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novelization

American  
[nahv-uhl-uhz-ay-shuhn, nahv-uhl-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌnɑv əl əzˈeɪ ʃən, ˌnɑv əlˌaɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  • novelizations
    plural
  1. the act, process, or result of novelizing something, such as a historical period or a piece of writing in another genre.


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In 2011 two sportswriters, Michael Bamberger and Alan Shipnuck, co-authored “The Swinger,” a hilarious and barely disguised novelization of Mr. Woods’s postscandal career.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

And then also, why did the gay poet Paul Monette write the novelization for the movie?

From Salon Sep. 11, 2022

It’s not a novelization of “Tron” or a homage to “Ready Player One.”

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2022

The book, announced Friday by Harper, comes a year after his best-selling novelization of his movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

From Seattle Times May 27, 2022

As he scribbled an inscription onto the title page, he said, “All I ask in exchange is that you read this brilliant and haunting novelization of my favorite video game.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

A new book, “Deliberate Cruelty,” by Roseanne Montillo, adds to the fat stack of Trumania — biographies, oral histories, novelizations, movies — but won’t topple it.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2022

Jon Land, a former board member of the International Thriller Writers and the author of several of the recent "Murder, She Wrote" novelizations, credits the show with the emergence of cozy mysteries as a genre.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2022

Writers and artists who created novelizations of some of Disney’s most important franchises say the entertainment giant has stiffed them of royalties.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2022

The Warhammer Vault, which includes official novelizations and the whole back catalogue of White Dwarf magazine.

From The Verge Aug. 12, 2021

Is it not odd that most adaptations of successful stories and most novelizations of successful plays are failures?

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

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