# List of films adapted into novels

This is a list of films that were adapted into novels.

## Action films
### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Air Force One | Max Allan Collins | 0345419758 / 9780345419750 | Ballantine Books | June 29, 1997 |
| Another 48 Hrs. | Deborah Chiel | 0671725734 / 9780671725730 | Pocket Books | June 15, 1990 |
| Assassins | Robert Tine | 1572971061 / 9781572971066 | Berkley Books | November 1995 |

### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | | | | |
| Backdraft | Kirk Mitchell | 0425128792 / 9780425128794 | Berkley Books | May 1991 |
| Black Rain | Mike Cogan | 067168969X / 9780671689698 | Pocket Books | 1989 |
| Broken Arrow | Jeff Rovin | 1572970855 / 9781572970854 | Berkley Books | February 1996 |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| The Cannonball Run | Michael Avallone | 0843909935 / 9780843909937 | Leisure Books | June 1981 |
| Chain Reaction | Robert Tine | 0312958846 / 9780312958848 | St. Martin's Press | August 1996 |
| Cliffhanger | Jeff Rovin | 0515112674 / 9780515112672 | Jove Books | 1993 |
| Con Air | Richard Woodley | 0786889268 / 9780786889266 | Hyperion Books | June 1997 |
| Conspiracy Theory | J.H. Marks | 0451194160 / 9780451194169 | Signet Books | July 1997 |
| Crimson Tide | Richard P. Henrick | 0380783231 / 9780380783236 | Avon Books | June 1995 |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | Deborah Chiel | 0312956762 / 9780312956769 | St. Martin's Press | May 1995 | First installment in the Die Hard series. |

### E

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Eraser | Robert Tine | 0451191102 / 9780451191106 | Signet Books | June 1996 | |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| French Connection II | Robin Moore, Milt Machlin | 0440052629 / 9780440052623 | Dell Publishing | June 1975 | |

### G

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Gone in 60 Seconds | M.C. Bolin | 0786889896 / 9780786889891 | Hyperion Books | June 2000 | |

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Hard Target | Robert Tine | 0425138615 / 9780425138618 | Berkley Books | August 1993 | |
| Hudson Hawk | Geoffrey Marsh | 0515107387 / 9780515107388 | Jove Books | 1991 | |

### I

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | James Rollins | 0345501284 | Del Rey Books | 2008 | Fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series. |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Rob MacGregor | 034536161X | Ballantine Books | 1989 | Third installment in the Indiana Jones series. |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | James Kahn | 0345314573 | Ballantine Books | 1984 | Second installment in the Indiana Jones series. |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me | Christopher Wood | 0-224-01497-8/978-0-224-01497-7 | Jonathan Cape | 1977 | Not to be confused with The Spy Who Loved Me (novel) |
| James Bond and Moonraker | Christopher Wood | 0-224-01734-9 | Jonathan Cape | 1979 | Not to be confused with Moonraker (novel) |

### L

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Last Boy Scout | Dan Becker | 051510874X / 9780515108743 | Jove Books | 1992 | |
| Lethal Weapon | Kirk Mitchell | 0553174959 | Bantam Books | March 1987 | First installment in the Lethal Weapon series. |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Randall Boyll | 0312953143 / 9780312953140 | St. Martin's Press | November 1996 | |

### P

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Punisher | D.A. Stern | 0345475569 | Del Rey Books | 2004 | Novelization of the 2004 film based on the eponymous character from Marvel Comics. |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Campbell Black | 0345353757 | Del Rey Books | 1981 | First installment in the Indiana Jones series. |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | David Morrell | 0-515-08399-2 | Jove Books | 1985 | Second installment in the Rambo series. |
| Rambo III | David Morrell | 0-515-09333-5 | Jove Books | 1988 | Third installment in the Rambo series. |
| Raw Deal | Walter Wager | 0446302015 / 9780446302012 | Warner Books | 1986 | |
| Red Heat | Robert Tine | 0380755653 / 9780380755653 | Avon Books | 1988 | |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| The Saint | Burl Barer | 0671009516 / 9780671009519 | Pocket Books | April 1997 |
| Snakes on a Plane | Christa Faust | 1844163814 | Games Workshop | 2006 |
| Speed 2: Cruise Control | George Ryan | 0061012572 / 9780061012570 | HarperCollins | 1997 |
| Sudden Death | Stephen Mertz | 1572970324 / 9781572970328 | Boulevard Books | October 1995 |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Top Gun | Mike Cogan | 0671618245 / 9780671618247 | Pocket Books | 1986 | |
| True Lies | Dewey Gram, Duane Dell'Amico | 0451182650 / 9780451182654 | Signet Books | August 15, 1994 | |

### V

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| V for Vendetta | Steve Moore | 1416516999 | Pocket Star Books | 2006 | Novelization of the film based on the based on the homonymous 1988–89 comic book limited series. |
| Virtuosity | Terry Bisson | 0671537520 / 9780671537524 | Pocket Books | August 1995 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Windtalkers | Max Allan Collins | 0060000961 / 9780060000967 | October 2, 2001 | HarperEntertainment | |

## Adventure films
### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Baby | Ian Don | 0352316934 / 9780352316936 | Star Books | 1985 | |

### I

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| In Search of the Castaways | Hettie Jones | 0671819364 / 9780671819361 | Pocket Books | February 1978 | Published 16 years after the release of the source film. |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Ann Matthews | 0671606492 / 9780671606497 | Archway Paperbacks | 1985 | |

### L

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (US) | Chas Carner | 0345291735 / 9780345291738 | Ballantine Books | 1980 | American novelization. |
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (UK) | Heather Simon | 0450050068 / 9780450050060 | New English Library | 1980 | British novelization. |

### P

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Irene Trimble | 0736421718 | Disney Press | 2003 | First installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series; junior novelization. |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Road to El Dorado | Peter Lerangis | 0141310049 / 9780141310046 | Puffin Books | 2000 | |
| Romancing the Stone | Catherine Lanigan (credited to Joan Wilder) | 0380872625 / 9780380872626 | Avon Books | 1984 | |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill | Todd Strasser | 0786840110 / 9780786840113 | Disney Press | April 1995 | |
| Treasure of Matecumbe | Derry Moffatt | 0450032485 / 9780450032486 | New English Library | April 1977 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Warlords of Atlantis | Paul Victor | 0708813925 / 9780708813928 | Futura Books | 1978 | |

### Y

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Alan Arnold | 0583309429 / 9780583309424 | Grafton | 1985 | |

## Comedy films
### 0–9

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| 1941 | Bob Gale | 0345283325 / 9780345283320 | Ballantine Books | 1979 | |

### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Adventures in Babysitting | Elizabeth Faucher | 0590412515 / 9780590412513 | Point | 1987 | |

### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Baby-Sitters Club | A. L. Singer | 059060404X / 9780590604048 | Scholastic | August 1995 | |
| The Bad News Bears | Richard Woodley | 044090823X / 9780440908234 | Dell Publishing | 1976 | First installment in the Bad News Bears series. |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Richard Woodley | 0440104270 / 9780440104278 | Dell Publishing | 1978 | Third installment in the Bad News Bears series. |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Richard Woodley | 0440104173 / 9780440104179 | Dell Publishing | 1977 | Second installment in the Bad News Bears series. |
| Bloodbath at the House of Death | | | | | |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Ted Key | 067181740X / 9780671560546 | Pocket Books | June 1978 |
| Clueless | | | | |
| Cookie | Todd Strasser | 0451159918 / 9780451159915 | Signet Books | 1989 |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Devil and Max Devlin | Robert Grossbach | 0345293649 / 978-0345293640 | Ballantine Books | 1981 | |
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Ian Marter | 0352318635 / 978-0352318633 | Star Books | 1986 | |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Todd Strasser | 0451145356 / 9780451145352 | Signet Books | June 1986 | |
| Freaked | Todd Strasser | 044040908X / 9780440409083 | The Trumpet Club | October 1993 | |

### G

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Ghostbusters | Larry Milne | 0727811932 | 1984 | Coronet Books | First installment in the Ghostbusters series. |
| Ghostbusters II | Ed Naha | 0440204607 / 9780440204602 | Dell Publishing | June 1989 | Second installment in the Ghostbusters series. |
| Good Burger | Joseph Locke | 978-0671016920 | Pocket Books | 1997 | |

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Home Alone | Todd Strasser | 0590446681 / 9780590446686 | Scholastic | January 1991 |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Todd Strasser | 0590457179 / 9780590457170 | Scholastic | November 1992 |
| Home Alone 3 | Todd Strasser | 0590957120 / 9780590957120 | Scholastic | December 1997 |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Jungle 2 Jungle | Nancy E. Krulik | 0786841192 / 9780786841196 | Disney Press | April 1997 | |

### L

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| License to Drive | A. L. Singer | 0590419803 / 9780590419802 | Scholastic | June 1988 | |

### M

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Man of the House | Todd Strasser | 0786840404 / 9780786840403 | Disney Press | March 1995 |
| Mean Girls | Micol Ostow | 133828195X | Scholastic Corporation | 2017 |
| Midnight Madness | Tom Wright | 0441529852 / 9780441529858 | Ace Books | 1980 |
| Mr. Magoo | Nancy E. Krulik | 0786841745 / 9780786841745 | Disney Press | December 1997 |

### O

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | John Harvey | 0450028267 / 9780450028267 | New English Library | March 4, 1976 | |
| Outrageous Fortune | Robin Turner | 035232080X / 9780352320803 | Star Books | 1987 | |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Richie Rich | Todd Strasser | 0590250922 / 9780590250924 | Scholastic | December 1994 |
| Rookie of the Year | Todd Strasser | 0440409101/9780440409106 | The Trumpet Club | September 1993 |
| Ruthless People | Martin Noble | 0352320265 / 9780352320261 | Star Books | 1986 |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Snowball Express | Joe Claro | 0590303597 / 9780590303590 | Scholastic Book Services | 1980 | Published eight years after the release of the source film. |
| The Spaceman and King Arthur | Heather Simon | 0450045676 / 9780450045677 | New English Library | August 1979 | British novelization of the film Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979), under the alternative title. |
| Struck by Lightning | | | | 2012 | |
| Superdad | Ann Spanoghe | 0450031438 / 9780450031434 | New English Library | November 1976 | |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| That Darn Cat | The Gordons | 0590086138 / 9780590086134 | Scholastic Book Services | 1973 | Published eight years after the release of the source film. |
| Tin Men | Martin Noble | 0352320818 / 9780352320810 | Star Books | 1987 | |

### Z

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Zorro, The Gay Blade | Les Dean | 0843910070 | Leisure Books | 1981 | |

## Drama films
### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| American Gigolo | Timothy Harris | 0385280254 / 978-0385280259 | Dell Publishing | 1979 | Published a year before the release of the source film. |
| Appa | | | | 2016 | |
| Aval Appadithan | | | | | |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Complete American Graffiti: The Novel | John Minahan | 0425045544 / 9780425045541 | Berkley Books | 1979 | Novelization of the films American Graffiti (1973) and More American Graffiti (1979). |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Dead Poets Society | Nancy H. Kleinbaum | 9781401308773 | Hyperion Books | 1989 | |
| The Deer Hunter | E. M. Corder | 0896730352 / 9780896730359 | Jove Books | 1978 | |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Far and Away | Sonja Massie | 0-425-13298-6 | Berkley Books | 1992 | |
| Fireworks | | | | 2017 | |

### G

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Gallipoli | Jack Bennett | 0-312-31572-4 | St. Martins Press | 1981 | |

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Heavy Metal | L.F. Blake | 0417063504 / 9780417063508 | Magnum Littlehampton Book Services | 1980 | Novelization of the film Riding High (1981). |

### K

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Kanku | | | | | |
| The Killing Fields | Christopher Hudson | 0440144590 / 9780440144595 | Dell Publishing | 1984 | |

### O

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | 0063112523 / 9780063112520 | Harper Perennial | 2021 | |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Rain Man | Leonore Fleischer | 0451162846 / 9780451162847 | Signet Books | February 14, 1989 | |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Savitri | | | | 1993 |
| School Ties | Deborah Chiel | 0671777157 / 9780671777159 | Pocket Books | August 1992 |
| The Sugarland Express | Henry Clement | 445-08276-125 | Popular Library | 1974 |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Robert Tine | 0671665863 / 9780671665869 | Pocket Books | 1988 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Wave | Todd Strasser | 0440993717 | Dell Publishing | 1981 | Novelization of the film. |

## Epic films

* The Fall of the Roman Empire
* Mayabazar
* Sri Rama Rajyam

## Fantasy films

* The Boy and the Beast
* Constantine

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Dragonheart | Charles Edward Pogue | 1572971304 | Berkley Books | 1996 | |
| Dragonslayer | Wayland Drew | 034529694X / 978-0345296948 | Ballantine Books | 1981 | |
* Ghost Dad (fantasy comedy)

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Harry and the Hendersons | Joyce Thompson | 042510155X / 9780425101551 | Berkley Books | 1987 |
| Hawk the Slayer | Terry Marcel Harry Robertson | 0450050467 / 9780450050466 | New English Library | 1981 |
| Highlander | | | | 1986 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Elizabeth Faucher | 0140902120 / 9780140902129 | Fantail | 1989 |

### L

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Lost Boys | Craig Shaw Gardner | 0425100448 | Berkley Books | 1987 | |

### M

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Story of Walt Disney's Motion Picture Mary Poppins | Mary Virginia Carey | 2317 | Whitman Publishing Company | 1964 | Young adult novelization. |
| Mirai | | | | | |
| My Neighbor Totoro | | | | | |

### O

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| One Magic Christmas | Martin Noble | 0426202422 / 9780426202424 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 1985 | |

### P

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun | Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke | 0062414461 | Katherine Tegen | 2019 | |
| Pete's Dragon (US) | Jean Bethell | 044816101X / 9780448161013 | Wonder Books | 1978 | American novelization. |
| Pete's Dragon (UK) | Dewy Moffatt | 0450038378 / 9780450038372 | New English Library | October 1978 | British novelization. |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Return to Oz | Joan D. Vinge | 034532207X / 9780345322074 | Ballantine Books | 1985 | |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | | | | 1938 | |
| Splash | Ian Don | 0352315946 / 9780352315946 | Star Books | 1984 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Martin Noble | 0352323892 / 9780352323897 | Star Books | 1988 | Novelization of the film. |
| Willow | Wayland Drew | 0345351959 / 9780345351951 | Ballantine Books | 1988 | Novelization of the film. |

## Horror films
### 0–9

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| 30 Days of Night | Tim Lebbon | 1416544976 | Pocket Star Books | 2007 | Novelization of the film based on the eponymous comic book miniseries created by Steve Niles. |

### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Asylum | William Johnston | 0552676721 / 9780552676724 | Bantam Books | 1972 | |

### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Black Christmas | Lee Hays | 445-08467-150 | Popular Library | 1976 | |
| Blood Feast | Herschell Gordon Lewis | 9780938782070 | Novel Books | 1964 | |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | Fred Saberhagen, James V. Hart | 0451175751 | Signet Books | 1992 | Novelization of the 1992 film based on the homonyonus 1897 novel by Bram Stoker. |
| Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker | Joseph Burgo, Richard Natale | 0671429353 | Pocket Books | 1981 | |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Cat o' Nine Tails | Paul J. Gillette | A870S | Award Books | 1971 | |
| Communion | Frank Lauria | 0553112414 | Random House Publishing | 1977 | Novelization of the film, better known as Alice, Sweet Alice. |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Damien: Omen II | Joseph Howard | 0-7088-1358-5 | Futura Books (UK) Signet Books (US) | 1978 | Second installment in the Omen series. |
| Dawn of the Dead | George A. Romero Susanna Sparrow | 0312183933 / 978-0312183936 | St. Martin's Press | 1978 | Third installment in the Living Dead series, adapted from the second film. |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Final Conflict | Gordon McGill | 0-7088-1958-3 | Futura Books (UK) Signet Books (US) | 1981 | Third installment in the Omen series. |
| Final Exam | Geoffrey Meyer | 0523415850 | Pinnacle Books | 1981 | |
| The Fog | Dennis Etchison | 0553138251 / 978-0553138252 | Bantam Books | 1980 | |
| Freddy vs. Jason | Stephen Hand | 1844160599 / 9781844160594 | Black Flame | July 29, 2003 | Fourth installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, adapted from the crossover film with the Friday the 13th series. |
| Friday the 13th | Simon Hawke | 0451150899 | Signet Books | 1987 | Third installment in the Friday the 13th series, adapted from the first film. |
| Friday the 13th Part II | Simon Hawke | 0451153375 | Signet Books | 1988 | Fourth installment in the Friday the 13th series, adapted from the second film. |
| Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D | Michael Avallone | 0352312491 | 1982 | Tower & Leisure Sales Co. | First installment in the Friday the 13th series, adapted from the third film; first novelization of Part III. |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Simon Hawke | 0451153111 | Signet Books | 1988 | Fifth installment in the Friday the 13th series, adapted from the third film; second novelization of Part III, features an alternate ending from the overall film. |
| Fright Night | John Skipp, Craig Spector | 979-8683973254 | Goldmann | 1985 | |
| The Funhouse | Dean Koontz | 0-425-14248-5 | Jove Books | 1980 | Novelization of the film, released a year before its source material. |

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Halloween (1979) | Curtis Richards | 0553132261 / 978-0553132267 | Bantam Books | 1979 | First installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the 1978 film. |
| Halloween (2018) | John Passarella | | | October 23, 2018 | Eighth installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the 2018 film. |
| Halloween Ends | Paul Brad Logan | 9781803361703 | Titan Books | 2022 | Tenth installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the eleventh film. |
| Halloween II | Jack Martin | 089083864X / 978-0890838648 | Zebra | 1981 | Second installment in the Halloween series,adapted from the second film. |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Jack Martin | 0515068853 / 978-0515068856 | Jove Books | 1982 | Third installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the third film. |
| Halloween IV | Nicholas Grabowsky | 1-55547-292-3 / 978-1-55547-292-4 | Critic's Choice Paperbacks | 1988 | Fourth installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the fourth film. |
| Halloween Kills | Tim Waggoner | 9781789096019 | Titan Books | 2021 | Ninth installment in the Halloween series, adapted from the tenth film. |
| Happy Death Day & Happy Death Day 2U | Aaron Hartzler | 1984897721/978-1984897725 | Anchor Books | 2019 | Two novelizations in one volume. |
| House of Dark Shadows | Marilyn Ross | 64-537 | Paperback Library | October 1970 | |
| The House on Haunted Hill | Tommy Jamerson | 9781940865256 | Next Stage Press | 2019 | |

### I

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| It Lives Again | James Dixon | 0-345-27693-0/978-0-345-27693-3 | Ballantine Books | 1978 | Second installment in the It's Alive series. |
| It's Alive! | Richard Woodley | 0-345-25879-7 /978-0-345-25879-3 | Ballantine Books | 1977 | First installment in the It's Alive series. |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI | Simon Hawke | 0451146417 | 1986 | Signet Books | Second installment in the Friday the 13th series, adapted from the sixth film. |
| Jason X | Pat Cadigan | | Black Flame | 2005 | Novelization of the film. |
| Jennifer's Body | Audrey Nixon | 006180892X | HarperFestival | 2009 | |

### L

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Lord of Illusions | Clive Barker | 0751516511 | Little, Brown and Company | 1995 | |

### M

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Manos: The Hands of Fate | Stephen D. Sullivan | 1519301340 | Walkabout Publishing | 2015 | |
| The Masque of the Red Death | Elsie Lee | 72-725 (original), 1593934971 / 9781593934972 | Lancer Books (original), BearManor Media (reprint) | 1964 (original), September 26, 2013 (reprint) | Novelization of the film, released a year before its source material. |

### N

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Night of the Living Dead | John A. Russo | 0446764108 / 978-0446764100 | Warner Paperback Library | 1974 | First installment in the Living Dead series, adapted from the first film. |
| Nightmare Pavilion | Andy Rausch | 1-951036-21-2 | Happy Cloud Publishing | 2020 | Novelization of the film Carnival of Souls (1962). |
| The Nightmares on Elm Street Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story (1987) | Jeffrey Cooper | 0-312-90517-3/978-0-312-90517-0 | St. Martin's Press | 1987 | First installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, adapted from the first film and the sequels Freddy's Revenge and Dream Warriors. |
| The Nightmares on Elm Street Parts 4 & 5 | Joseph Locke | 0-312-91764-3/978-0-312-91764-7 | St. Martin's Press | 1989 | Second installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, adapted from the films The Dream Master and The Dream Child. |

### O

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Omen | David Seltzer | 0-8600-7371-8 | Futura Books (UK) Signet Books (US) | 1976 | First installment in the Omen series. |

### P

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Piranha | John Sayles, Leo Callan | 0450042790 | New English Library | October 1978 | |
| Prophecy | David Seltzer | 0345286421 / 978-0345286420 | Ballantine Books | 1979 | |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Return of the Living Dead | John A. Russo | 0099426102 / 9780099426103 | Arrow Books | 1985 | Adapted by Russo from the screenplay of the 1985 film and unrelated to the earlier 1977 novel by the same author, which technically was the basis of the overall film. |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Shocker | Randall Boyll | 0425122638 / 978-0425122631 | Berkley Books | September 1990 | |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Tales from the Crypt | Jack Oleck | 0552674397 / 9780552674393 | Bantam Books | April 1972 | |
| Teddy | John Gault | 0770415989 | Bantam Books | 1980 | Novelization of the film The Pit, released a year before its source. |
| Two Thousand Maniacs! | Herschell Gordon Lewis | 0938782088 | Novel Books | 1964 | Novelization of the film. |

### V

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Van Helsing | Kevin Ryan | 0743493540 | HarperCollins | 2004 | |
| The Vault of Horror | Jack Oleck | 0553080105 / 9780553080100 | Bantam Books | 1973 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Wes Craven's New Nightmare | David Bergantino | 0-812-55166-4/978-0-812-55166-2 | Tor Books | 1994 | Third installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, adapted from the eighth film. |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy, Anthony Shaffer | 0307382761 | Crown Publishing Group | 1978 | |

## Science fiction films
### 0–9

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| 12 Monkeys | Elizabeth Hand | 0061056588 | HarperPrism | 1995 | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | 978-0-453-00269-1 | Hutchinson (UK) New American Library (US) | 1968 | Though adapted from the eponymous film overall, the novel was developed concurrently with the film and was published after its release. |

### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Abyss | Orson Scott Card | 0099690608 / 978-0099690603 | Pocket Books | 1989 | |

### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Back to the Future | George Gipe | 0425082059 | Berkley Books | 1985 |
| Back to the Future Part II | 0425118754 | Craig Shaw Gardner | Berkley Books | 1989 |
| Back to the Future Part III | 0425122409 | Craig Shaw Gardner | Berkley Books | 1990 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | David Gerrold | 0891901639/978-0891901631 | Award Books | 1973 |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Michael Avallone | 0553080334/978-0553080339 | Bantam Books | 1970 |
| The Black Hole | Alan Dean Foster | 0-345-29053-4/978-0-345-29053-3 | Del Rey Books | December 1979 |
| Blade Runner: A Story of the Future | Les Martin | 0-394-85303-2 | Random House | 1982 |
| Buckaroo Banzai | Earl Mac Rauch | 0375841547 | Pocket Books | 1984 |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Steven Spielberg, Leslie Waller | 0-440-11433-0 | Dell Books | 1977 | |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | John Jakes | 0095132414/978-0095132411 | Award Books | 1972 | |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Dark City | Frank Lauria | 0312963432 | St. Martin's Press | 1998 | |
| Demolition Man | Robert Tine | 0451180798 | E. P. Dutton | 1993 | |
| Dr. Cyclops | Henry Kuttner | Catalog: 445-02485-060 (1967 paperback) ISBN: 0-445-02485-2 / 978-0-445-02485-4 (1967 paperback); 0-87818-013-3 / 978-0-87818-013-4 (1976 paperback) | Stellar Publishing (original); Phoenix Press (1940 hardback); Popular Library (1967 paperback); Centaur Books (1976 paperback) | June 1940 (original) | First published as a installment in the Thrilling Wonder Stories pulp magazine (June 1940). |

### E

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Escape from New York | Mike McQuay | 0553149148 | Bantam Books | 1985 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Jerry Pournelle | ? | Award Books | 1971 |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | William Kotzwinkle | 0425054535 / 9780425054536 | Berkley Books | June 1982 |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Futureworld | John Ryder Hall | 0345255593 / 9780345255594 | Ballantine Books | August 12, 1976 | |

### G

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Galaxy Quest | Terry Bisson | 044100718X / 978-0441007189 | Ace Books | 1999 | |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Johnny Mnemonic | Terry Bisson | 0671523007 / 978-0671523008 | Pocket Books | 1999 | |

### M

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Mad Max | Terry Kaye | 0828260371 | Circus Books | 1979 |
| Mad Max 2 | Carl Ruhan | 0725511834 | QB Books | 1981 |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Joan D. Vinge | 0446329517 | Warner Books | 1985 |
| Mars Attacks! | Jonathan Gems | 0451192567 / 978-0451192561 | Signet Books | 1996 |
| Men in Black | Steve Perry | 0553577565 | Bantam Books | 1997 |
| Meteor | Edmund H. North, Franklin Coen | 0-446-82848-3 | Warner Books | October 1979 |
| My Science Project | Mike McQuay | 0553253786 / 978-0553253788 | Bantam Books | 1985 |

### P

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Pacific Rim | Alex Irvine | 9781781166789 | Titan Books | 2013 | |
| Plan 9 from Outer Space | Matthew Ewald | 1523689307 | Darkstone Productions, LLC | 2016 | |

### R

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Re-Animator | Jeff Rovin | 0671637231 | Pocket Books | 1987 | |
| RoboCop | Ed Naha | 0440174791 | Dell Publishing | 1986 | |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Saturn 3 | Steve Gallagher | 0722137621 / 978-0722137628 | Sphere Books | 1980 | |
| Short Circuit | Colin Wedgelock | 0722170351 / 978-0722170359 | Sphere Books | 1986 | |
| Species | Yvonne Navarro | 0-553-57404-3 | Bantam Books | 1995 | First installment in the Species series. |
| Species II | Yvonne Navarro | 0-812-57075-8 | Tom Doherty Associates, LLC | 1998 | Second installment in the Species series. |
| Star Trek | Alan Dean Foster | 978-1-4391-5886-9 | Simon & Schuster | May 2009 | |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Gene Roddenberry | 0-671-25324-7 (hardback) 0-671-83088-0 (paperback) | Pocket Books | December 1979 | |
| Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker | Alan Dean Foster (credited to George Lucas) | 0-345-26061-9 | Ballantine Books | November 12, 1976 | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Karen Traviss | 034550898X | Del Rey Books | July 26, 2008 | |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| The Terminator | Randall Frakes, William Wisher Jr. | 0553253174 | Spectra Books | 1985 |
| THX 1138 | Ben Bova | 0446897116 / 978-0446897112 | Paperback Library | 1971 |
| Total Recall | Piers Anthony | 0688052096 | Arrow Books | 1989 |

### V

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Videodrome | Jack Martin | 0821711660 / 978-0821711668 | Kensington Pub Corp | 1987 | |
| Virus | S. D. Perry | 0812541588 / 978-0812541588 | Paperback Library | 1999 | |

## Superhero films
### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Batman | Craig Shaw Gardner | Warner Books | 0446354872 / 9780446354875 | June 1989 |
| Batman & Robin | Michael Jan Friedman | Warner Books | 0446604585 / 9780446604581 | June 1997 |
| Batman Begins | Dennis O'Neil | Del Rey Books | 0345479467 / 9780345479464 | June 2005 |
| Batman Forever | Peter David | Warner Books | 0446602175 / 9780446602174 | June 1995 |
| Batman Returns | Craig Shaw Gardner | Warner Books | 0749313455 / 9780749313456 | July 1992 |

### C

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Condorman (US) | Joe Claro | 059032022X / 978-0590320221 (original) 0590721577 / 978-0590721578 (reprint) | Scholastic Book Services | 1981 | American novelization. |
| Condorman (UK) | Heather Simon | 0450052605 / 978-0450052606 | New English Library | 1981 | British novelization. |

### D

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| The Dark Knight | Dennis O'Neil | Berkley | 0425222861 / 9780425222867 | July 2008 |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Greg Cox | Titan Books | 9781781161067 | July 2012 |
| Darkman | Randall Boyll | 0515103780 | Jove | 1990 |

### M

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Man of Steel | Greg Cox | Titan Books | 1781165998 | June 2013 | |

### S

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date |
| Steel | Dean Wesley Smith | Tor Books | 0812539311 / 9780812539318 | July 1997 |
| Supergirl | Norma Fox Mazer | Warner Books | 0446323675 / 9780446323673 | November 1984 |
| Superman III | William Kotzwinkle | Warner Books | 0446306991 / 9780446306997 | June 1983 |

### T

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Toxic Avenger: The Novel | Lloyd Kaufman, Adam Jahnke | 1560258705 | Running Press | 2006 | |

### W

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Wonder Woman | Nancy Holder | Titan Books | 1785653784 / 978-1785653780 | June 2017 | |

## Thriller films
### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Freshwater | Julian Michael Carver | 1922551945 | Severed Press | 2021 | |

### J

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Jaws 2 | Hank Searls | 0-553-11708-4 | Bantam Books | 1978 | Sequel to Jaws (1975). |
| Jaws: The Revenge | Hank Searls | 0-425-10546-6 | Berkley Books | 1987 | Second sequel to Jaws (1975); Jaws 3-D (1983) was never novelized. |

## Western films
### A

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Gary Poole | 0441025854 / 9780441025855 | Ace Books | June 1979 | Sequel to The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). |

### B

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Blazing Saddles | Tad Richards | 0446765368 | Warner Paperback Library | 1974 | |

### F

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| A Fistful of Dollars | Frank Chandler | 042606402X / 9780426064022 | Tandem | 1972 | First installment in the Man with No Name series. |
| For a Few Dollars More | Joe Millard | 0426013611 / 9780426013617 | Award Books | 1965 | Second installment in the Man with No Name series. |

### G

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Joe Millard | 042613995X / 9780426139959 | Award Books | 1967 | Third installment in the Man with No Name series. |

### H

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Ted Sparks | 0590120638 / 9780590120630 | Scholastic Book Services | 1978 | |

## Others

* Avatharam (1995)
* Kadhal Kottai
* The Legend of the Lone Ranger
* Malliswari (1951)

### Animation

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Andrea Kaminsky | 0816719950 / 9780816719952 | Watermill Press | 1989 | |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Ron Fontes, Justine Korman | 0816737908 / 9780816737901 | Troll Communications LLC | April 1996 | Sequel to All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Cathy East Dubowski | 0448402106 / 9780448402109 | Grosset & Dunlap | October 31, 1991 | |
| The Fox and the Hound | Heather Simon | 0671442910 / 9780671442910 | Archway Paperbacks | December 1981 | |
| Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs | Ward Greene | 53-10818 | Simon & Schuster | 1953 | Published two years before the release of the source film. |
| The Story of Walt Disney's Motion Picture The Jungle Book | Mary Virginia Carey | 2726 | Whitman Publishing Company | 1967 | Young adult novelization. |
| Rock-a-Doodle | Chip Lovitt | 081672475X / 9780816724758 | Watermill Press | 1992 | |
| Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Stephanie Calmenson | 0590471155 / 9780590471152 | Scholastic | July 1993 | |

### Blaxplotation

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Coffy | Paul W. Fairman | 75487-095 | Lancer Books | 1973 | |
| Super Fly | Philip Fenty | 034502818X | Sphere Books | 1972 | |

### Children's

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1977) | Ann Spano | 0450032787 / 9780450032783 (UK) | New English Library (UK); Wonder Books (US) | February 3, 1977 (UK) | Junior novelization. |
| The Aristocats (1986) | Victoria Crenson | 0816708878 | Ottenheimer Publishers | 1986 | Junior novelization. |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Bonnie Bryant Hiller, Neil W. Hiller | 0590421190 / 9780590421195 | Scholastic, Inc. | 1989 | Junior novelization. |
| The Iron Giant | James Preller | 0439086345 | Scholastic Corporation | 1999 | Junior novelization. |
| Walt Disney's The Jungle Book (1978) | Jean Bethell | 0448161079 / 9780448161075 | Wonder Books (1978); Ottenheimer Publishers (1984) | 1978, 1984 | Junior novelization. |
| Kubo and the Two Strings | Sadie Chesterfield | 0316361445 | Little, Brown and Company | 2016 | |
| Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1986) | Victoria Crenson | 0816708886 | Ottenheimer Publishers | 1986 | Junior novelization. |
| Mulan | Cathy East Dubowski | 0786842229 | Disney Press | 1998 | Junior novelization. |
| ParaNorman | Elizabeth Cody Kimmel | 0316231851 | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | 2012 | |
| Return to Oz (1986) | Alistair Hedley | 0140319573 / 9780140319576 | Puffin Books | 1986 | Junior novelization; published as part of the "Young Puffin" series. |
| Song of the South | Victoria Crenson | 0816708886 | Ottenheimer Publishers | 1986 | Junior novelization. |
| Space Jam | Francine Hughes | 0590945556 / 978-0590945554 | Scholastic Corporation | 1996 | |
| The Three Caballeros | Jimmy Corinis | 0450028062 / 9780450028069 | New English Library | February 5, 1976 | Second novelization. |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Justine Korman | 0140341889 | Puffin Books | 1988 | Junior novelization. |
| Zootopia | Suzanne Francis | 0736433945 | Disney Press | 2016 | Junior novelization. |

### Disaster

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Airport 1975 | Linda Stewart | None | Universal-Award House | 1975 | Second installment in the Airport series. |
| Airport '77 | Michael Scheff, David Spector | 0425034828 / 9780425034828 | Berkley Books | April 1977 | Third installment in the Airport series. |
| Earthquake | George Fox | 0-451-06264-7 / 978-0-451-06264-2 | Signet Books | December 1974 | |

### Kaiju

| Title | Author | Catalog / ISBN | Publisher | Date | Notes |
| Monster Godzilla | Shigeru Kayama | [none] (original) | Iwatani Bookstore | October 25, 1954 | Novelization of the film Godzilla (1954). |