear as props and don’t have any significant meaning, while other times they offer a bit more insight about the character seen reading them. Although not all of the books that are seen in movies are actually real titles, here are a few that featured a little more prominently than just being displayed on a shelf.

1. The Once and Future King by T.H. White (https://www.amazon.com/Once-Future-King-T-White-ebook/dp/B00RWA2NQU/)

Movie Featured: X-Men: Apocalypse

Read by: Professor Charles Xavier (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b6/c0/43/b6c043f62bde152771949dc3b7e33dff.jpg) …show more content…

All of the stories were written by Greene between 1929 and 1954 and covers a range of topics. One of the stories is titled “The Destructors” and tells the story of a group of boys who destroys a beautiful old house. The book features in the 2001 film, Donnie Darko, where Donnie played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Karen Pomeroy, played by Drew Barrymore, discuss the short story of The Destructors. Later in the movie a parent at a PTA meeting also blames the book for an act of vandalism at the school. Not only do the themes in the story parallel the events in the movie, but the birthday of the author also carries special significance in the film.

5. Complicity by Ian Banks (https://www.amazon.com/Complicity/dp/B00BCMK8X4/)

Movie: Hot Fuzz

Read by: Sergeant Turner (https://medias.spotern.com/spots/w640/4346.jpg)

Complicity is a 1993 novel by author Iain Banks that tells the story of a serial killer. The murders that he commits are all not only very explicit, but also quite creative. In the movie Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright, one of the desk sergeants, played by Bill Bailey, can be seen reading the novel. Seeing as the movie is about police trying to solve a series of strange deaths in an English village, it is a rather appropriate choice of reading

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