(Get to it,we implore you!)

(Hoffa’s 1975 disappearance famously remains unsolved.)

(Sheeran spoke to Brandt practically on his deathbed, and died before the book’s 2004 publication.)

movie-books

Credit: Netlfix; Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures; Jake Giles Netter/Warner Bros.; Claudette Barius/Netflix; Fox Searchlight Pictures

Caging Skies, by Christine Leunens

Fair warning: Don’t come toCaging SkiesexpectingJojo Rabbit.

Suffice it to say, there’s no wisecracking, imaginary-friend Hitler to be found in the book.

None of this is meant to discourage anyone from readingCaging Skies it’s an often affecting, compelling experience.

The-Irishman

Steerforth; Netflix

Just be aware of what you’re getting yourself into.

(Florence Pugh’s Amy at lastgets her turn in the spotlightand emerges with newfound depth.)

For instance, Jo’s (Saoirse Ronan) passionate “I’m so sick of it!”

Jojo-Rabbit

Harry N. Abrams; Fox Searchlight

speech, seen inthe trailer, came from one of the author’s letters.

You don’t have to be some fancy, educated defense attorney to attack this issue.

“And there were things about the story that I hadn’t really been able to explore.”

Little-Women

Puffin Book; Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures

(Such names as Putin, Xi, and yes, Trump, crop up.)

(“I breathed in sharply and swallowed the words, said nothing instead.")

Just-Mercy

Spiegel & Grau; Jake Giles Netter/Warner Bros.

The-Laundromat

Henry Holt and Co; Netflix

Motherless-Brooklyn

Vintage; Glen Wilson/Warner Bros.

The-Good-Liar

Harper Paperbacks; Chiabella James/Warner Bros.