History Main / TieInNovel

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' -- At least two hundred original novels, filling the [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse expanded]] branch of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} during the 16-year hiatus in between the series' cancellation in 1989 and its dramatic [[{{Uncancelled}} uncancellation]] in 2005, and continuing after the series' return, first from Virgin Books (Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures) and later from BBC Books (Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures). Both publishers produced ongoing adventures for the 'incumbent' Doctor of the time (the Seventh Doctor and onwards), as well as "Missing Adventures" (Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures for Virgin, Literature/PastDoctorAdventures for BBC Books) squeezed into gaps in the previous Doctors' timelines. [[PromotedFanboy Some of the writers]] ended up [[RunningTheAsylum working on the 2005 revival television series]].

** Way back in the 1960's, original creator Terry Nation wrote the first series of "factual" tie-in books, that explained things like the eating arrangements on board the Tardis, the continuity of the Who universe as it was then understood, the relationship between the Daleks and the Cybermen, and lots of other then-current trivia and expanded information. these are apparently quite rare and sought-after now.

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* Literature/TwinPeaks had a number of tie-in novels like ''The Secret Life Of Laura Palmer'' and ''The Secret History of Twin Peaks''.

*** The producers of the 2005-present series indicated no desire to have modern episodes adapted as novels, feeling such records are no longer required. The short story collection ''The Story of Martha'' was a partial adaptation of the Series 3 finale, and Creator/NeilGaiman has stated that he was interested in writing a novel based upon his 2011 episode "The Doctor's Wife" but was unable to. Finally in 2018 four new series stories were given Target-style novelizations: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Twice Upon a Time"]]. Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat adapted their own scripts in the first and third cases, while Creator/PaulCornell handled the fourth. "Twice Upon a Time" had a ''lot'' of extra details, clarifying the fates of the Twelfth Doctor's last companions among other things.
** Way back in the 1960's, original creator Terry Nation wrote the first series of "factual" tie-in books, that explained things like the eating arrangements on board the Tardis, the continuity of the Who universe as it was then understood, the relationship between the Daleks and the Cybermen, and lots of other then-current trivia and expanded information. these are apparently quite rare and sought-after now.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has nearly a dozen tie-in novels that are written as "unseen adventures". These stories usually take place between seasons and incorporates whatever major arcs that previous season covered. Additionally, Supernatural has auxiliary books such as Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting and John Winchesters'Journal.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' has the tie-in novel Sons Of Anarchy: Bratva which takes place after the events of season. It features a surprisingly solid story about Jax trying to rescue his half-sister Trinity from the clutches of a Russian mafia civil war. If read after the entire series is viewed, it's a bit of a kick in the gut to see fan favorite characters live and well again.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has a number of them. The stories range from the reasonably logical to the ridiculous, and deal with every trope you can possibly thing of from [[NotUsingTheZWord zombies]], to [[{{Invisibility}} the Invisible Man routine]], to [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries card games being serious business]], to {{Gender Bend|er}}ing.

* ''Series/{{Class}}'', another ''Doctor Who'' spinoff, has to date had three original novels published, which are notable as the first storylines based on the series not to be written by creator Creator/PatrickNess.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' -- notable for having the tie-ins be {{canon}}, with series creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski reviewing them and/or providing outlines. Events described in the novels were more than once later referenced in the series.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' -- Produced a novel, "Redemption", by the series' star Paul Darrow, as well as one by Tony Attwood. There was also at least one set of episodes novelized.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' -- both original novels and novelizations. Novelizations typically span several episodes (the entire seventh season was novelized into a single 500-page novel).
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' -- As of this writing only one exists, but it's notable because the show itself is (very loosely) based on a book series, but this new book is based entirely on the television continuity.
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has a small body of novels, including both novelizations of episodes and original novels; among the latter are a "prelude" to the series and at least one explicit follow-up to a broadcast episode (''Angels Unaware'' by L. Elizabeth Storm, which revisits characters from the episode "Another Mother").
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Copious numbers of books have been released, which tend to be MarySue FanFic level quality (meteor freaks more powerful than Clark, a new perfect love interest who seduces Clark and dies tragically, and so on). This is not always the author's fault -- as the Website/TelevisionWithoutPity crew will tell you, the actual series is just as poorly written.
* ''Series/{{Sliders}}: The Novel,'' by Brad Linaweaver adapts the pilot episode into printed form.
* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' Two novels by "Grant Naylor" -- a pseudonym for series creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor -- as well as novels written by Rob Grant and by Doug Naylor as solo efforts. The novels parallel some key events in the series, but stand alone from the TV show, as they have their own continuity.
** In fact, there was some difficulty in originally finding a publisher. Grant and Naylor were afraid to use BBC Books, as they figured ExecutiveMeddling would force it to become a simple {{Novelisation}}. The result is an AdaptationDistillation and AdaptationExpansion.
* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' had a series of three novels, one of which was a novelization of the pilot. The other novels are mediocre at best.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' had a few books featuring new castaways and their lives on and off the island, as well as the book ''Bad Twin'' which was written by a character, mentioned in the show, and played a small role in the ''AlternateRealityGame'' "The Lost Experience".
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' has many tie-in novels that are credited to the main character, Jessica Fletcher.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'' has the ''24: Declassified'' series, whose entries seem to take place at unspecified points before the beginning of the first season of the show and occasionally "introduce" established characters from the show (such as the third, ''Trojan Horse'', which was, chronologically speaking, the first appearance of [[spoiler: Edgar Stiles, who had first been introduced in the fourth season and later killed off in the fifth]]). Some of the series' authors tend toward giving such established character introductions, while others tend toward introducing completely original characters ([[AnyoneCanDie who then often die before the end of the book because hey, why not? It's not like they have any reason to survive the book]]).
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' now has a burgeoning series of tie-in novels.
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has a series of tie-in novels written by Lee Goldberg since 2006. Two of the early novels, ''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' and ''Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu'', were later turned into episodes (season 5's "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing" and season 8's "Mr. Monk and the Badge").
** The adaptation of ''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' in "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing" is a Crowning Moment of Awesomeness for the writer as he notes it is the first time any television / movie tie-in novel has been transformed into a series episode.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' has a few very short books, some of which are actually based on episodes from the show (this may also be the reason for their length). The prose is nice but very simple; you may even be forgiven for thinking that they were meant for younger readers, but the subject matter isn't any less child-unfriendly than it normally is on the show. It'd be really cool if someone wrote full-length novels based on Mulder and Scully's adventures, though.
** They did. Kevin J. Anderson wrote three of them. That should tell you enough.
* A series of ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' books featured the title detective investigating murders somehow connected to famous crimes of the past (though not always directly; in one, a man murders his wife and her lover and attempts to confuse the investigation by writing "Helter Skelter" and other phrases from the Manson murders on the walls in their blood).

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'' has some novels and an anthology that are considered canon. The concept behind the show of immortals WalkingTheEarth lends itself well to these tie-ins. One novel died pre-release,though, despite being advertised in the last published one.
* ''Series/AlienNation'' is an unusual case of tie-in novels continuing the series after its cancellation. In particular, the tie-in novel series included two novelizations of scripts that were meant to be future episodes of the series (''Dark Horizon'' and ''Body and Soul''), which were later made into [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]].
* Ditto ''{{Roswell}}'', whose last four tie-ins form a sort of print season 4,though it's not official canon.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' had a novelization of the pilot episode and four original tie-in novels by Ashley [=McConnell=] early on. They're mostly known for their poor editing and continuity errors, such as referring to characters by their actors' names. The current series of tie-in novels is published by Fandemonium, who originally sought out ''Stargate'' fanfic writers. The company went on to publish ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' and ''Series/StargateUniverse'' novelizations and tie-ins as well.
** There was also a series of five novels by Bill [=McCay=] based on the original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' movie, which take place in an entirely different continuity than the series.
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'' had three official tie-in novels written by fanfic writers. A fourth was axed before release, but can be read online or rarely found on eBay,where it can sell for hundreds of dollars.
* ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' had several YA tie-ins, based on both the movie and the TV series.
* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' tie-ins, rather than being books about the series, are the books that Castle is ostensibly writing ''in'' the series.
* All three ''Series/{{CSI}}'' series have a number of tie-in novels.
* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' has a number of episode novelizations.
* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' has a whole series of 12 tie-in novels released by Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. They appear to be original stories.
* ''Series/DanceAcademy'' has episode novelisations of its first season.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' got several tie-in novels ''after'' it was canceled. Each story is set at a specific point in the series' timeline, and all contain multiple {{Continuity Nod}}s to the original series.
* Many ''Series/PlanetOfTheApes'' series episodes were novelized.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' had a tie-in novel titled ''Literature/SavingCharlie'' about EnsembleDarkhorse [[TimeMaster Hiro]] traveling back in time in order to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin save his girlfriend]] [[PhotographicMemory Charlie]].
* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' had a trio of novels published around the time of its run. The first book was written by SF icon Creator/ThomasMDisch, and decades later there are online sources that erroneously credit Disch with creating the series. The second book is notable for going against WordOfGod and directly identifying No. 6 as John Drake, the character from ''Series/DangerMan'' that some fans speculate became No. 6. In the 2000s several additional novels based on the series were published.
* The Heisei-era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' got their own series of tie-in novels, variously serving as prequels, sequels, untold stories, or alternate takes on the original shows. In terms of content, it's a mixed bag; most are disregard by fans for trying to be DarkerAndEdgier ([[spoiler:''[[Series/KamenRiderBlade Blade]]''[='s=] focuses on a now-immortal Kenzaki trying to kill himself, while ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]]''[='s=] depicts Kusaka raping Mari and ends with him getting his limbs hacked off by Kiba and being taken in by a stalker a'la ''Literature/{{Misery}}'']]), while ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]]''[='s=] is full of glaring continuity errors ([[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros]] being portrayed as [[BoisterousBruiser quiet and polite]] is just the tip of the iceberg). The ones that are generally well-regarded seem to be official canon, or at least referenced in official media; ''Series/KamenRiderDrive''[='s=] novel is the first part of a story that concludes in Mach's stand-alone movie, while [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Philip's Kamen Rider Cyclone]] form appeared in the video game ''Super Climax Heroes'' as an AssistCharacter for Shotaro's Kamen Rider Joker.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has the LightNovel ''Iris Through the Looking Glass'', written by Akira (of ''LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai'' and ''[[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Ensemble Series]]'' fame) and illustrated by Sidu (of ''Franchise/KagerouProject'').
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** In fact, there was some difficulty in originally finding a publisher. Grant and Naylor were afraid to use BBC Books, as they figured ExecutiveMeddling would force it to become a simple {{Novelisation}}. The result is probably the [[AdaptationDistillation finest]] [[AdaptationExpansion example]] of a TelevisionTieInNovel.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' has a number of episode novelizations.

* ''Series/{{Class}}'', another ''Doctor Who'' spinoff, has to date had three original novels published, which are notable as the only storylines based on the series not to be written by creator Creator/PatrickNess.

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* VideoGame/{{Hitman}} has two tie-in novels: ''Hitman: Enemy Within'', set between ''VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin'' and ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' and revolves around a rival [[MurderInc murder-for-hire organization]], known as ''Puissance Treize'' (French for "Power Thirteen"), attempting to destroy Agent 47's employer, the International Contract Agency (ICA) and ''Hitman: Damnation'', which is a prequel to ''Hitman: Absolution'' and explaining the events behind the game's situation.

*** The producers of the 2005-present series indicated no desire to have modern episodes adapted as novels, feeling such records are no longer required. The short story collection ''The Story of Martha'' was a partial adaptation of the Series 3 finale, and Creator/NeilGaiman has stated that he was interested in writing a novel based upon his 2011 episode "The Doctor's Wife" but was unable to. Finally in 2018 four new series stories were given Target-style novelizations: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho50ASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Twice Upon a Time"]]. Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat adapted their own scripts in the first and third cases, while Creator/PaulCornell handled the fourth. "Twice Upon a Time" had a ''lot'' of extra details, clarifying the fates of the Twelfth Doctor's last companions among other things.

*** The producers of the 2005-present series have indicated no desire to have modern episodes adapted as novels, feeling such records are no longer required. That said, the short story collection ''The Story of Martha'' was a partial adaptation of the Series 3 finale, and Creator/NeilGaiman has stated that he was interested in writing a novel based upon his 2011 episode "The Doctor's Wife", but was unable to.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has the LightNovel ''Iris Through the Looking Glass'', written by Akira (of ''LightNovel/SasamiSanAtGanbaranai'' and ''[[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Ensemble Series]]'' fame) and illustrated by Sidu (of ''Franchise/KagerouProject'').

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has the LightNovel ''Iris Through the Looking Glass'', written by Akira (of ''LightNovel/SasamoSanAtGanbaranai'' and ''[[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Ensemble Series]]'' fame) and illustrated by Sidu (of ''Franchise/KagerouProject'').

* ''Film/TheSixthSense'' had a novelization and a series of sequel books dealing with Cole's attempts to continue helping the living-impaired.

* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' received several novels detailing the further adventures of Dr. Jones.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' had a series of tie-ins that gave more backstory on the apes' rise to control the planet.
* Several ''Film/JamesBond'' films have been novelised. Most notably, ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' were so far removed from Creator/IanFleming's original novels that the screenwriter of the films, Christopher Wood, was allowed to novelise his stories. Later, John Gardner adapted ''Film/LicenceToKill'' (attempting to tie it in with Fleming's continuity even though the film included plot elements from several books), and the first two Creator/PierceBrosnan ''Bonds''. Raymond Benson adapted the other two Brosnans.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner'' had a trio of novels published around the time of its run. The first book was written by SF icon Creator/ThomasMDisch, and decades later there are online sources that erroneously credit Disch with creating the series. The second book is notable for going against WordOfGod and directly identifying No. 6 as John Drake, the character from ''Series/DangerMan'' that some fans speculate became No. 6. In the 2000s several additional novels based on the series were published.

* The ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has a tie-in novel set after a slightly altered ending of the first season where, instead of Nanoha's winning against Fate in their battle, the fight ends without a conclusion since Precia interfered early, and Nanoha goes after Fate after Precia is killed so they can have a proper end to their duel. The novel, however, is official, written by the very creator of Nanoha. The background information it contains, such as the nature of [[StunGuns Magical Damage]], are canon and often alluded to in later seasons.

** The picture book ''A Sister More Like Me'' was written and drawn by the staff of ''Frozen''. It is noticeable for featuring [[EarlyDraftTieIn pre-release details that didn't make it into the final film]].

* ''Series/ThePrisoner'' had a trio of novels published around the time of its run. The first book was written by SF icon Thomas M. Disch, and decades later there are online sources that erroneously credit Disch with creating the series. The second book is notable for going against WordOfGod and directly identifying No. 6 as John Drake, the character from ''Series/DangerMan'' that some fans speculate became No. 6. In the 2000s several additional novels based on the series were published.

** The ''Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries'' began as a tie-in novel for the [[RepublicCommando video game of the same name.]]

** ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'' is almost like a {{novelization}} except that it is from the [[PerspectiveFlip perspectives of Anna and Hans]]. It also goes into depth on aspects of their backstories and characters.

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' received the picture books ''Literature/TheLionKingSixNewAdventures'' not soon after release. It starred Simba and Nala's son Kion. The books were later retconned when ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' introduced their ''daughter'', Kiara.

* Many animated Disney and Pixar films will inevitably have thousands of tie-in novels and storybooks. Some of them are straight-up retellings of those movies' plots, while others are sequels to said movies. For example, ''Disney/TheLionKing'' was actually accompanied by several tie-in books that not only recounted that movie's events, but also covered more information about the film's main characters, such as how [[BigBad Scar]] got his um, scar in the first place and what was his name before he even got that scar. However, some of the events that happened in those books are actually not considered canon with the movies (for example, another ''Lion King''-based book claimed that Simba had a son, but the DirectToVideo sequel had Simba sire a daughter[[note]]the way lion reproduction works in reality the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive; lions commonly have litters of up to 4 cubs, and in any event Simba, as the new "King", would have been getting every lioness in the pride gravid as soon as they came into oestrus[[/note]]).

* Many anime have "Animanga" which are pretty much screenshots from the Anime with word bubbles.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'' has a tie in novel in the form of ''Death Note:Another Note'', which tells the story that was (very briefly) mentioned about L working with Naomi Misora.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' -- Had a couple of picture books based on various episodes: "Bye-Bye Butterfree" and "Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon". It also had numerous tie-in manga.

* Franchise/SpiderMan -- Had a rash of novels in the 90s by Creator/DianeDuane. More recently, JimButcher has been writing them as well.

* The Heisei-era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' got their own series of tie-in novels, variously serving as prequels, sequels, untold stories, or alternate takes on the original shows. In terms of content, it's a mixed bag; most are disregard by fans for trying to be DarkerAndEdgier ([[spoiler:''[[Series/KamenRiderBlade Blade]]''[='s=] focuses on a now-immortal Kenzaki trying to kill himself, while ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]]''[='s=] depicts Kusaka raping Mari and ends with him getting his limbs hacked off by Kiba and being taken in by a stalker a'la ''Literature/{{Misery}}'']]), while ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]]''[='s=] is full of glaring continuity errors ([[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros]] being portrayed as [[BoisterousBruiser quiet and polite]] is just the tip of the iceberg). The ones that are generally well-regarded seem to be official canon, or at least referenced in official media; ''Series/KamenRiderDrive''[='s=] novel is the first part of a story that concludes in Mach's stand-alone movie, while [[Series/KamenRiderDoube Philip's Kamen Rider Cyclone]] form appeared in the video game ''Super Climax Heroes'' as an AssistCharacter for Shotaro's Kamen Rider Joker.

* The Heisei-era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series began getting their own series of tie-in novels, variously serving as prequels, sequels, untold stories, or whatever else. Most are poorly regarded for various reasons; several are DarkerAndEdgier ([[spoiler:''[[Series/KamenRiderBlade Blade]]''[='s=] focuses on a now-immortal Kenzaki trying to kill himself, ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]]'' depicts Kusaka raping Mari and ends like ''Literature/{{Misery}}'']]) while ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]]''[='s=] is full of glaring continuity errors ([[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros]] being portrayed as [[BoisterousBruiser quiet and polite]] is just the tip of the iceberg).