13 - A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it

[Sara]

Sneak peak prompt #2! Can you think of any books that share a title with a TV series or movie but that is not connected to it?

Listopia is here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Katy]

That was my suggestion. I feel so important. But, do I have any examples? Not off the top of my head. I think I did when I suggested it, though, so they exist.

Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut is one.

[Alexa]

The Nightingale would work for this! 🤗
While checking when the film adaptation would come out a while ago, I saw that there was a 2018 Australian horror/thriller film with the same name.

[Heather]

This is an interesting twist on the movie/TV adaptation prompt. I went through my TBR and came up with these.

One Way by S.J. Morden / IMDB
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsythe / IMDB
Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke / IMDB
The Last Post by Renee Carlino / IMDB
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware / IMDB
Wild at Heart by KA Tucker / IMDB
Postscript by Cecelia Ahern / IMDB
The Hollow by Agatha Christie / IMDB

I'm not sure what I'll read yet, but I like the idea of watching the show/movie too so it might depend on what is available. The only one I've watched before is Star Crossed.

[Amy J.]

Two of my new favorite fall shows are Stumptown and Emergence. Both have multiple books that seem to be unrelated.

[Zoe]

I'm thinking about Teen Titans: Raven (if you consider Teen Titans the series and not the book title) - absolutely nothing to do with the Raven we used to watch on CBBC haha https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/raven

I suppose you could choose any number of books called 'Raven' such as:
The Raven
Raven
Raven

[Ellie]

If you're stumped, just search one word titles in imdb and there will probably be an obscure or terrible film with the same name!

This might be a chance for me to read Hostage.

[Soph ♡]

The Holiday by T.M. Logan
Shares a title with "The Holiday" starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law & Jack Black. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think these two are related at all?!

[Nancy]

I think I'm going to do The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan, it's on my to-read list.

[Milena]

Nancy wrote: "I think I'm going to do The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan, it's on my to-read list."

Oh, excellent idea.

[Charlotte]

I just did a quick IMDB search using some titles from my TBR and found some contenders

The Wedding Date - shares a title with the movie starring Debra Messing
Royals - like the TV show that was (is?) on E!
Tidelands - a TV show on Netflix
Prodigy - several TV shows and movies
Enchantée - if you count titles in different languages then this can match with the movie Enchanted.

[Nancy]

Soph ♡ wrote: "The Holiday by T.M. Logan
Shares a title with "The Holiday" starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law & Jack Black. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't..."

No I don't think the two are related, I love that movie! The book sounds really good too.

[Maddy]

Friendzone on MTV: The Friend Zone
Find Me on BlackBoxTV: Find Me
The Renegades on ABC (1980s): Renegades
Wild (docuseries on National Geographic): Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Girls on HBO: The Girls or Girl
Happy on Netflix: Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
The Nanny on CBS (1990s): The Nanny
Vicious on BBC: Vicious
Heavy on A&E: Heavy: An American Memoir
The Arrangement on E!: The Arrangement

[Sara]

Maddy wrote: "Friendzone on MTV: The Friend Zone."

Bingo! I was a little worried about this one, but The Friend Zone is on my TBR so yay! Thanks Maddy!

[Nadine in NY]

OMG I watched The Renegades!! I had completely forgotten about that show! I was so disappointed when it was cancelled (the first of many such tv cancellation disappointments). Patrick Swayze before he was big!!! He looked like a guy I knew irl and had a crush on :-)

Unfortunately, I’ve already read the book.

[Shelley]

I had more than I expected.
Homeland https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/...
Invictus https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/...
The Devil You Know https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463960/...
Go https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139239/...
Zero Sum Game https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3701324/
Shamed https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7754866/

[Johanna]

I went back and thought about TV shows:

Family Ties
Family Matters
The Love Boat
Survivor
The Bachelor
Hell's Kitchen

[Nadine in NY]

I like this idea a lot! It’s fun and challenging, but not TOO challenging!

Right now I’ve pencilled in The Good Girl,

with back-up possibles of
The Deep
and
The Devil You Know (thanks for pointing that movie out!!)
and
The Rose Garden

[Tania]

This is a great idea.

This year I read The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell, and found that there was a movie by the same name but not based on the same story.

[Brandon]

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

Movie: Escape Room (2019) directed by Adam Robitel

This works for those not fussy about the article in the book's title.

I like the recommendation above of The Hollow by Agatha Christie.

[Amber]

Vicious
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582590/...)

Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077368/...)

Little
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8085790/...)

[SarahKat]

From my TBR I found (some of these are obscure):

The Good Girl (Jennifer Aniston movie)
The Immortalists (documentary/drama)
The Wonder (if we are ignoring the word "the"- the movie based on the book Wonder)
Acceptance (tv teen movie)
Alice (1990 Mia Farrow movie)
Our House (2018 Horror movie)
The Farm (2018 Horror movie)
The Changeling (Angelina Jolie movie)
Imaginary Friend (2012 tv movie)
The Secret (documentary)

[Anabell]

I like this one... it’s going to be fun to find a book that matches. My work is really getting in the way at the moment. I don’t have time to look for any books...

[Ariel]

I know Invisible Man by H.G. Wells has been done several times in film, however, there is a movie coming out in February by the same name but has nothing to do with the original book.

Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison is also the name of a show that ran on FOX for a few years.

[Nancy]

There's also Those People by Louse Candlish.

[Johanne]

Lots of short titles will work.
Something like "the Ring" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298130/...
has multiple unrelated book titles.
Nightwatch https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119791/... also several unrelated titles

[Drakeryn]

Shelley wrote: "I had more than I expected. ... Invictus"

ooh Invictus has been on my TBR for a while, thanks!

[Lauren]

Great suggestions, everyone! Based on a quick scan, I'm interested in The Lying Game, Heavy: An American Memoir, and Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan for this one. :)

[Johanna]

Lauren wrote: "Great suggestions, everyone! Based on a quick scan, I'm interested in The Lying Game, Heavy: An American Memoir, and [book:Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of K..."

Oooh, I've had The Lying Game on my TBR for a while now.....

[Nancy]

I read The Lying Game this year, Ruth Ware's style isn't my favorite but I liked this one.

[Shelley]

Lauren wrote: "Great suggestions, everyone! Based on a quick scan, I'm interested in The Lying Game, Heavy: An American Memoir, and [book:Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of K..."

I have an obsession with Kazakhstan. I'm totally adding this to my TBR.

[Christine]

The Ghost Writer, unrelated to the 2010 movie

[Mairéad]

Bunheads by Sophie Flack // Tv show with Sutton Foster is the only book I own that works. I’ve owned it for ages so don’t know if it’s good...

[Gina]

I'm going to read Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, which seems unrelated with the 2009 documentary of the same title (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503769/).

[Sarah]

I'm not even going to look but I bet there's a lot of books called Lost :D

[Julie]

I found two on my TBR:

Year One and IMDB
Also, First: Sandra Day O'Connor and IMDB

[Rachel]

Thanks for all those ideas: you're all amazing, being able to think of them so quickly! I read the prompt and couldn't think of anything, but I've already found two books from my TBR pile on the Listopia, and several others which sound interesting. I'm starting to plan now as then I can add books to my Christmas and birthday (2nd January) wish lists.

[Jackie]

This is an interesting riff on the move/tv show prompt. I love that it's still doable and fun for someone like me who doesn't actually watch that many shows. I probably have hundreds of options that I'm not even aware of yet!

[Andrew]

Sister, Sister has several options i've noticed.

[Drakeryn]

Today I learned that there are a lot of books (and a movie) titled The Devil You Know. I have the K.J. Parker book on my TBR but obviously any would work.

[Jai]

I'm going to read The Farm or The Immortalists for this prompt

[Susan]

Jackie wrote: "This is an interesting riff on the move/tv show prompt. I love that it's still doable and fun for someone like me who doesn't actually watch that many shows. I probably have hundreds of options tha..."

I am going to find a book I want to read and then hop on IMDB and see if there is a show with the same name that isn't related!

[Lauren]

Susan wrote: "Jackie wrote: "This is an interesting riff on the move/tv show prompt. I love that it's still doable and fun for someone like me who doesn't actually watch that many shows. I probably have hundreds..."

That makes sense - good idea!

[Deborah]

I love the creativity of this prompt, but initially struggled with what options I had. Going through your suggestions I've already found a bunch on my shelf and TBR (Zero Sum Game was just added to my Christmas wish list after meeting the author at a book event and I know I have The Lying Game and The Third Wife already on my shelves)!

[K.L.]

Sarah wrote: "I'm not even going to look but I bet there's a lot of books called Lost :D"

I just checked Amazon, and there's going to be a brand new James Patterson novel called Lost coming out in January.

[Gina ⏃]

Liar, Liar (Jim Carrey) has several options:
Liar Liar
Liar, Liar
Liar, Liar

[Rachel]

This one seems both super easy and very difficult at the same time. There are millions of TV shows and movies out there, so I'm bound to have at least one book on my TBR list that would work, but it also seems a bit weird to pick a movie/TV title that I'd never heard of before. It's easy to just go to imdb and enter in the names of books I want to read and see what comes up, but also somehow feels like cheating.

I'm glad it's a creative twist on a movie prompt though. I was really hoping not to see another straightforward book-to-movie prompt.

[Amy J.]

I'm excited to see that there's a TV show on Scify called Dark Matter, which is a book I just added on to November's BOM box. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

[Amy J.]

Rachel wrote: "This one seems both super easy and very difficult at the same time. There are millions of TV shows and movies out there, so I'm bound to have at least one book on my TBR list that would work, but i..."

If it's a show I haven't watched before, I plan on watching at least 1 episode while a read the book.

[Angela]

Swan Song, by Robert McCammon
The Deep, by Rivers Solomon
The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah
Stoner, by John Williams
Escape, by Carolyn Jessop
Nexus, by Ramez Naam
The Best Of Us, by Joyce Maynard
Sacrifice, by M.P. Sorenson
Molokai, by Alan Brennert
14, by Peter Clines
Immortality, by Milan Kundera
Year One, by Nora Roberts
Bound, by Mark Lawrence
Solitary, by Albert Woodfox
Reckoning, by Magda Szubanski
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
Vicious, by V.E. Schwab
The Binding, by Bridget Collins
A Childhood, by Harry Crews
Run Away, by Harlan Coben
A Pure Heart, by Rajia Hassib
The Passage, by Justin Cronin
Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates