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Not to be confused with Literary adaptation.
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Often a television series becomes so successful and popular or attains such a cult status that the franchise produces books either directly based on it (adapted from the episode scripts) or strongly inspired by it (but describing new adventures of the characters).

Television series

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The following is a list of television series which were used as the basis for novels (see also Category:Novels based on television series).

Title TV series Books Notes References
Angel List of Angel novels [1]
The Avengers (TV series) The Avengers (TV series)#Novels
Bagpuss Bagpuss#Books
Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast novelizations [2]
Being Human Being Human novels [3]
Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills novelizations [4]
Bewitched Al Hine [5]
The Bill The Bill#Novels
The Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman books [6]
Blake's 7 Blake's 7#Books and magazines
Buffy the Vampire Slayer List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels [7]
Castle Castle tie-in works [8]
Catweazle Catweazle novels [9]
Charmed List of Charmed books [10]
Citizen Smith Citizen Smith#Novel
Class Class books [11]
Columbo Columbo books [12]
The Crystal Maze The Crystal Maze#Literature
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI novels [13]
CSI: Miami CSI novels [14]
CSI: NY CSI novels [15]
Dad's Army List of Dad's Army books and memorabilia
Dallas Dallas books [16]
Dark Shadows Dark Shadows books [17]
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn books [18]
Doctor Who List of Doctor Who novelisations
Dalek comic strips, illustrated annuals and graphic novels 		[19]
Dynasty Dynasty books [20]
Flight 29 Down Flight 29 Down books [21]
Full House Full House books [22]
The Good Life The Good Life novelisations
Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer novels [23]
Grimm Grimm novels [24]
Hannah Montana List of Hannah Montana books [25]
Highlander: The Series Highlander: The Series novels [26]
Home and Away Home and Away#Merchandise and spin-offs [27][28]
I Dream of Jeannie Al Hine
Life on Mars Life on Mars novels [29]
Lizzie McGuire Lizzie McGuire books [30]
Luther Luther: The Calling [31]
Millennium Millennium books [32]
Mobile Suit Gundam List of Gundam manga and novels
Monk Monk books [33]
Murder, She Wrote List of Murder, She Wrote novels [34]
My So-Called Life My So-Called Life novel [35]
Neighbours Neighbours spin-offs#Books
Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time novel [36]
The Originals The Originals novels [37]
Primeval List of Primeval books and novelisations [38]
Psych Psych novels [39]
Quantum Leap Quantum Leap books [40]
Revenge Revenge book
Red Dwarf Red Dwarf#Novels
Roar Roar books [41]
Roswell Roswell novels [42]
Round the Twist Round the Twist#Marketing and publishing [43]
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sabrina books [44]
The Sarah Jane Adventures The Sarah Jane Adventures books [45]
The Secret World of Alex Mack List of The Secret World of Alex Mack books [46]
The Six Million Dollar Man Six Million Dollar Man books [47]
Smallville Smallville novels [48]
So Little Time So Little Time books [49]
Space: 1999 List of Space: 1999 books and other media [50]
Space: Above and Beyond Space: Above and Beyond books [51]
Star Trek List of Star Trek novels [52]
The Sweeney The Sweeney#Books
Teen Wolf Teen Wolf novels [53]
Torchwood List of Torchwood novels and audio books [54]
The Tribe The Tribe novels [55]
Twin Peaks Twin Peaks books [56]
Two of a Kind Two of a Kind books [57]
The Vampire Diaries Stefan's Diaries [58]
Wishbone List of Wishbone books [59]
Vi på Saltkråkan Seacrow Island [60]
The X-Files The X-Files literature [61]

Web series

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The following is a list of web series which were used as the basis for novels.

Title Web series Books Notes References
I Heart Vampires I Heart Vampires: Birth (A Confessions of a High School Vampire Novel) [62]
Carmilla Carmilla book [63]
Pretty Dudes Pretty Dudes: The Novel [64]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Angel: Season 1 Book Series".
  2. ^ "Movies and Books on Beauty and the Beast".
  3. ^ "Being Human: Review: The Road / Chasers / Bad Blood – Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy & Horror!".
  4. ^ "Beverly Hills, 90210".
  5. ^ "Bewitched".
  6. ^ "The Bionic Woman Series".
  7. ^ "10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Novels You Should Read (If You Haven't Already)".
  8. ^ "'Castle' book to promote series".
  9. ^ "Catweazle and the magic zodiac".
  10. ^ "Charmed Book Series".
  11. ^ "Doctor Who spin-off Class novels coming soon!".
  12. ^ "Columbo Books".
  13. ^ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
  14. ^ "Popular Csi Miami Books".
  15. ^ "CSI: New York".
  16. ^ "Dallas".
  17. ^ "Dark Shadows Series".
  18. ^ "The Bounty".
  19. ^ "Doctor Who - The Novelisations".
  20. ^ "Dynasty. A series by Eileen Lottman".
  21. ^ "Static (Flight 29 Down #1)".
  22. ^ "Full House: Stephanie".
  23. ^ "Ghost Whisperer: The Haunted (Ghost Whisperer (Idw))".
  24. ^ "Grimm - The Icy Touch".
  25. ^ "Keeping Secrets".
  26. ^ "Highlander: The Element of Fire".
  27. ^ Home and Away: Hearts Divided / Leon F Saunders. National Library of Australia. 2003. ISBN 9780330364614. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  28. ^ "Second Chances: Home & Away 7". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  29. ^ "Life on Mars: Blood, Bullets and Blue Stratos".
  30. ^ "When Moms Attack!".
  31. ^ "Luther: The Calling".
  32. ^ "Millennium".
  33. ^ "Monk Books".
  34. ^ "The Corpse Danced At Midnight".
  35. ^ "My So Called Life Goes on".
  36. ^ "Read an Excerpt from "Once Upon a Time: Red's Untold Tale"".
  37. ^ "The Originals: The Rise".
  38. ^ "The Originals: The Rise".
  39. ^ "Fire and Water. (Primeval #8)".
  40. ^ "Quantum Leap: The Beginning".
  41. ^ "The Cauldron (Roar, Book 2)".
  42. ^ "Loose Ends".
  43. ^ Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1988). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1987-1988. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. ISBN 0864213204
  44. ^ "Where in the World Is Sabrina Spellman?".
  45. ^ "Sarah Jane Adventures Novelizations".
  46. ^ "The Secret World of Alex Mack Series".
  47. ^ "Wine, Women and War".
  48. ^ "Strange Visitors. (Smallville #1)".
  49. ^ "How to Train a Boy (So Little Time #1)".
  50. ^ "Earthbound".
  51. ^ "Demolition Winter".
  52. ^ "Ten For Ward: Ten Star Trek Novels for the New Star Trek Novel Reader".
  53. ^ "On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel".
  54. ^ "Torchwood".
  55. ^ "Power And Chaos".
  56. ^ "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer".
  57. ^ "P.S. Wish You Were Here".
  58. ^ "Stefan's Diaries Series".
  59. ^ "Be a Wolf! (Adventures of Wishbone, #1)".
  60. ^ Jens Andersen (2018): Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300235135
  61. ^ "X-Files Novels".
  62. ^ "I Heart Vampires: Birth (A Confessions of a High School Vampire Novel): Birth".
  63. ^ "I Heart Vampires: Birth (A Confessions of a High School Vampire Novel): Birth".
  64. ^ "Pretty Dudes: The Novel (Pretty Dudes, #1)".
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